The option is already there. You can play 8 players 8 teams. You just need to keep score yourself if you want to use it for some sort of ranking. And let's be honest, free for all matches aren't very suited for doing rankings. They're more fun to just play... I didn't see the option "time limi...

Since the developers are very kind for giving us voice during the development (and here my great 'Thank you' for that), maybe adding this option would be an opportunity to satisfy and enhance the game. Moreover, it would make it more interesting for that audience (more audience = more buyers = more ...

Currently the ranked games are 1v1. However the game really shines in team games of 2v2 up to 4v4. The factions have been designed to play very differently and compliment each other. Where one is weak another is strong and together they make a powerful combination. We expect some really interest te...

Maybe this is a reflex of the younger generations, who can't read more than a twitter or bear more than 30 minutes in the same match.

Yes all units have strengths and weaknesses. Empires Apart is designed to be faster to resolve in multiplayer than AoE. Most games wont go past 20-30 minutes. Many of the top players games resolved in 10-15 minutes. It depends if you want to fight to the death though - the best players tend to reig...

Hi, (1) I would like to know if basic tactics such as "use knights against hand-arm units", or "skirmishers against knights" apply, like in the AoE. (2) I think it would in interesting to implement the relevance of being in a higher position, like on the top of a hill to increase...

There will be the 'time limit' mode like in the AoE 2? The winner at the end of the time was the player with more points.

I think it is only a matter for us t get used to it. After watching a couple of videos, I started to like it. One thing: I saw somewhere that in the future you will share an interface for the users create and customise civilisations. Can we customise the appearance of the units? Is there like a limi...

First at all, congrats for the game. So far it looks amazing. About the game modes, do you plan to include the good and old time limit? The AoE II, they had the time limit and the player with more points (everything counts for points, from explored map to points for killing units) win.

I think I got the point in jeffny01's comment. I don't like the Age of Empires Online because of its cartoonist design, for example. But here an idea for the next version: there are some mathematical functions in computer graphics that simulate dirtiness, that would appear more realistic than plain ...