Alot of us havent played war chiefs or dynasty either so it's like a whole update for alot of the casuals

that's exactly the point, they only improved the graphics, they've ruined the card system, the campaign has bugs, in the original version I've never encountered nor one, there are no new campaigns for the new civs, the historical battles are good but they've created units and building for them that are not available on multiplayer, the original campaign still being absolutely the same, I mean, is just so stupid!, they didn't do anything apart for minor stupid stuffs, I'm glal that I bought it for free with game pass, cuz I would never buy such a crappy DE when I have the original game with War of Liberty mod that's even more impressive than any other aoe apart from aoe 2

@@gastonhitw720 how have they ruined the card system? Or are you one of those that demanded the level 40 grind to unlock necessary cards before you could play them in PvP?

@@gastonhitw720 I didn't knew about the Wars of Liberty mod. Thank you

And than being overtaken by the Dutch 😆

@@sjoerdmeffert9765 Portuguese victory in Brazil, Angola, East Africa, Goa and Macau Dutch victory in Ghana, Malacca, Ceylon, Formosa and Indonesia

@@pauloferreira1319 the Dutch took Indonesia you bastard

@@sjoerdmeffert9765 muahaha i Saw this comment and i wanted to comment what you commented xD cheers mate!

haha, Dutch goes Brrrrrrt

Please upload such content everyday

@NOWfear thanks man I appreciate it! XD

They were always counted as heavy infantry. That's what made them weak. They got super countered by skirms and could do nothing against cav.

@@thomasnordgren6377 No they weren't. Skirms were never good against grenadiers.

@@SeldomPooper They most definetly were. Skirms get their full bonus against grens since grens are heavy infantry. They have longer range so you can easily kite the grens. Grenadiers have a long animation that cancels if you walk too far from them. In TAD grenadiers also have negative multiplier against light infantry(I cannot remember how much it was). In what way are skirms bad against grenadiers? I'm not sure the grens can win even in a straight up 1v1 slugfest with no micro. With micro they get destroyed. They only ever stood a chance if you played brits and sent all the cards for them. Even then any light infantry would beat them easily once they get to guard levels.

@@thomasnordgren6377 grenadiers were never heavy infantry. P.S. Grenadiers were never weak vs skirms cause of 50% ranged attack resistance and having area damage. And area damage can be upgraded by 1 more with arsenal upgrade.

@@SeldomPooper They sure are heavy infantry. 50% ranged resist just means they have more hp. It does nothing if you can never catch up with the skirms to throw the grenades to begin with. The 50% resist also means the skirms do full damage (they have x2 multiplier) and the arsenal upgrade for aoe is locked to age 3. It costs nearly twice as much as counter infantry rifling, which gives skirms another multiplier against grens (x3 instead of x2). None of that really matters though since the problem is the grens god awful attack animation and range. They take a long time to throw their grenades. They also have short range. Skirms can just shoot them then walk back when they get within throwing range.

ESOC has done an amazing job keeping the competitive scene alive in AOE3. It's wonderful to be able to witness it's rebirth!

Thanks for your perspective, in this context I perceive it to be synonymous with overpowered, rather than the context of glitches.

All those changes are really welcome but besides the I'm not sure I would call them overpowered.

@@AussieDrongo "game breaking" usually does mean "overpowered" but to an extent that the game is not properly playable any more. e.g. not "grenadiers are now so good, that they will be meta", but "grenadiers are now so powerful that whoever has them first, wins the game"

@@AussieDrongo He's not taking about glitches. He's talking about "game breaking" in terms of what it actually means: something that's so overpowered that it ruins the game.

It's just click bait. All of these changes seem very good for balance. I don't play aoe3 but the whole video he basically just repeatd "this useless thing is now strong" as if it's a bad thing. Some things may need small tweaking, the mortar thing seems like it could be overpowered. But none of this is game breaking. He got me to click but he'll get a thumbs down for the click bait

Thank you for your comment. Looking forward posting a lot more informative videos!

Hey, thanks for the constructive criticism. I reviewed what you wrote and agree with you 100%. Thank you for your kind and helpful words.

could it cause copyright strike?

You're exactly right. After they exhausted those military shipments in early fortress... there was nothing left of them, now, however, they're incredibly potent in the midgame due to this change, and as a consequence that carries over to the midgame.

Cheers mate. Thank you for the kind words.

Thank you. That's the plan! A heap more videos lined up.

@@AussieDrongo awesome, we need more aoe3 content creators :-)

@@ShemTMOfficial I've probably saw you on Samurai revolution's live stream at 11 oct... Were you there?

@@syncedlevelup Yep I was :)

Hello there It was a tough game man, I think if I hadn't suicided all my grenadiers into Arthur's base, and had gone imperial instead, I might have had a chance. At this stage the only thing I've found to beat grenadiers is cannons... spaced out.

