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History behind every AoE2 Unique Unit - Part 4
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Todai-ji - the Japanese Wonder
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All fotos and videos are private recordings taken in May 2023 by myself in Japan. The 4 fotos in the outro were shot on the premises of the Todai-ji temple complex. The map of all wonders in the beginning was created by GL.Grabwespe for this video. This video is the beginning of a series, in which my brother and I try to visit the real life locations of all AoE2 wonders.
History behind every AoE2 Unique Unit - Part 3
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Checking the historical accuracy of the 7 unique units that came with the 5 civs of the first AoE2 espansion - The Conquerors. Credits for the Turtle Ship icons: Ambra Ym www.behance.net/ymerajambrac0c Vielen Dank! 0:57 JAGUAR WARRIOR 5:17 TARKAN 6:55 WAR WAGON 9:44 TURTLE SHIP 12:34 PLUMED ARCHER 13:25 CONQUISTADOR 15:05 MISSIONARY 16:14 OUTRO
History behind every AoE2 Unique Unit - Part 2
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In Part 1 (ruclips.net/video/r1TeDG69-2E/видео.html) we covered the first 7 Unique Units of the original Age of Kings: Longbowman, Cataphract, Woad Raider, Chu Ko Nu, Throwing Axeman, Huskarl, Samurai. Part 2 takes up the remaining 7 Age of Kings UU. Teutonic Order website: www.deutscher-orden.at/ ...And the AoE3 soundtrack is something else 0:00 Intro 1:08 Mangudai 2:56 War Elephant 5:32 Mamel...
GAMBESON - AoE HipHop hitting hard
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Credits: Beat - 50 Cent Lyrics - Armchair Saurus Vocals (male) - Armchair Saurus Vocals (female) - Armchair Saurus Player 1 - Armchair Saurus Player 3 - GL.Grabwespe
What is a Gambeson? AoE2 vs Reality
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50 Gold - Gambeson Hip Hop: ruclips.net/video/CmwmwKMBpxg/видео.html The "past me" is an extract from this video: ruclips.net/video/K3H6KauDlKs/видео.html
History behind every AoE2 Unique Unit - Part 1
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Images taken from: Longbowman - www.realmofhistory.com/2016/05/03/10-interesting-facts-english-longbowman/ Cataphract - www.peopleofar.com/2013/02/14/armenian-and-parthian-cataphracts/ Huskarl - deadliestblogpage.wordpress.com/2017/05/03/elite-warrior-of-the-dark-ages-anglo-saxon-huscarl/ Samurai - tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Samurai Yari - www.rct.uk/collection/71661 Naginata - www.rct...
Rating the Logic of AoE2's Blacksmith Techs
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Second Part of the General Techtree Series, where we have a nitpicky look on every Tech in the Techtree. Part 1: ruclips.net/video/Q6u5OpICjtg/видео.html Illustrations of knights taken from book: A Chronicle History of Knights by Andrea Hopkins ISBN 1-84509-109-4 Forging Artwork: www.pinterest.com/pin/171559067047747459/
Rating the Logic of AoE2's Military Techs
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I'm not an archer (these are not my bows; first time using them), so I'm not saying that this is good archery form. And yes, Palfrey, Courier and Destrier aren't horse breeds in the modern sense. They are rather types of horses for specific use.
AoE2: Ranking Historical Logic in Unique Techs - Top 5
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Honorable Mentions: Great Wall (walls, towers HP), Stirrups (cavalry attack speed), Steppe Husbandry (lcav, steppe lancers, CA creation speed), Yasama (Tower arrows), Cuman Mercenaries (Kipchak in castle), Hussite Reforms (Monastery stuff costs food) Bottom 5 video: ruclips.net/video/XKU4lqQkzd0/видео.html Norman Knight Illustration Credit to: manu67.artstation.com/ My AoE Nexus profile: aoenex...
