Lombardia is a random map in Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten.
Description[]
Lombardia selection
| “ | A handful of cities on opposite ends of a wintry landscape must share, trade and coordinate in their efforts to defeat the enemy | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
It typically exhibits open spaces with clumps of trees, highly varying elevation (however, most of the map is flat and there are some cliffs), and, unlike most other maps, teammates start clumped together on one side of the map. Often, the map has snow on the ground. These are all traits of Northern Italy, the historical area known as Lombardy.
The map is fairly open in the same vein as Arabia, The start-up resources for every player are almost the standard ones (2 Boar near, 6 Berry Bushes, 3-4 Deer, and normal Gold and Stone Mines); however, unlike most other maps in which players have 6 Cows or 8 Sheep, in Lombardia, each player has 8 Cows near.
Wolves and Relics are present in normal numbers, and Gold and Stone Mines outside player settlements are of normal variance.
The wild animals in Lombardia include the typical huntables, Deer and Wild Boars, and the typical antagonist, Wolves.
Viable tactics[]
The map itself may qualify as a "Team Arabia". Because all players of one team start clustered together on the far sides of the map, Rushes and Sneaks are viable, but will be limited in their effectiveness unless all or several members on the team coordinate their attacks. Therefore, Fast Castles and Imperials in tandem with Slings are typical strategies.
As the game progresses, players will be forced into combat over the wood resources in the middle of the map, due to the thin wood lines. Another effect of the small wood clumps is the relative ineffectiveness of walling.
Civilizations with advantages include: Due to cramped starting space, the Huns are a wise choice, as they do not require Houses, which frees up building space for other teammates.
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