I just put aoe 3 on my computer.. i used to play aoe along time ago like the older games.. and my friend let me have 3 for free. ANYWAYS i am trying to play online and it says that is is downloading an update. How long does this take becuase it is taking forever so far. Could somebody also answer the question as to why zone stopped hosting aoe. I know this took place along time ago... but why would they quit? Is eso just as good as zone was?

Just let the download go, it took me 1 or 2 minutes, but i have pretty fast net, if it takes you longer than 5minutes or so, then i wouldnt bother, because online would be to laggy anyway.