AoE4: installed Spirit of the law : watched My first match: lost

I think I speak not only for myself when i say that SotL is a crazy blessing for the Age-community! Just imagine what it would be without him and his helpful videos.

AoE 4 seems like a good mix of AoE2 (units), AoE3 (landmarks for up, docks healing, water), AoM (choices when going up, unique civs), with unit abilities, wall archers, infantry building rams and siege towers etc. It's a really good mix. It just is not so polished right now. But definitely has a long future.

I've been playing a ton as the Mongols and a few things I have noticed. I wouldn't call them tips or tricks more like bugs. 1 - The Lancer is stated to be available in Feudal age for the Mongols but aren't available until Castle Age, hopefully this gets fixed because it seems incredibly important. 2 - Some of the techs don't distinguish between the base upgrade and the stone cost upgrade. Not many but a few 3- Lancers made at the Khaganate Palace do not upgrade automatically when Elite Lancers is researched. Actual tips. Mongols gain bonus when trading. I see a lot of people under value The Silver Tree landmark. -50% gold cost and -50% build time for traders is incredibly powerful. Plus if you have a certain number of traders they gain a bonus where they get extra food and wood (as well as stone and gold if researched in the Imperial age) the more traders they have (up to 9). Mongol research done at the Ovoo is incredibly important. Try to research those with stone. Having 5 seconds extra duration on Khan abilities is nice but 7 seconds is even better. Same goes with the Castle Age additional torches upgrade. Your melee army can shred through buildings like butter if this is researched. If you research the Kurultai, don't forget you can move it! Send it to the front lines so your army has a 25% damage bonus for 30 seconds before engaging in combat. Be aggressive! Prayer Tents can be upgraded in the Imperial age to act as Ovoo. They don't generate any stone but they do give the influence bonus. Make use of it in drawn out games. The blacksmith upgrade Siege Engineering can be upgraded with stone to allow your infantry to construct most Siege Workshop units such as Mangonels. Powerful upgrade if you need it. Remember that spending stone takes the same time as the non stone spent upgrade. If you know you are going to get an upgrade that is important (Looking at you Military Academy) it is best to research it once with the stone cost. Once your ovoo is placed you can move your Town Center and spend stone to produce 2 villagers at a time for the price of 1 (well plus 150 stone) I don't know if this is worth it compared to making a 2nd TC at the cost of 900 wood but it's an option for quick and early villager count. Huge huge fan of the Mongols most fun I've had in an AoE game to date they feel so much better than their AoE2 counterpart I hope everyone is enjoying AoE4!

Aoe 4 fills the niche that I was looking for: More specialized and unique mechanics than age 2 but more civs than starcraft or warcraft 3. Great!

Thank you! I just started playing and I'm amazed at how hard I suck.

1:29 I love how those farms pay their respects to the fallen villagers.

Another tip for when walling, you can see a small chain-icon that indicates that there is no hole in the wall.

Just a tip about Chinese dynasties - while you can't go back to a dynasty you have already unlocked, you don't have to unlock them in chronological order, so if you want to end on a specific dynasty you just have to leave it for last.

I don't even play AoE4, but I just love watching SotL's tips and secret at playing AoE4 Very nice video to watch while you drink coffee, tea, or eat dinner 😂

2:59 AoE4: destroying the meme where swords can destroy stone walls. Feelsbadman.

Holy cow, THANK YOU for explaining what the campfire symbol over buildings meant. Been playing through the Norman campaign and couldn't for the life of me figure out what it was indicating, and all of my googling was in vain.

This game feels like what AoE 3 should've been. AoE2 will still stay popular after this games release due to its simple and refined mechanics, but I think AoE4 will develop a solid player base for those who want more variation in play styles

a tip for delhi sultanate, the influence area of mosque's is INFINITE as long as you expand it via buildings. you need to connect that influence area with any building that has research. so if you want to build 4 mosques in the back of your base, and buff the research of buildings further away, you can connect that influence area with mills for example.

I'd like to see an in-depth look at how the holy roman empire's and Rus monks buffing units abilities work

I find it odd archers on walls are not hurt if the wall they're standing on crumbles beneath them.

