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Persians Civilization Overview - Age of Empires 2
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1:00 The typical nomad start
2:00 #10
2:32 #9
3:12 #8
3:52 #7
4:40 #6
5:15 #5
5:58 #4
6:45 #3
7:55 #2
8:50 Honorable mentions & weird cases
11:40 #1
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0:30 Source of the list
2:15 Full water maps (eg. Islands)
8:40 Swamp maps (eg. Bog Islands)
9:50 Lake maps (eg. Four Lakes)
11:15 Weighted list
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More info about armor classes if you're curious: ageofempires.fandom.com/wiki/Armor_class_(Age_of_Empires_II)
Thanks to Holy Roman Emperor and TriRem for their help.
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0:55 Elite Mameluke +1
3:20 Sheep
5:50 The mysterious attack 33
6:32 Quirks of towers, camels, and ships
8:55 Gunpowder and infantry
9:53 Siege
11:30 My favourite secret bonus
More info about armor classes if you're curious: ageofempires.fandom.com/wiki/Armor_class_(Age_of_Empires_II)
Thanks to Holy Roman Emperor for his help.
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1:15 Team bonus: camel and light cavalry +2 vs buildings
2:41 Villagers cost -10%/-15%/-20%/-25% HP
3:45 Camels attack 25% faster
4:55 Gunpowder units +1/+1 armor
5:33 Can build caravanserai
UNIQUE UNIT AND TECHS
7:05 The Ghulam
9:00 Imperial Camel Rider
10:30 Grand Trunk Road (+10% gold income)
11:14 Shatagni (+2 HC range)
TECH TREE
12:15 Archers B+
13:05 Infantry B
13:35 Cavalry A-
14:10 Siege B+
14:40 Navy C+
15:02 Monks B
15:31 Defenses B+
15:56 Trash B
16:15 Closing thoughts
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0:30 Cost and stats
1:05 Range and distance between
1:32 Healing
2:10 Faster movement
2:50 How much more gold does it generate?
4:31 One caravanserai on a 2v2 map
5:52 Covering a 2v2 map route
6:43 What about large (4v4) maps?
8:10 Concluding throughts
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The 25th anniversary of Age of Empires had a lot of exciting news, regardless of which entry of the franchise you follow.
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1:31 Britons
2:59 Huns
4:10 Celts
4:54 Japanese
5:48 Saracens
6:44 Tatars
7:40 Teutons
8:12 Portuguese
8:27 Other miscellaneous bonuses
9:30 Treb-war civs
10:33 Best vs buildings
12:00 Concluding thoughts
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0:55 Stats comparison
1:15 Upgrade costs
1:47 Hidden stats
3:40 Ghulam vs Eagle battle
4:46 vs Champion line
6:00 vs Samurai
6:18 vs Monks
6:40 vs Archers and raiding
8:12 vs Cavalry
10:10 Closings thoughts and takeaways
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0:35 How do we find out how well it plays civs?
2:40 The AI's worst civilization
3:20 Other poor performing civs
5:50 Byzantines
6:35 Huns
7:27 Bohemians
8:15 Burgundians
8:55 Slavs
9:42 Teutons
10:33 The #1 AI civ (not Franks!)
Source for stats: app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiNGU3NjljMjMtOTg4ZC00MDZjLWE1YTAtM2RjZjdkZTJlM2EzIiwidCI6ImY5NThhNTY0LWM0MDMtNGFjOS05MmYxLTM4OWM3OGI5NWM1YiIsImMiOjl9
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0:55 Condottiero stats vs Champion
2:05 Hidden attack bonuses
2:38 Gunpowder resistance
3:22 Upgrades
4:40 vs Champion
5:20 vs Trash units
6:03 vs Eagles
6:40 vs Hand Cannons
7:25 vs Janissaries
8:02 vs Arbalesters
8:30 The best condottieros
9:35 Civs with bad champions
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0:52 Unit behaviour on defensive stance
2:20 Changing the units' LOS
2:55 Retreating from archers
3:35 Defensive stance practical examples
4:00 Siege and demo ships
5:20 Guard
8:01 Guard "increases attack speed"
9:30 Self-guarding scouts
11:15 Follow
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0:40 Popularity of water maps in AoE2
1:55 The even lower popularity of water in AoE4
3:50 Naval system in AoE2
4:42 New naval system in AoE4
7:10 Should AoE2 follow AoE4?