AoE2: Ranking Historical Nonsense in Unique Techs - Worst 5
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Honorable Mentions: Furor Celtica (more siege HP), Marauders (create Tarkans in stable), Anarchy (create huskarls in barracks), Arqebuse (ballistics for gunpowder) and yes...Supremacy (super strong villagers) My AoE Nexus profile: aoenexus.com/profile/#2840236-3 0:00 Introduction 2:11 FIRST CRUSADE 4:19 TORSION ENGINES 6:20 KATAPARUTO 9:13 CHATRAS 11:32 EL DORADO
Mail barding seems to appear in art (although it's hard to tell), it's a component of a full bard especially around the neck, and there are a few 16th century examples. However, they're definitely really rare.
Yep. and definitely not a staple kind of barding armor as the game makes it seem.
Better names: Angevin dynasty (when you have more organization in the army, even greater French influence socially and a stronger political connection to the Catholic church) manganikon (The Axumites' siege equipment, if it existed, would be imported from the Romans and Persians, and in the later Abyssianian Empire would be from the Arabs) Bo-hiya (it was actually a rocket launcher, but it would be a parabolic siege weapon) Vương hầu quân (the armies of the Royal family, so that would mean more elephants and a lot more high quality elephants in terms of training, health, equipment, etc) Ichcahuipilli (Or the Maya equivalent ) if we're going with equipment, or Achij (simply meaning man or Yeoman) or Holcan (meaning warrior) if we're talking about elite training.
agree with all. Vương hầu quân would be a hell though to pronounce and remember:) ichcahuipilli makes so much sense. However I dont know if we have a Mayan word for that
The fact that lots of "uniques" are just a generic word in other languages
yes so exotic
i feel so much smarter after these videos. thank you very much for making them
thanks for feeling smarter:)
no gay horde is the best
no-homo-horde
I love you complete unit profile pics with pencil. Magyar Huszar and Boyar horse head took me out good
the most fun part also for me when making these videos
Bruhhh seriously no comment on the google search 8:52. Best day of mu life LOL 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
fiiiiiiinally !! thank you. and I thought nobody would spot it
Enjoyable video. Glad ur back
enjoyable comment
He's back! With new fact knowledge.😊
was never gone. just slow
Having the battle of Crecy twice in the same video and one person representing two unique units is even more surprising than learning that the Genoese apparently read (a badly translated) Sun Tzu.
_Thanks, Marco Polo?_ 🤷♂️
Standing army claims. Countless researchers love to claim :''Oh X civilisation that I am studying was the FirST TO UtILIZE A STAnDING ARmY IN hISTORY.'' This is usually just BS based on hubris. Alfred the Great Had a Professional standing army, the Chivalric Crusader Orders had true professional standing armies, the Hungarian Black army, The Inca had a professional standing army with Kamayuk officers and more . ‘’No no’’ I hear them say… ‘’Sargon the Great of Akkad 2270 BC had the first standing army.’’ Where in fact even Lugal-zage-si 2296 BC had a professional standing army. Contrary to popular belief , a lot of civilisations in the High medieval era and ancient times had professional standing armies.
Knight is also a word that goes back to something like a servant, someone who worked for a land or house owner, then later to a more complex liege system. Modern German still has “Knecht“ which is usually describing a farm hand.
ah ineressanter Vergleich. also "knight" und "Knecht" stammen vom gleichen Wort ab!?
@@armchairsaurus genau, wenn ich mich recht erinnere an meine “old english“ vorlesungen, dann wurde das wort “knight“ ursprünglich sowas wie “knicht“ (in deutsch) ausgesprochen. Mir ist auch noch durch den kopf gegangen, dass huscarl vermutlich auch mit dem wort “kerl“ verwandt ist, also ein “hauskerl“ oder halt “mann des hauses“
@@BewegteBilderrahmen yep, der Huskarl ist der Hausmann:)
Another banger
and there is youcanthandlethetruth!!!
This video was so well done! Bravo! Gonna make sure to watch the rest of the series too.... Oh & instant subscribe! 😁
yeah welcome to the series <3
Do you think the Magyar hussar should have a Bowman mechanic similar to Rathas?