Aom4 just makes me wish we had a new Age of Mythology with updated graphics and more civs like the Mayans/Aztec and Native Americans. I miss the myth units :/

The English sound so cute and funny, especially that male voice, like a friendly and happy Sims character with a bit of English in it. And I swear I hear small references every now and then.

(I say that as AoE3 enthusiast) it's way closer to AoE3: Some units need more than 1 pop Docks heal Springald is basically Culverin Khan is kinda like Explorer good to see my boys Landsknecht again landmarks are the buildings("wonders") you build to age up by Asian nations in AoE3 Ranged Units can't miss Markets are from Age of Mythology

For Mongols, the current meta I'm seeing for them is a trade boom. Using the ovoo, you can create double trade units, for cheaper. This gives the Mongols a huge trade bonus, early in the game. And their outpost give traders extra speed, making it worth wild to have some along the trade route, for both protection and buffs.

0:29 General Tips 4:32 Mongols Tips 6:40 English Tips 7:27 French Tip 7:50 Holy Roman Empire Tips 8:20 Abbasids Tips 9:04 Delhi Sultanate Tips 9:59 Rus Tips 11:35 Chinese Tips

Thanks for your AoE4 videos. I ended up watching them all after my first couple play sessions. They really helped fill the gaps from the tutorials and what I learned from playing. Its been quite a while since I've played any AoE game. Would love to see a hotkey and UI guide. Tips like holding shift to queue or why the English sometimes have the little fire icon over buildings (which I learned thanks to you)

This game is easier for me to get a grasp on than the other AoE's, but I am still generally lost and have choice analysis 😢 Keep up the goods, Spirit. You help so much with these. Patreon Support coming soon to a content creator that it you!

A couple secrets you didn't mention: HRE villagers have a unlisted civ bonus that lets them carry more (I heard its 40%) Mongol Oovoo increase the spawning speed of sheep in its influence range (and the Mongol monastery can replicate this effect with a tech)

i think a tip some may not realize right away on french is that both traders and the guild hall landmark are sources of infinite stone. which means infinite keeps. which means much more robust defenses enemy's have to crack.

Just downloaded it, waited 16 years for this game! So excited

Love your vids so much man, hope to see a new intro in the AoE 4 style! That'd be awesome

Hey SotL, How does it feel to be making guides for a fresh AOE game? Will the annual farm comparison come up here as well? Really love your videos!

Not sure if you noticed, but you can keep hitting the camp button on longbows and they will make extra camps until the entire formation has a healing aura!

So far, the one thing I want the most right now is the ability to see unit stats from the tech tree. I mean, knowing their cost and training time is nice, but how good are they? For example, it says landsknechts have less health then M@A. Okay, but HOW MUCH? Seriously, is the ability to compare unit stats without having to divert your attention away from a live game too much to ask?

So far I've won the battle of Hastings and sacked York, loving it!

A tip for Mongols: If you research a technology the improved variant loses it's non-stone cost, so you don't spend double the resources. This means there's only a research time loss associated with researching base technologies, which is moot if you do it with a structure that doesn't fit around the ovoo

I have a ton of good memories playing AoE2. We dont have internet connection before but i enjoyed the campaign so much!

A nice PSA is that pastures also produce sheep faster around ovoos

A tip for France: the guild house is increadibly strong and I would advise only taking that, you can get up to 600 of any one resource per minute. While its not the best for aggresive plays, you can easily outlast any opponent with just how much additional resources your getting. I was able to get almost 10,000 gold stored in about 20 or so minutes.

His pronunciation of the units/buildings in-game are on point.

i would to point out if you set a spawn point on a resource (like bush or tree) if the tree is completely used up the newly spawned villager will search for the nearest tree anyways. lastly, if a villager has 8 or 10 resurce and you tell him to get build or gather something else, his inventory deletes. so try to choose a villager without any resources. same goes for market mules. if one has gold from a trade post on the map and your ally makes a new trade post, let your mule deliver his gold FIRST. if you tell him to change route to your ally's trade post he will auto delete the current gold in his inventory

Ahh, this is the life. AoE4 has stats I do not know yet, so I can enjoy these videos not just for their quality, but also learn something. The sheep gather point caused me fits in the Stresstest.