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0:15 Vikings in 1998
1:25 Vikings in Age of Kings
3:32 Conquerors Expansion (2000)
5:44 The Forgotten (2013)
6:40 African Kingdoms (2015)
7:50 Rise of the Rajas (2016)
8:20 Definitive Edition (2019)
8:52 Dawn of the Dukes (2021)
10:18 Current statistics (2022)
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0:32 The mod (Romae ad Bellum)
1:50 Game mechanic changes from AOE2
4:45 Legionary
5:44 Praetorian Prefect
6:23 Roman Empire Bonuses
8:05 Roman Empire Unique Techs
10:01 Roman game plan
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0:12 General changes
4:05 Bengalis
5:40 Burgundians
6:30 Dravidians
7:02 Gurjaras
9:00 Hindustanis
9:35 Koreans
9:52 Sicilians
11:20 New features
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1:22 Team bonus: monks heal 100% faster
2:15 Buildings +10%/+20%/+30%/+40% HP
3:22 Camels, skirms, pikes cost 25% less
4:10 Fire ships attack 25% faster
5:10 Advance to Imperial Age costs 33% less
5:55 Town watch, town patrol free
UNIQUE UNIT AND TECHS
6:45 The Cataphract
9:40 Greek Fire
9:55 Logistica
TECH TREE
11:00 Archers B+
11:25 Infantry A-
11:45 Cavalry B+
12:20 Siege B
12:40 Navy A-
13:05 Monks A-
13:25 Defenses A+
13:45 Trash A-
14:20 General thoughts
14:45 Sponsor
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Source: ageofempires.com/news/age-iv-anniversary-update-oct-25
How to play for free: Download Age of Empires IV from Steam store.steampowered.com/app/1466860/Age_of_Empires_IV
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CASTLE AGE
0:48 Castle age stats
1:09 Hidden bonuses and armor
2:40 Cataphract vs Knight
3:11 vs Spearmen
4:04 vs Pikemen
4:45 vs Camel Riders
5:30 vs Crossbows & raiding
6:08 vs Monks
IMPERIAL AGE
6:45 Elite Cataphract stats/cost
8:10 Elite Catphract vs Paladins
9:05 vs Halberdier
10:10 vs Champion
10:55 vs Heavy Camels
11:10 vs Arbalesters
11:30 Closing thoughts
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0:28 Turk bonuses in 1999
1:50 Janissary initial design
3:00 Janissary hat controversy
3:55 Japan sea controversy
4:25 Conquerors expansion changes
6:20 AoE2 HD expansions
7:30 Definitive Edition
7:50 Conclusion and stats
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1:10 Archery range techs
2:45 Barracks techs
3:32 Stable techs
4:30 Siege workshop techs
5:05 Naval techs
6:02 Market techs
8:01 Blacksmith techs
9:15 University techs
10:15 Monastery techs
10:37 Eco techs
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0:20 Persians in 1999
2:10 Conquerors Expansion (2000)
3:00 Persian TC drop
4:18 The Forgotten (2013)
4:55 African Kingdoms (2015)
5:05 Rise of the Rajas (2016)
5:52 Definitive Edition (2019)
7:22 Lords of the West (2021)
7:35 Current statistics (2022)
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1:00 Turks
1:31 Gurjaras
2:12 Dravidians
2:45 Mongols
3:27 Mayans
3:49 Aztecs
4:13 Incas
4:35 Vietnamese
4:58 Cumans
5:20 Tatars
5:48 Huns
6:10 Koreans
6:40 Byzantines
7:00 Britons
7:24 Saracens
8:00 Lithuanians
8:50 Celts
9:12 Franks
9:42 Teutons
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1:10 Castle Age comparison
4:11 Elite Skirmisher vs Genitour
4:40 vs crossbows
5:30 vs pikemen
6:00 vs cavalry archers
7:17 vs elephant archers
8:10 vs camel archers
9:20 Imperial Age comparison
10:11 Elite Skirmisher vs Elite Genitour
10:38 vs arbalester
11:15 vs halberdier
11:37 vs heavy cavalry archer
12:20 Elite camel archer vs cav archers
13:05 vs elite elephant archer
14:00 Imperial Skirmisher vs Elite Genitour
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1:25 Team bonus: military buildings give +5 pop space
2:20 Slav farmers work 10% faster
3:52 Free supplies
4:35 Siege workshop units 15% cheaper
UNIQUE UNIT AND TECHS
5:40 The Boyar
8:10 Detinets
9:21 Druzhina
TECH TREE
10:30 Archers F
10:55 Infantry A-
11:27 Cavalry A-
12:15 Siege A
12:43 Navy C
13:14 Monks A
13:37 Defenses B+
14:05 Trash A
1438: General thoughts
15:18 Sponsor
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2:30 Are some civilizations better at low elo?