I think gameplay wise the unit is good as is. A trash unit with a switchable attack is maybe a bit much of a attention sink. I find the subtle graphical detail just fine
I really really wish to give, at least, 1 like for each of the hand drawn completing the official unit illustration. Also 1 like for each joke that made me legitimately lol. The Cyka Blyat one deserves 2 likes alone. Great video, as always. Looking very foward to the next.
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got me with that intro -.- 11
You took some time.. but worth it as usual 🔥🔥🔥
My Genoese Crossbowmen mostly take ouchies and do almost no ouchies, but great video anyway!
Lets gooooooo GL in da house!!!!
It's historically acurate, that boyars have been yelling "AAAAAAH, SOOKA BLYAT!".
Weren't the Indians also part of the Forgotten with their Elephant Archer?🤔 Not that I think it will score high given how broad the term Indian is and because Elephant Archers probably weren't unique to the Indians.😅
Yep. Indians are not in the game anymore and the EA is now a regional unit. But of course in a future video we will deal with the Indian Dynasties Civs
I guess you skipped the Elephant Archer because it is no longer a unique unit and the Indians no longer exist as a civ, even though both were introduced in The Forgotten.
correct guess. Indians are not in the game anymore and the EA is now a regional unit. But of course in a future video we will deal with the Indian Dynasties Civs
The Slavs were mostly Kievan or Moscovite Rus in some way so sending the ruling nobility into battle as their own unit instead of a commander is quite strange. There are other Nobility that can be used from the Dvoryan/Dvoryanstvo and Boyar Scions. The Bardiche is also a 14th Century weapon, for the Slavs being able to train Boyars in Castle age which is around 9th to 13th century according to the AoE2 History Section.
good inputs. Boyar Scions would also be very fitting. Presumable the Boyars are supposed to be Boyar Scions...the Scions was perhaps dropped for simplicity
AoE2's Genoese Crossbowmen has some strange look of being unarmored and not using a Pavise Shield, however the more stranger one is they have 1 Melee Armor but 0 Pierce Armor, though in Castle Age they can get up to 4/3 Melee Armor with the combination of Castle Age Blacksmith +2/2 and Pavise Unique Tech +1/1. But the most strange of it all is Elite Genoese Crossbow didn't get an attack increase, making them only have 6 Attack while other unit like Elite Longbowman and Rattan Elite Archer have 7 Attack.
true that the high melee armor is actually quite off
If anything, it feels like the armor values should be reversed.
Like this comment if you also want a 30 minutes video of Armchair Saurus looking up the Boyar's role at each one of the Slavic kingdoms/empire, individually.
The definitive edition of the Itzcoatl hero actually has a more historically accurate model of the Jaguar Warrior
indeed! i didnt know of this hero. If I would have know I would have brought him up as a good example
Honestly they could replace the woad raider with the Gallowglass an irish mercanary from the 13th to 16th century., 64.media.tumblr.com/0f99c415bf1dff7d2ea34df6b8b260c3/tumblr_inline_nrvxyleveQ1rtdfb6_1280.jpg
The persians of age of empires are fusion of all of various dynasties that ruled Iran during the medieval period from the Sassanids all to the early modern era Safavids, which explains why the Perisans have both Elephants and heavily armoured cavalry, whilst having a decent gunpowder roster of hand cannoneers, bombard cannons and the unquie tech of citadels which replaces the castles arrows with guns
didnt think that the answer to the question "which dynasty are the persions in AOE2" is "All". but makes sense
Sforza is Probobly my favorite mercenary commander of all time. A man who would stop at nothing to get what he wanted. If he couldn’t with with warfare, he won with his silver tongue and vice versa.
I think the bardiche was used as the Boyar weapon to be more identifable of a small unit model that is zoomed out against the map. Same reason why they oversized the axes of the Frankish throwing axeman
yep, from a graphic design it makes sense. But from a historical perspective I HAVE to point it out;)
Same goes for the voulge of the Coustillier and the war-pick of the Obuch.