Ah yes! the new era of Spirit of the Law has started!

Oh boy, Aoe4 really revived this channel, Spirit must be happy as fugg lmao

Here's a question I think desperately needs answering: What effect, if any, does putting spearmen in stand ground stance before receiving a cavalry charge have?

I love how this game ecourages you to build walls. It always felt strange to me how walls wasn't meta.

this game makes emphasis on strategic building placement and unit researches

Some really useful tips here! Thanks for the video! It filled in a lot of the questions I had about the game after watching a bunch of gameplay and guides.

excited for the gather rate tests

I like this outro dynasty we have entered. I hope SotL can build the "spirit way" soon and do the intro as well as the outro in the same video!

No Context: "feel free to fire indiscriminately into a large group"

Wow aoe4 looks amazing

9:13 This is a berry good tip, thanks.

Bro I just wanna say, I love your videos. Thank you for doing what you do!

I BET YOUR SO HAPPY AOE 4 CAME OUT MORE CONTENT FOR YOU

this is marvels for me. thanks so much!! I love this for strategy game playing, I always look into these details because it really matters and is cool

Vs the French arbeletier just move away if they setup shields as English with longbows. There's a cooldown on how often the arbeletier can setup. On water just dodge. The maps are massively French favored because in age 2 the French get hulks which counter arrow ships and the only ships other civs can make in age 2 are arrow ships. If you want elo playing French might get some cheese wins before the French hulk gets nerfed. Would not be surprised if French had an 80% winrate on islands or archipelago. I played a bit of aoe4, and I think everyone's a noob right now. We're very sloppy, keyboard shortcuts suck, we don't know a lot about how things work, and we're not used to attack sound notifications. This video is helpful for everyone, I learned a lot.

Forgot to mention that abasids can eventually use archers/infanty to build mangonels as well as rams and seige towers

Great pronounciation of the French words!

Looking forward to all your AOE4 vids SotL!

Hey SoTL there a glitch on basic combat training right after the horse vs archer, you can click on the pike building get a free pike army for the next battle when i did it works when narrator is saying enemy coming in force, im pretty sure. first time did it by accident! In the Art of war if that wasnt clear!

Really appreciate the guides! Keep up the good work. Would like to see guides in the future that aim at a bit more experienced players as well :)

Great video! Recommended for both new players and as a refresher course for experienced ones

I just can't warm up to these homing missile projectiles.

Additional tip: Animals do not decay when slain.

It has begun! A new age of mathematics from SOTL!

SOTL Thanks for the Tips and Tricks!

10:40 there is no way this mounted archer shot the deer like this ! Maybe a bird...

Thanks for this great content! I recently come back to aoe2 After i played as a kid and i'm enjoying the game much more! Now you're helping me start with aoe4, which i'm really liking, so thanks a lot. One question: When you Say that knights and Lancer have the sane characteristic do you mean also the bonus against cavalry? So can i use knights as an anti cavalry?

What civ has the best combination of economy and military based on your experience? My personal pick is the holy Roman empire with the Regnatz Cathedral giving you a massive influx of gold that can be defended easily and the Newark Palace saves you a good bit on blacksmith Their infantry can mow down most armies especially when they're fully upgraded and if you support them with crossbows and gunners they are nigh unstoppable

AoE4 is so much better than previous iterations of the game. In the sense that it is much more complex and has got some serious mechanics. It also has Rise of Nations feel.

Seems more focused on macro and strategy and less on APM and micro than AOE2.

Was listening to this video in the background and spent an embarrassing amount of time mulling over the phrase "dogs heal nearby ships".

Hope you still do aoe2 vids. Aoe4 is giving off aoe3 vibes big time

Good video and the first english people who said « arbalétrier » the good way

Well I feel dumb now, I hadn't realized that siege weapons don't damage your own guys anymore! :D Thanks!

