Unfortunately, the end of this game does show the ultimate weakness of Mercenaries. Yes, they're tough and cost-effective, but late-game, their inability to receive upgrades and high population make them compare unfavorably to regular troops. This makes this strat a great choice for supremacy, but not necessarily so great in FFA or bigger team games.
@@carlos.daniel.santmaria5477 Yeah, but you're still gonna lose a big FFA match because *somebody* is going to reach Industrial, whereupon their regulars are going to beat your mercs, plus they'll have a stronger economy from all the shipments they sent which you used to send troops.
Rollin' up with a full army of Black Riders, Hackapells, Fusiliers, Swiss Pikes, Elmeti, Landsknecht, heavy cannons, and more? Who needs strategy when you've got that much *swag* xD
Late game, they are pitiful. They may have the upper hand to include mercs into your army first hand, but they can't be upgraded, and will fall easily to an Imperial-era army.
18:51 That salt, though. Seriously, that kid should have known he'd never catch/beat your black riders, and just bogged off back to his own base, then come back later with Abus & Jans to help.
Try out the Ottoman strat available when you have Apache Natives-the idea is to get Apache Cavalry with their settler killing upgrade + the Ottoman card “Irregulars” which doubles damage of ranged cav against settlers. It’s basically an Otto FF with extra raiding cheese
The ending was anticlimatic, but god damn this was thrilling to watch, watching your videos just inspires to get gud at the game, keep them coming, pal.
Regarding not making villies because you need housing space: Palatine Housing would like to have a word with you on how underrated it is for this specific strat.
@@SamuraiRevolution That is true, but sending it early means you'll only need 7 houses to have 200 pop space, allowing you to continue villie production to help with say coin income, not worry about being pop capped so you can't send shipments, *and* make up for having extremely pop dense mercs. And given Germans get pop efficient settler wagons as well, it's pretty easy to get a pretty rockin' eco while having an OP merc army on the field. No, Palatine Housing isn't essential, and it makes Germans especially vulnerable to getting housed if just one of those houses is destroyed, but it makes the transition into mercs so much more smooth.
Surprised you didn’t make the church dops or natives. So good against cav could have backed up the black rides early and been annoying later game against dutch
Stupid question but how do you 1)- show the tactics on all players in your games? 2)- how to show when stuff is going to be done, such as vil’s your buying and shows the progress of them being shipped in in bottom left corner
They build faster and are significantly cheaper that way. Damage spread is the same generally, but instead of the spread taking out 15 to 30 wood on long walls, it only takes 10 or 15.
This is not the mercs build I expected but I loved it! I wonder what would have happened with improved arsenal, specially given the amount of cav u had, buildings could had gone down much quicker
I noticed at 52:24 you were able to select the merc card again even though its not an infinite card. Ive noticed this alot when playing. Can someone explain why/how that works? Some cards seem to become available even though they aren’t infinite.
Buy it on steam! As long as you get the complete edition that comes with the asian dynasties, thats all you need! Once you get it, right click on the game and launch the asian dynasties!
Hey Sam, how do stop the instant gendarmes spam? it was impossible to handle even with 2 layers of walls and exalted samurais. becomes so tiring to handle France in age 5
Samurai's multiplier vs cavalry isn't as high as other hand infantry units, so they don't perform as well as they are expected to. Ashi, instead, get a card for extra melee attack vs cav, and only take 1 population slot.
Do you know this guys your are playing with? If not I find those chat messages pretty toxic. Don't know, maybe because I'm a noob myself and don't understand the game so much. BTW, keep the good content, I love this game. One of best RTS for sure.
@SamuraiRevolution Is there any reason you never use natives? They cost 0 population, they can be very useful. In that game for example, you could have had 30 navajo skirms guarding your TC while the mercs were going for blue and you could have probably withstood his attack
Hi Samurai I have a couple of problems in wol 1: how to access the African commodities (socket salt, vanilla...) 2: Why no new units r added to Aztecs,Sioux,iroqouis and Indians BTW great vid 👌👍
1) It looks like currently WIP on the African commodities. 2) It seems already intended, but try them out with the changes in the mod; a) Iroquois have bonus ie; Reduced trading post's cost and if their buildings destroyed, comes resource gatherables (such as huntables and trees). b) while Sioux' bonus; their siege damage increased every age up reached. Also, you can train Tashunke Prowlers in the Corrals. c) Aztec: Warrior priests can provides a greater bonus when dancing on Fire pit and not surprisingly, All big tech buttons can summons many warriors without worrying about reached pop limit. d) Indians: every their shipments comes more amount vils while starting age 2.