@@morgs5118 at least the Obuch is a footy
Magyar Huszar with 5 stars <3 Liked and shared :)
do you have some magyar huszars in your circle of friends?;)
I have magyar ancestry :)
I dread the vid when you have to deal with the thirisadai.
yep. gonna be short and painful
love your videos!!! keep up the good work , thank you!
euxapistw!
I have been waiting months for this video ❤️
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Man the slinger didn't deserve that lost star. Ditto for the Genoese Crossbowman. You don't grant any leeway for gameplay decisions lol! 😅
gotta be strict 11. nah I mean gameplay goes over accuracy. I think the devs made the right choices...im just pointing out that they have left a bit of historical accuracy behind by doing so
YES, I'm SO glad to see you and my sub box again! Gonna enjoy watching this a little later over dinner
yeah robbylava still here! <3
What a coincidence, I just saw this video also while eating diner 😂. To be fair, I watch most of the videos I watch when I'm eating.
@@thomasfplm same habit
Thank you ❤ for the video. AND thank you for thanking us for the patience. I sure have a lot of patience (and impatience😂) but 😮 It is ALWAYS worth it ❤ to Research! Thanks🎉
thank you so much King Oskar<3
I forgot how high your standards were before I being reminded of the tier list. I also forgot 0 stars is a possibility. I still think Woad warriors deserve 1 star while berserk deserve 0. Berserks are made up, Woad Warriors are just Anachronistic. Also is till think that you can interpret the Mameluke's Bactrian camel as a reference to their steppe origin.
there is another guy in the comments who is debating with me since 3 videos that Berserk should be 2 stars. I'd like to refer you to each other
@armchairsaurus Berserke are made up poetic nonsense, their horned helmets are bogus, and their existence perpetuates steretoypes about Scandinavians. Vikings shouldn't even be a civ, and a viking should be a regional unit for danes and swedes. Since viking is a profession, not a civ. How to they deserve 2 stars?!
I believe the condottiero is partially inspired by "rotella infrantry", since there was some historical account of rotella shields being effective against early firearms.
oh didnt think about that
@armchairsaurus I think both Italians and Austrians had them. Roundshields were a type of light infantry armed with shields that charged early muskateer lines between shots. I forget how the tactic worked, but has something to do with the low accuracy, slow firing rate, and somewhat lackluster penetrations early guns had. This allowed these type of infantry close the distance and hit at the enemy gunners.
you put so much time into these videos, thank you!
thank you so much for the appreciation <3
worth the wait, good job
lets gooo
It’s taken me a while to notice your profile pic of a dinosaur which is awesome
vaguely inspired by the philosoraptor meme
I still think that Berserkers, the word basically meaning the same as Champion, and with a climate potentially favouring taller and stronger men who have experience with surviving in harsher weather, deserve more than 1 star. While it's possible to be reminded of "going berserk" when hearing the name, that's not really what the unit represents in the game - just the best fighter of their village, experienced in melee and adapted to a colder climate
but if these are supposed to be simply the best fighters of their village why is the unit called "Berserker"? - which is a word originating from poetry. So this unit is inspired by mythology, not actual combatants. With that I can at max justify 2 stars (but then the horned helmet drags it down to 1).
You could hold against the Magyar Huszar, that the effect of Corvinian Army - Magyar Huszars cost only food - is ironic, given that the real Corvinian Army was notoriously expensive to maintain and bankrupted Hungary nearly. But this is a problem of the technology and not the unit. Thats why the unit still gets away with 5 stars
My guess as to why they’re foot units, is that they didn’t want to give another horse, but the fact that the trooper condotiero has 1.32 tile per second speed (plus squires) but also so the handcannoneer still can fight the unit as well. Just a guess though.
Man I wait 6 months for the video and now I need to wait another 6 months PS: Good job very good video need more 😀
thanks for the wait. I wish I could slam them out faster. But i cant...at least not without neglecting my duties as a tay-paying human. most work on those videos i get actually done during my vacation
Do you think "Druzhinnik/Дружинник" would have been a better name for the Slavs' (should be called Rus' BTW) unique unit? Druzhina were the retainers of a prince.
