I wanna unlock the Total Eclipse cosmetic. Hopefully before I jump back into AoE4 tomorrow. But I find the Aztecs so one-dimensional...

They are one of the strongest Civs in the game, they have some of the best units, best cards, best buffs, best buildings, etc. But I invariably end up playing with a safe mix of Arrows Knights and Skull Knights.

The fact that the Aztecs lack Mercenaries, Outlaws and Revolutions makes adding some alternatives to their gameplay very hard. Maybe there are some Natives or Navy approaches out there that I am not aware of. So please let me know about them!

By the way, I play PVE only basically.

Hi, i just remembered that remaster of this game exist and decided to try it out. When i play campaign at first there is no problem with sounds, but later on it almost completely disappears. Dialogs, unit voicelines, cannons, basically every sound become absent. Is this known issue or is there something wrong with my game?

Hello everyone!
What strategy would you, as french, adopt vs japanese? I literally win almost everything, excepting solely the games vs jap. I usually play french, mainly rush (that would be also highly advisable vs Japanese as I saw) but still cannot manage to beat them.
I come from many hours played on Legacy so I’m not familiarised at all yet with those new civs. Sweds seemed to be also dangerous.
Thanks!

So this is my deck.

And i saw there is for example the +1 Town Center in Age2 that could be interesting.
Or the extra chieftain power from the Age1 card maybe?

Usually im kinda the jack of all trades sorta player? i guess <.<

I recently made this for a friend's birthday. We haven't been playing much recently, but back when we did he used to main Dutch and would often go for mercenary builds. I thought you folk might enjoy this !

The one I used is called Upgraded Sound Package. It changes a load of the main sfx very slightly.

I'm not sure if it's a partial or a total fix, but it's definitely much better.

I miss it.

Alright so real talk, those who play 2v2 I'd love to know what exactly are you trying to achieve?

More often than not - it doesn't work, you have zero map control and you're unable to get to age 3 because.. well, because you suck.

1v1 is something else, not the topic... but 2v2 - there're team cards, whatever if you're playing with random or teammate please just communicate.. get some team cards in - don't act like you're alone in the match.

Disclaimer: this is by no means a complaint toward any random teammate I got... just saying, in general.

Independence Mode gave us a mode with no cards (technically a few cards, just automatic and pre sent). How would you feel about a mode being able to send ALL the cards? And to help speed things up, the experience curve never goes up, so shipments are plentiful and comes blazing fast, especially by late game.

And to expand on that, maybe even ALL the Age Up options. Italians can get both strong Mercenaries AND Leonardo's Tank (and maybe even make it replaceable) for example. Aztecs can have super strong eco, defensive buildings, and War Chief. Federal Americans can have all types of additional card interactions from their States. Asians can build (and rebuild) all Wonders (and by extention, Factories and Forts can be rebuilt by everyone too).

And to go further, card and techs that replaces units simply adds the units without taking existing ones away.

And to go even further, ALL Revolts are available, like they just come with being in the Industrial Age (or whatever Age it unlocks at). There probably needs to be a new card UI for this, cause Mexicans alone have like seven separate decks.

And if I may be so bold, make map Mercenaries and Outlaws available AND viable for everyone even in the late game.

And for added debauchery and excess, make all cards that can be renewed in Imperial infinite, so you can keep sending any and all resource and unit shipments. (Might want to cap Nuestras Señoras at twice though in the name of balance, or not in the name of fun.)

I remember some time ago that I downloaded and played a modded or fanmade AoE3 base game with added civs but I can't find anything resembling it online. does anyone know anything about it or can give me pointers in the right direction?

Feels like AOE's II Hd and DE is way harder than III's orginial and DE. Is there a way to improve this, or is the game forever cooked?

A settler wagon (German), a coureur de bois, a Cree coureur de bois (from the settlement next to my camp) and a classic settler. All possible at the same time, thanks to the United States. Not being political here, but couldn't help but notice how beautiful it looks together.

P.S. Still lost to French AI in skirmish mode : (

On the pic there are 3 similar units, same roles, same price (200 resources). That means they perform the same? Their stats are different, but are the end results the same?

A Russian Cossack is 25% cheaper. That means a Russian Cossack is 75% of a Hussar?

The Hospitaller and the Doppelsoldner cost the same. That means they perform roughly the same, more or less? The Rodelero costs half, so that means each Rodelero is half a Hospitaller?

Are there units that given their price, perform significantly better or significantly worse than units of the same price?

They costs coin and so much pop (therefore extra wood and also face the hard cap of 200). What's the point? Is there some amazing strat I'm missing that makes them super good to mass????

it seems impossible, fal revolution + tanky musk, seems impossible to stop , I remember seeing pro team matches in lion hearts channel, even pro cant beat this shit.

are devs dead?

Just hypothetically because I'm doing a Pacific DLC what-if.

It seems to be that when this topic is brought up people here will usually say "but they're primitive."

However, AOE3 has always centered around European colonization and usually adds either colonial empires or people that fought those empires, hence the addition of the "primitive" native American civs.

I think a Pacific DLC would be an interesting addition as it could come with lots of new maps, and I read that they were already intending for Australian themed maps.

I've played a couple of treaty games with the French and they always seem to revolt, causing them to not collect resources anymore and get steamrolled instantly.

idk new game modes dont be should be locked behind dlc :c

Im a veteran player and im looking for tipps and tricks for the us civ. Im playing mostly 20 min treaty or rush on competive maps.
Atm im playing german mercs. Would appreciate some insights from strong US players for must have cards and tactics you always use.
Thanks a lot.