4:25 Is picking a civ more important at high or low elo?
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0:10 Turk trash unit reputation
1:25 How we're testing
2:02 Spearmen in Castle Age
3:35 Spearmen in Imperial Age
6:20 Skirmisher in Castle Age
7:11 Skirmisher in Imperial Age
8:32 Closing thoughts
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Patch 63482 notes: ageofempires.com/news/age-of-empires-ii-definitive-edition-update-63482
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0:45 Mongols in 1999
1:13 Age of Kings Mangudai and frame delay
3:15 Cavalry archer underpowered?
4:55 Age of Conquerors (2000)
6:43 Forgotten (2013)
8:10 Definitive Edition (2019)
9:05 Win rates today
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1:10 Markets work 80% faster
2:07 Blacksmiths and Universities cost -100 wood
3:16 Chemistry and Hand Cannoneer available in Castle Age
4:25 Spear units deal +25% bonus damage
5:00 Fervor and Sanctity affect villagers
5:50 Mining camp technologies free
UNIQUE UNIT AND TECHS
6:30 Hussite Wagon
8:40 Houfnice
9:30 Gunpowder units mover 15% faster
9:53 Turn gold cost of Monk and Monastery techs into food
TECH TREE
11:05 Archers A-
11:30 Infantry B+
11:45 Cavalry C
12:10 Siege A-
12:40 Navy C+
13:05 Monks A-
13:25 Defenses A
13:40 Trash B
14:05 General thoughts
14:30 Sponsor
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1:05 Byzantines
6:55 Goths
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0:52 Bengalis
3:30 Dravidians
5:40 Gurjaras
8:01 Hindustanis
Sources: ageofstatistics.com/statistics/winrates?period=p03_v03&filter=rm_solo_all
agestats.net
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0:32 Scouting rate comparison
2:35 Combat ability
5:06 Boar stealing
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0:35 The role of elephant archers
1:34 Bengalis
3:40 Dravidians
4:53 Gurjaras
6:45 Castle Age comparison vs common units
8:30 Imperial Age
10:30 Final thoughts
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0:35 Teutons
7:20 Japanese
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1:10 Quick history lesson of Age of Kings
1:35 Franks
5:45 Saracens
10:46 Celts
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1:12 #6
2:02 #5
3:15 #4
4:13 #3
5:44 #2
7:10 #1
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0:20 Saracen changes
0:55 Castle age camels with zealotry
3:20 Changes to the Mameluke
5:05 Wrap up
Patch notes from last Thursday (including changes to Saracens): ageofempires.com/news/age-of-empires-ii-definitive-edition-update-61321
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0:10 Dravidian's naval bonuses and tech tree
1:15 Stats vs other ships
1:52 How its attack works
3:00 Equal resources against other ships
5:15 Final thoughts
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Game: Age of Empires II Definitive Edition
0:25 Buffs: Creation time, cost, and movement speed
1:30 Nerfs: HP, armor, accuracy, bonuses vs walls
The full list of changes (ageofempires.com/news/age-of-empires-ii-definitive-edition-update-61321/):
Elite Elephant Archer upgrade time increased from 60 ▶ 80 seconds.
Elephant Archers are now trainable in the Archery Range, can no longer be trained in a Castle.
Elephant Archer train time increased from 25 seconds ▶ 34 seconds.
Elephant Archer hitpoints decreased from 280 ▶ 230, Elite version hitpoints decreased from 330 ▶ 280.
Elephant Archer pierce armor decreased from 3 ▶ 2.
Elephant Archer Cavalry Archer Armor decreased from -2 ▶ -7, resulting in additional damage received by units with an attack bonus versus the Cavalry Archer Armor class.
Elephant Archer attack bonus vs Buildings and Stone Walls removed
Elephant Archer accuracy reduced from 100 ▶ 70, Elite version accuracy reduced from 100 ▶ 85.
Elephant Archer cost decreased from 100 food 70 gold ▶ 90 food 70 gold.
Elephant Archer movement speed increased from 0.8 ▶ 0.9.
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0:50 Castle age
2:48 Upgrades
3:55 Post-imperial tests
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0:40 Stats vs other infantry
2:00 Unique ability (vs Kamayuk)
3:05 Bonus damage
3:45 Role in the Hindustani army
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0:25 Chakram Thrower vs Gbeto and Throwing Axeman stats and cost
1:54 How they fare against different types of units
3:40 Caveats about cost/creation time
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0:22 Cost and stats in castle age
1:10 Upgrades
2:20 Fully upgraded stats
2:40 Speed
3:05 Bonus damage
3:44 Switching between ranged and melee
4:35 My thoughts
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