I love how mods can make a dated game play so completely different that it is almost unrecognizable. You can return to old favorites over and over again and have a different experience every time.

Glad AOTR is getting an update. I haven't played it in a while

15:56 "Lord Vader, I'm afraid our systems have been damaged due to--Your command sir" Lol

1:10 So that's what happened to Shack's playthrough

Having hull be separate from hard points is a really cool and good idea, but it’d be cool if destroying hard points contributes to hull damage, so if you strip the ship of all of its hard points it will be destroyed.

Keep up the great work and have fun with the new update.

i need to play this now, omg it looks so good! also noticed they nerfed the venator fighters heavily, it used to be 5 fighters and 2/3 bombers, and now it only spits out 2 fighters and 1 bomber.

I like the way Mr.Pres says "Yeah" it's like "Ye"

Great coverage of the updates Charlie

Love the complexity and clarity of stats and info. Fantastic work.

Awesome video!

best mod ever

Don‘t know if I like the pop cap change..

I'm glad they put time into the new user experience. I've been trying to get into EaW Expanded with the Thrawn stuff and have found it pretty difficult.

I love seeing Charlie experiencing these new tactics and systems! Now AOTR feels like a great Star Wars version of Company of Heroes. :-)

i would love if you guys and the thrawns revenge people were given the resources of lucasfilm games to remake this game. i wish i was as smart as y'all to do this stuff.

soo excited for this update

Is it a quest or "mission" to upgrade vaders main capital ship? or does he keep the first star destroyer throughout?

I like the new idea for hull hardpoints, but I was realizing, since it is a hardpoint based on the game code, you still kill it. So if you were to kill all the weapons and systems hardpoint on a ship like a victory isd you would still have to beat through the hull hardpoint to fully kill that Victory. So maybe if you could find a way around that, it could be better.

Can't wait to play this again

So what about The Black Sun? What changes to them?

Where do they talk about the A.I. changes in terms of beginning stages?

great video when is the this 2.9 coming out

AA means anti-aircraft and triple A or AAA is anti-aircraft artillery for those who aren't tracking military jargon.

i don't want to tell but why is the shield generator hardpoint for the venator on the tower

Can’t wait till rebels get their shipyard station based on the design of the non cal shipyards

HYPE

Do the trading stations/population centers have galactic maximums, or can you build 2/3 on every planet owned? (Also, do they appear in space combat (as something more than a meat, er, metal shield)?

You can exploit the hull mechanic actually for example you can destroy all the harpoints on a ship but target the hull hard point basically making the ship useless and taking up cap space for your opponent and then you can focus on other ships

Honestly I'm not sure if it's because Charlie isn't familiar with Aotr in general or the changes themselves, but I was so excited for 2.9 until I watched this video. Ships seem to be so fragile and expensive

They really need to do something with the missle explosion effects, they suck. I remember on some mod a year or 2 ago they had these amazing blue explosions for the boron missiles that looked fantastic

Does anyone know when the patch is going to be released?

I'm not a fan of the black sun when playing my empire campaign. Their space stations and certain ships are crazy powerful!

The galaxy looks beautiful. Random question: would the Rebellion be able to defeat a fleet of Venator Class Star Destroyers that are full of TIE fighters?

thrawns revenge is probably the best mod but AOTR is my favorite

THE PATHFINDING

No Shaak is better at EAW (j/k)

has charlie never played eaw?

Release date prediction - may 4th

when the update comes out?

Isd 1 shouldn’t have AA it’s a well documented flaw. It’s tie fighters are supposed to be it’s aa defence. They could of given it more ties

No more wasting torpedoes on dead hardpoints!

Did I miss the intro?

I think this upcoming update will make Empire at War a living and thriving galaxy where you can trade, grow your populations(civilian hubs), fleets and more. This game will feel like you are living in Star Wars.

is it me or are there just random german voice lines in there

Man you sound soo depressed having to interview.

I play Awakening of the Rebellion one time has the rebelion and finish it, i enjoy more the ground battles then space battles, the pirates are over power and annoying, the some units are over power or under power for there cost, the heroe or special ships are compare to regular units of the same cap are way better. Has the Rebelion you struggle to build ships and went you do they are worse then the heroe ships that you start with. Basically i was depend it of those ships from the start of the game to the end, new republic ships sucks for there cost. It gets repetitive quick send bomber to shields repeat and most of the battles are the annoying pirates that is worse then the empire and the best way to win was to rush stations with the home one many but many timesssssssssssssssssss. The kuat mandator for the rebelion was ugly and underpower (i think that was change). I enjoy fighting the over power executor with tons of fighters and found fun on building defense worlds but space was not enjoyable has i want it. Yeah i have not play over a year or two and i still see it will be annoying to play, beam ships killing you that quick and rebels ships just hiding to make you waste time instead to retreat. But maybe i am judging to much, but i can say that from the ground battles are cool, i see Corey took some cool ideas from the ground battles for his mod.

Someone here has the interviewing enthusiasm of a depressed teenager.