@@AussieDrongo I do think so yeah, but to be fair at this point I was just sending mostly Pikemen, Crossbows and Hussars into your two team mates to stall them rather than really do damage, I was focusing on my economy and Guard upgrades. But by the end, I was rolling through your two friends whilst you were fighting my two mates (quite well despite that, I might add, despite the inequality). A fair game over all, you are right though, fully upgraded British grenadiers are really really strong, the only real counters I've found are Horse Cannons and a lot of cavalry, but that can be technically countered by the British player adding Culverins and Pikemen into his deathball.

Those ESOC guys really did great work with their creativity for these card changes.

Hey mate, thanks for taking the time to write such a detailed comment, and especially thank you for the constructive feedback. Transitions have definitely been one of the things I've had difficulty with, but I think I've able to settle on some less obtrusive ones now. Are you able to take a look at my more recent videos and let me know what you think?

@@AussieDrongo For this video on particular I was mostly referring to the audio and plain text transitions, since it was hard, for me at least, to notice when you were done talking about an item in the list and moving on to the next one. Regarding the visual transitions, I'm a fan of simplicity and less is more (at least that's what I tried to apply to my videos when I had time to make some). I think your visual transitions with icons (for example when you show the icons of arsenal upgrades or the stats of units briefly on the screen) are very good. I like the fade in effect. However, I dislike the transitions used for the gameplay in the background. Particularly the shaky ones or the ones with complicated effects. I think a simple side to side fade in would look simpler, easier on the eye and wouldn't distract your viewer from the point you're trying to make, since the background gameplay is just this, background. I'm glad that you find the feedback helpful. I always try to give some constructive feedback to those who you can clearly see they put the effort, and even more when it is appreciated. Have a good day!

@@gruntgg Really good to hear that stuff from you. I'll be taking everything you said on board and definitely agree with you on less is more.

Thank you for the constructive feedback, I agree with you completely. It is hard to reference the original without saying the entire thing unfortunately.

oh and case shot which ruins the ability to tie up arty with melee units buy giving them an affective CQ attack.

The only game I lost with grenadiers so far has been the one in this video. My team mates decided not to make military, so I had to 3v1 as shown in the video, lol.

@@AussieDrongo I think they will nerf the card soon, maybe like increase the attacking range, which sounds like a grenade launcher can do.

You can use skirms to defeat grenadiers right?

Will be on the way shortly!

Unfortunately not yet, hopefully on release they will provide it.

@@AussieDrongo Okay, I hope they will

There have been no substantial changes made to the Japanese, mainly small balance changes, such as decreasing the additional range on the age IV Morutaru card from +6 to +4.

Ottoman get a new artillery unit in the definitive edition, make sure you keep that deck.

Thank you! I hope you enjoy your stay

Yes, there have been, and I'll be covering those changes in an upcoming video. They receive a new unit, but it is a bit weird...

Strongest grenadier in the game definitely goes to the British, they've got 4 cards to upgrade them, they are absolutely insane. The cards make a real difference with +30% health and +50% attack, compared to the +10% of the Royal guard grenadiers.

The Devs seem like they weren't fans of the Russians. They are giving away the unique Russian thing every one can rebuild forts giving everyone grenaders giving them shit politicans

@@pvtbadtouch6540 every european civ has grenadiers? Spain germany did not have any on the old game

Your wish is my command

Hey Jayarbuck, interesting that you say that. I've fixed it up on my most recent videos, are you able to take a look and let me know if you think the same for those?

Its not, spain and france who couldnt previously make grens are especially strong. France gets free grenadier upgrades from the church and spain can buff their attack by 55% using unction.

Yea devs needa limits some civs from making Grenadiers. Spain is one.

Heh, just wait until 6 grenadiers make 13 of your muskets exploded in a single volley, the first time it happened to me I almost flipped my table!

Frech Gendarmes are very broken on maps having chenneyen natives. Those have upgrade which reduces cavalry train points by 25

yes, it's the same as the complete collection plus they added a few scenarios

Yep, the meteor hammer cav!

Unfortunately not, this was a change that was made in the early beta (up to 65 units) but it was reverted back to 50.

@@AussieDrongo that kinda really sucks. Thanks.

From what I can see, there have been very little changes to the Aztecs. I think coyote runners will counter Grenadiers, however, you'll need to use formations and multiple groups.

@@AussieDrongo yes I’ve only noticed that the age 2 coyote card is 6 instead of 5, the warrior priests no longer take up population space. There is a card in age 1 that buffs the war chief by 50% atk and hp that used to alow him to train Janey the pet jaguar, now the card is the same buff but unlocks the noble hut to be constructed. The jaguar prowl knight is trainable in age 2 using this but the arrow and eagle runner knights are still locked until age 3. Even still I haven’t worked out a way to make that useful, Jaguars cost a lot and noble huts aren’t cheap either.

Cool to hear. Suffering from success.

@@AussieDrongo Or karmic retribution, depends on point of view xD

Proof that gold-backed currencies aren't proof from inflation.

Many people asked for it - and finally it has happened.

Mate, you ever go to the cheesecake shop and don't get the black forrest? I have only ever done that, and everyday for the last 15 years I never looked back

I think it was mainly targeted at the french lategame, so treaty in particular will be affected. Grenadiers are really something im curious about, I think there's going to be a very competitive french fast industrial strategy with grenadiers!