A-Move Micro Issues (please help)
Been absolutely loving getting into this game the last few weeks!!! I love the depth, the strategy, the macro... but the micro (A-move specifically, is starting to kill it for me).
As a former SCBW + SC2 player, I know the difference between smart and dumb AI/pathing... as you know SCBW AI/pathing is god awful and SC2 feels smooth as butter. I can't help but to get SCBW vibes from the A-move command in AOE2.
Two issues happen when A-moving:
some units literally don't move at all
units will reconfigure or move in a different direction prior to moving in the direction I clicked.
It feels as if both of these situations happen way too often and it's quite frustrating.
I've researched and found many different opinions, some say to use patrol instead of a-move, some say to right click move command and then A-move when close, or target specific enemy units with right click.
Is this just something I need to get used to and see what works for me? In SC2, A-move just works, it always works as anticipated... For whatever it's worth, I'm a former Masters rank player in SC2 and can understand advanced techniques.