This. In only my 4-5th game I was thinking why everyone was overtaking me or being equal. Then I built few of those in my 6th and boy I just left everyone in the dust... probably should raise the difficulty :D

Wildlife sanc pumping out hunter spiders that turn into tier 4 spiders asap is really damnd good

Surely it’s obvious just from looking at their stats.

@@patinho5589 Were it that obvious then all these KZfaqr guides would be peppered with info about them

@Patinho No it's not, and don't call me Shirley.

Also expansion for the unity structures.

Hey, it's been at least a year. Are you still obsessed by it?

It took me a long time to realize that the province didnt have to be within your city area to count for the adjacent bonus. Still havent noticed if it counts for free cities or peaceful 'opponent' cities either.

I was thinking the same. If I am not mistaken, you can access tier 4 of a particular affinity, even if you started with zero, by researching at least one tome of said affinity for every tier

Ye I thought it was 6 and 8, they might have patched it though

I found no mention of changes to the affinity requirements for T4 & T5 tomes in the 2 patch notes posts so far, as far as I can tell it's still 6 for T4 & 8 for T5.

It is 6 for T4 and 8 for T5. It's also in the info popup that he has showing when he says it in the video.

The claimed negative events seem pretty rare even when pure evil, tbh.

Is it easy to max evil alignment? Pillaging is easy, but does it go fast enough, or do you need to do stuff like razing and breaking treaties to get there fast?

Gotta get views somehow.

@@SpeakerTerenus I get that, my frustration is mainly with people. Like how lazy you need to be? Cant you figure this stuff out? Thats why we cant have complex mechanics anymore - its too “hardcore“, not for general audience and all franchises are owned by money hungry corporations Treat the cause not the symptom. Force people to use brain, not give them crutch. But that would cut the supply of dumbos and easy money.

@@DaweSMF some of this info can be difficult to find unless you look it up. Or you might get 100 turns into a game before u realize u screwed up and now are locked out of something. This video is for people that just played a couple games if at all. A lot of people don’t like to go in blind.

@@shmadeshlimore3322 I kinda understand but what i obeserve lately is phenomenon of people looking up informations they are supossed to gather themselves, part of a game is learning the mechanics and finding your own way of exploiting it - thats part of the fun. If i look up guide on YT, i might be very efficient in my game with 0 knowledge, i didnt learned anything tho, i dont understand the mechanics and reasons behind them, i just copy pasted someones build or tactics. Often you find out, there is more behind it and the informations you recieved are not complete, but you will argue with people on the internet that you saw video on YT and know best how stuff works. Alot of people dont like to go blind into games because they fear to fail and struggle and wanna go straight to powerfantasy with optimized build and the most DPS or something. Or they simply dont wanna look like noobs amongst friends. I might be too harsh but i start to hate this fashion of new players wanting to be on par with veterans. I see it daily - download new game - create character - look up guide on YT - find high level group - max out your character with them (XP boost) - go do endgame content - suck at the game because all your knowledge is not yours and having cool gear or optimized character is not enough. Really frustrating in team games where the devs suppose high level players will be on similar skill level but you find out 3 out of your 5 teammates are noobs who just got taxi to endgame and ruin your experience.

@@JeffreyGoddin Yes i did, did you noticed the trend even in those games? Compare for example CK2 and Imperator: Rome and try to convince me it was not "dumbed down" for masses. Thats why it did terribly and Paradox did try to save face with CK3. The new Victoria is also not such a hit (dont play Victoria myself but my friend does). The trend is very obvious. Even games regarded today as complex (such as Stellaris for example) are very simplified systems from older 4x titles. Sure there still are very complex games such as Distant Worlds but that doesnt make my point less valid. Few trees dont make a forest.

Yep, stacks of doom and march across the land.

Don't forget you can research more than 2 tomes of each tier: if you choose the "select tome library" button at the bottom when choosing your next tome, you can go for another of a tier you have already unlocked. Great for when you want something you felt you missed or want a certain build

You can basically Research everything except T5 tomes

@@Schproemftell yeah that made me sad but i can understand the restriction , I almost did get every transformation unlocked during this game

@@crazymammoth There is a mod that allows it, however.

It's a free reset when you first recruit a new hero, so you can ignore their pre-build skills and pick which to recruit based on special abilities, some of which are very useful depending on your situation.

As far as I'm aware, you can't claim other cities, only vassalize them with Megacities. So sadly only 1 hero is available.

@@inczekrisztian2648 Imho 30g/turn is worth the extra hero. The cap is more of a guideline

@@inczekrisztian2648 you can always hire as much heroes as you want. if you go over your number of cities, they just get a little bit more expansive and have an (manageable) upkeep cost.

No you just buy them, eventually you'll make enough gold to not worry about their upkeep.

Lol. I didn't know you could buy heroes without a city.

morale can be boosted or hindered by spells/enchantments... but the odds also factor into morale... if you go into a battle outnumbered your people will start off at lower morale (but could still win if they manage to kill enough enemies to raise morale)

Or at least raising the city cap stays at 200 per city... this ever increasing cost is INSANE!

@@wolfshanze5980 There is a mod for that. City cap unburdening.

Controls maybe slightly different on console. When you have your army selected, highlight the soldier you wish to move (make sure they have movement points, ie number in the upper right of their portrait) and then click on the tile they need to go to.

Simple Solution: Age of Wonders was NEVER designed nor intended to be played on a console controller... it will never be as intuitive as PC keyboard and mouse on a console. If I want to play Mortal Kombat, use a console. If you want to play a 4x game like AoW4, use a PC!

@@wolfshanze5980 Okay buddy, no need to be on such a high horse here. It doesn't matter who plays what on what, all that matters is we enjoy the same game.

Select army with x, then Down on dpad, press x on the units to highlight the ones you want to move, then circle. Now you can move them in and out of stacks.

Don't stop building, you're just skipping the buildings you need. You know when you build something that has: Green plants 🌿 more food! Red Hammers 🔨 more draft! Gold coins 🪙 more gold! You need to build things that have white faces 🐻‍❄️ that gives population happiness... things like Public Bathes. There are a few other things too, but start with looking for buildings that make the population content.

Build tavern and bath house, give whispering stone to the city for more. Some spells, special provinces , and some side quest also boost stability. Dark culture stability will usually be in the negatives but it doesnt matter for them.

As others have said, there are buildings you get like the Tavern and the Bath House, that boost morale. If you are playing Shadow affinity, then you can build the Overlord Tower (I think that's what it's called) that will make it so you don't lose provinces if morale gets too low. Also, there are city enchantments, quest rewards, and sometimes a hero, that has morale buffing abilities/effects.

@@lawfulgoodnun1646 ok so that is me. I am running a dark culture and every building that is supposed to help population happiness shows a negative. My capital is showing pretty unhappy folks but I am a dark culture (shadow affinity I think it’s called). Eventually going to turn them all undead but the souls bank is growing very slowly. So I don’t need to worry about that then?

@@droe2570 I am playing shadow so ok…sounds like I need that tower. Thanks!