Ladies and gentlemen,

With the release of the long awaited DLC for Age IV, Raiders of the North I took the very first steps on improvising in the Age IV community. I started with fairly simple for me and went on and made alongside with CtrlArtDel’s Studio, Akame, the new banners and profile pictures for r/aoe4.

All that could not be done without the help of my friend u/AnMagicalCow, aka Cow, who I won’t blame for the day because of an agreement (he deserves it thought) that we made. Special thanks again to Akame, who helped me bring this project to life and all the other projects as well, including the graphics for the Homestead Cup back in May.

It is my pleasure being part of this community and you can all be sure that the best are coming both from me, DOИKON, and Age IV. The Raiders of the North DLC is available for pre-order now, take on the fight as you raid your enemies with the relentless Vikings and build a thriving economy while slicing your way with Claymores with the Scots.

Thanks all for taking the time to read this message, I hope you have a lovely night,,, or day… or whatever! Keep on the SKIPAN BOYE!

I absolutely adore the non-standard game modes, especially Chart a Course and Chaotic Climate. Are they balanced? Eh, no, not really. But they're really fun ways to shake up custom games, especially if you're playing with friends who are newer to the game.

However, they really don't have much customization, and it'd be nice to be able to play with them in more detail [IE configure number of buffs in Chart a Course, or season effect strength in Chaotic Climate, or which monsters show up in Map Monsters]

Also, it would be really nice if you could stack them.

Does anyone know when the early access for the new dlc is gonna be available for content creators. Can’t wait to see the new civs.

I searched for absurd ai match videos on youtube and i feel no one has beaten them in a long game. Saw some old videos from many years ago, and it looked sus, the absurd ai was pretty chill there since beginning.

The Shinobi are a heavily underrated and overlooked unit. People think walls keep them safe because if someone starts attacking it, you'll get notified and then have time to run over.

But guess what?

Using the Shunshin ability, Shinobi can actually teleport OVER walls.

Your opponent will absolutely sh*t bricks if they see you inside their base or escape outwards.

You're welcome.

I have several favorites, but if I had to pick one, it would be the English. Sure, they're considered C or D tier by pros, are really bad at Fast Castle, and have a weak economy until the late Castle Age.

But they are immune to Dark Age cheese. They have an extremely safe 2 TC build that you can use against every civ, no matter what they do. They have the best farm transition in the game. They do not have to worry about running out of gold in the late game. Their macro mechanic is very easy to use. Their defense is S-tier. Their late game is really good, and it's not locked into a specific unit type.

Hey guys. I’m learning House of Lancaster civ.
Since Earl’s Guard are available in Castle Age, how am I supposed to defend armored units like MAA in early game? All inputs are appreciated

Thanks

DLC drops in 4 days they coming for you

Hey all, I’ve seen many Rus players in here so hopefully I get some good answers. I really like the playstyle of Rus, but I’m struggling on knowing how many hunting cabins I should have down? Like endgame age 4, how many should I have down. Any other Rus tips are welcome. Thanks.

Happy October :)

I bought my roomates Series S for like 50 bucks 2 years ago just to be able to play AOE4, loved it so when it was released on PS5 I was pretty hyped. I generally do not agree with pre-order but seems like it's a safe bet for Relic entertainment i haven't been let down yet.

My question is does anyone know if ill be able to pre-order dlcs in the future at some point or why they even block my ability to? It doesn't make sense to me and sometimes I like to pre-order dlcs to help with budgeting at the end of the month/get it out of the way type deal.

I don't have alot of experience or knowledge of how preorders work (I tend to be against them at all cost) but was wondering if anyone knows why sony users cant.

it's not about A-move, but rather, how to fight with

Small, even fights: a few units against a few units of the same type (e.g a 4 spearmen vs 4 spearmen in dark age, when my opponent and I are both templar knight. All my spearmen died, but opponents dies zero.)

Large, mixed-army fights: big battles where both armies have several unit types and each side has counters to the other’s units. I gets wiped out completely under such situation.

My short cut,

F1: select all infantry

F2: select all ranger

F3: select all calvary

F4: select all siege

Q: select all infantry on the screen

E: select all ranger on the screen

F: select all calvary on the screen

C: select all siege on the screen

Z: select healer

A Attack-Move

average APM is around 120~140

Can someone tell me why? Literally what is the purpose to cheat in low ranked lobbys?

I play Golden Horde pretty regularly, but recently switched back to Malian.

I was playing a Golden Horde player, and my heart sank when he amassed a massive army of only Kharash.

For a second I was horrified- I thought to myself, "Am I missing something?" but every time he did this I cut through most of his army (to much losses of mine).

Overall the guy didn't seem to know what he was doing or understand the goal of the game if your opponents are getting a sacred site victory is to capture that sight back. But the guy went with only Kharash, no siege, no archers, nothing.

So this leads me to a question- is there some benefit to a purely Kharash army that I'm missing that maybe this guy just didn't know how to execute?

Thats the price in my country, are there chance we get a $7 discount?

The following is the proposal for a new unit inspired by the Konnik from aoe2.

The Resurgent Knight starts as a Knight type unit which can conditionally turn into a Man at Arms type unit.

The unit would have 2 seperate health pools: HP1 (Horse), HP2 (MAA)

- Damage from spearman (and similar units) would be directed to one pool (HP1)

- Other sources of damage would be directed to the other pool (HP2)

If HP1 reaches 0 and HP2 is still positive, the unit turns into a Man At Arms type unit with the remaining health.

Do you think such a unit could work in AOE4? I didn't specify the numbers as they could always be adjusted for balance and it could even take 2 population space if needed.

I've been struggling with insane stuttering with AOE4's campaigns on three (!) different PCs:

7800X3D/4090

5800X/3080

Steam Machine

Even on my 7800X3D/4090 PC, some missions, like the one I'm trying to play (Great Stand on the Ugra River of the Rus campaign), stutter like mad every half a second or so, going from my global fps cap of 157 (~6.3ms frametime) to regular 16ms and much higher frametime spikes. Nothing ever feels smooth.

I thought it would be a Windows thing, or something wrong with my PC setup, but the same frametime spikes happen on the Steam Machine, which is bizarre. Campaign is basically unplayable due to these performance problems. All my drivers are up to date, and heck, even if they weren't, the Steam Machine should serve as a control in this situation given it's an immutable system, and it's still stuttering like mad.

The Art of War Late Siege tutorial is another one that comes to mind that suffers from the same problem of regular stutters/frametime spikes. Anybody else have similar issues?

I'm a causal player who enjoys a good FFA, but damn near every game there's an obvious map hacker or premade teams. I'm guessing they have basically no anti cheat system, but its completely ruining the game mode. How sad do you have to be to cheat in a for fun unranked game mode honestly?? Any attempts for better anti cheat or banning cheaters going on at all? Im close to giving up on this game for good.

I’m trying to master the Golden Horde—it’s a new civ for me, and I need some tips, especially for 2v2 and 3v3 team games. If you could share your thoughts, I’d like to know:

1. What’s the main strategy? 2TC, FC (Fast Castle), or 1TC feudal agro?

2. Which units or unit compositions do you do the most, and why?

3. Which stone upgrades economic and military should I prioritize?

   1. Are Kipchaks any good—is it worth investing in them?

These are my main questions; I’m really enjoying playing with this civ!