Yes. As a name for a unique unit I would prefer Druzhinnik over Boyar anytime. Druzhina was the fighting entourage of a nobleman (e.g. a Boyar). In a way you - the player - are the Boyar. So what do you create to fight for you? Druzhinnik!
Following the rename, give them a bow and add another star to the ranking :)
8:51 is that your attempt at a joke?
yes! did you like it?
11:36 you missed a chance to reference the dreamworks animated film El Dorado
9:50 It's actually a little more complicated. Shields actually got smaller cause they got thicker and so had to be smaller to remain light enough to be maneuverable. A 14th century kite shield is over 4,5 times thicker than a 8th century one. This was done because advancements in armor also spurred advancements in weapons. With things like halberds and maces. 6th-9th century kite shields were so big cause they were very thin. They really only served to protect against arrow fire or to push away static spears. late medieval kite shields, while having the same shape were made for a different purpose which is to deflect powerful blows from anti-armor weapons. They were meant to take a pole axe blow head on which would go straight through a thin kite shield. This is also why a lot of early kite shields have hide on them while the late ones do not. In the early ones if they got wet the wood would expand and could warp the shield so the hide kept the water at bay and helped keep it in the right shape. Late kite shields were thick enough and sturdy enough that this wasn't an issue.
Wow really insightful. Thank you, that much so much sense and I never have heard of that before. I always thought shields got smaller because with armor getting better, combatants could rely more on their armor, and thus accepted to have less protection form their shield in return for better visibility, maneuvrability etc.
@@armchairsaurus Shields have an optimum weight where they stop being practical to use and shields never deviated from that. Their proportions just changed. Exchanging surface area for thickness as their purpose changed. From protecting against arrows and swords to protecting against halbards and maces.
@@armchairsaurus Another area where you can see this change is how the shields are held. Early thin shields often are center grip with a metal cup in the middle to get to hand to the center of gravity so it's easier to manouver around your body to stop sword and arrow attacks from different directions. Later shields were almost always strap-on shields cause they were meant to take heavy blows. When absorbing a hard blow from a mace or pole-axe a shield held only by the grip of your fingers would get flung away so you want it securely strapped to your arm.
@@armchairsaurus I made a mistake there. The weight of kite shields did not stay the same and they actually got heavier as time went on. Also warfare during the late middle ages was far more organized than during the early middle ages. So being able to quickly maneuver a shield around was not as big of a concern. This is also why the ancient Greeks used strap-on shields rather than center grip shields cause they relied on tight formations. The classic norman soldier actually illustrates it very well. He is wearing a full halberk which is somewhat vulnerable to arrows so he has a shield with a big surface area to protect himself against that. Arrows coming in at an angle are easily deflected by mail but arrows coming straight on can split between the rings. Plate is pretty much immume to arrows no matter what the angle so shields stopped being used for that. Instead they were repurposed to protect you against the sort of weapons you were still vulnerable too even with armor.
@@armchairsaurus I have 1 more thing (sorry). Shields got thicker and thicker until they had shrunken down to not much bigger than a cup. These tiny shields are known as bucklers and were quite common in the 15th century. Because they were so tiny they were not only used by fully armored knights to absorb blows. But also by lords as a companion to a rapier. Bucklers were commonly made of metal though and they required quite a bit of skill to deflect blows with as they were only a little bit bigger than your hand. But they were sturdy enough to parry the full force of a 2 handed war hammer if you braced it correctly. Though that is quite difficult and if you don't hold it correctly you will break your arm so at that point many decided to just stop using them. The surface area was so tiny that it wasn't worth it anymore. And like I already said making the surface area bigger means you have to make it thinner to keep it usable which means it won't protect you against heavy weapons. Bucklers were commonly used though by unarmored soldiers or even civilians as they provided protection against heavy weapons while not getting in the way. A sword-buckler combination became the side-arm of choice during the late middle ages and into the Renaissance.