WhAt happened to the massive ships from aoe3 ? They were amazing Some cool additions would be infantry formations and unit morale - ability to capture surrendered soldiers

I like the arrow firing out of buildings in aoe2 more. It doesn't just come out of one spot on the building.

You are very good at this stuff spirit of the law

Clash of clans tips and secrets! Thank u so much

Hell yeah baby, thats what I was waiting for :)

Imagine how star fortress and other real-life warfares tactics were implemented in this game... I mean it's technically possible in this game

1:35 even the farm is paying respects to the locked out villagers.

pls can you do a guide on naval units? The whole cone of attack thing is so much different from how it was in aoe2

Mongols are efficient ! I'm hyped to start play this game

Very informative, thanks

Love it , just played one match and now I am learning to be a pro 😂

I would like to see more of the campaign as the last video on the campaign left me curious on the next campaign missions

CA shooting while moving seems absolutely crazy!

I hope someday nations and societies across the world will one day learn to resolve their differences through wars in future AOEs or simulations, rather than in the world that appears to be the 'most real'.

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God, this makes me so excited. Gunna wait for a sale and all the bugs and performance issues to be ironed out, though. $100 for a game that lags when you scroll over water with a modern GPU isn't acceptable.

AoE 4 looks so cool! Looking forward to playing it this weekend! =D

Very helpful! Thank you friend

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great video, thanks!

great video, thanks mate

Thank you 👍

Great video man! love this game, went in a bit late. Many players i face seem to have alot stronger economy and early game than I have (age 2/3) Question: when is a good time to make a 2:nd town center?

Done some testing with Delhi Sultanate, regarding research and the Imperial Landmark that gives food based on how many techs you have researched. In order to reach par of 1 min base research times with other civs at the blacksmith you will need 9 scholars. While going above 9 scholars will yield diminishing returns getting 12 scholars should take only 45s, shaving even more time. Quite possible to hit sick Imperial timing attacks with. You are definitely right that the research speed boost is much higher (around 20%) for each scholar than the 12.5% stated, however this number is about right when you have about 12 scholars. Assuming you don't pick the landmark that gives cheaper scholars, you will spend 1800 gold and 600 wood for the scholars. Due to this you can have all lines of military units fully upgraded, and with 12 scholars you research elites in about 32s. You will be able to have fully upgraded mill harvesting and any line of military and all eco for just 1800 gold, whereas other civs will need to spend (base) 3825 gold (4000 with professional hunters) to be par only in economy (well except the French, they need ca. 2600 gold, they also save another 725 gold for melee upgrades). For example, if Rus want to field fully upgraded Elite Knights they will need to spend 3350 gold in total (if I'm not mistaken) and to be economically on par will need another 3300 gold (assuming max bounty, after that Rus food income is better), for a total of 6650 gold. The Delhi player at this point is almost 5000 gold ahead, though consider that they will have fully upgraded units from barracks, archery, stable, and siege. The gold advantage post Imp is going to be huge... assuming Delhi survives that long xD The Imperial Landmark that generated food based on how many techs are researched provides about 700 food/min with all techs researched. This is the equivalent of about post-Imp 15 farms. Now I'm prolly crap at this game (was high masters in SC2 if that counts for anything), but as I've been playing Delhi pretty much exclusively the lack of early-mid game advantages makes you vulnerable, particularly to the cav civs. To take advantage of Delhi bonuses you need to be Imp/post-Imp to properly leverage. Delhi are pretty damn strong in larger team games and get noticeably weaker in 1v1. Moreover open maps become more difficult as well because building long palisades early are very expensive and time consuming. I've also noticed on maps that are technically supposed to very defensible, like Lipany and Mountain Pass (the map image shows clearly cliffs around starting location that should be easily walled) can generate really weird and leave you in a vast open space between you and your opponent.

Thanks! That was interesting!

My goodness man, how many hours have you played already? This is amazing.

I am currently doing a replay of the 3 remakes and I afterwards plan to play AoE 4. I think that gives them enough time to figure out major bugs and balance issues

Excellent, thanks for the awesome vid