You know what I think lack knowledge about these civs. Like you know udasi temple? It trains chakram that are sikh soldiers. Who the heck added the sikh to udasi temple? These people know nothing about sikhs. You know what? Udasi are a completely different sect. Game is good but they lack knowledge
You have to have the Warchief expansion, if you only have the regular version of Age of Empires III that might be the problem. And if you have the expansion, it's only the European civs that can build it I think.
Unfortunately, the end of this game does show the ultimate weakness of Mercenaries. Yes, they're tough and cost-effective, but late-game, their inability to receive upgrades and high population make them compare unfavorably to regular troops. This makes this strat a great choice for supremacy, but not necessarily so great in FFA or bigger team games.
Yup! Great for smaller FFAs :)
thats not all
i always have a upgrade card for spies to counter mercenaries
That's why you have to roll in quickly.
Like Samurai Revolution did
@@carlos.daniel.santmaria5477 Yeah, but you're still gonna lose a big FFA match because *somebody* is going to reach Industrial, whereupon their regulars are going to beat your mercs, plus they'll have a stronger economy from all the shipments they sent which you used to send troops.
@@SamuraiRevolution, is Wallenstein contracts not working for you as well for mercanary armies in definitive edition?
Rollin' up with a full army of Black Riders, Hackapells, Fusiliers, Swiss Pikes, Elmeti, Landsknecht, heavy cannons, and more?
Who needs strategy when you've got that much *swag* xD
Late game, they are pitiful. They may have the upper hand to include mercs into your army first hand, but they can't be upgraded, and will fall easily to an Imperial-era army.
Finally after countless asking on streams and videos we finally get more Germany
My new favorite civ!
To plays as, against it's the worst
18:51 That salt, though. Seriously, that kid should have known he'd never catch/beat your black riders, and just bogged off back to his own base, then come back later with Abus & Jans to help.
LOL there was nothing "classic and casual" about that merc army.
Haha yes😂
Well classic 1618-1648
@@npkErebor yes
dutch is one of the better equipped civs to deal with this because they can get such high pop army
The English pronunciation is usually 'lands-connect' , here's a German pronunciation: ruclips.net/video/sBNru7Tp4jg/видео.html
Keep the content coming Sam!
Thanks Vhaun!
It's weird how he never gets double teamed in ffa matches...I've always had that problem
Haha just rekt em horses man, that was so satisfying with the Black Riders, awesome match!
Thanks for watching Franco!
Amazing to see this strat working!
I'd love to see some more Wars of Liberty. The number of lobbies for it are so small these days :(
Try out the Ottoman strat available when you have Apache Natives-the idea is to get Apache Cavalry with their settler killing upgrade + the Ottoman card “Irregulars” which doubles damage of ranged cav against settlers. It’s basically an Otto FF with extra raiding cheese
Amazing!!
the knights speak Italian at 33:11, bellissimo🥰👍🏽🇮🇹
You should've gotten the Units when aging Imp and also get the Native Units, for the Ultimate Army!
The early spahi massacre by black riders was 100%
This match had a lot of fun, keep up that good work!
Hi I'm the guy that we played on your stream with the Soviets .cool video!
Thanks!!!
The ending was anticlimatic, but god damn this was thrilling to watch, watching your videos just inspires to get gud at the game, keep them coming, pal.
Regarding not making villies because you need housing space:
Palatine Housing would like to have a word with you on how underrated it is for this specific strat.
But it doesent change max population!!
@@SamuraiRevolution That is true, but sending it early means you'll only need 7 houses to have 200 pop space, allowing you to continue villie production to help with say coin income, not worry about being pop capped so you can't send shipments, *and* make up for having extremely pop dense mercs. And given Germans get pop efficient settler wagons as well, it's pretty easy to get a pretty rockin' eco while having an OP merc army on the field.
No, Palatine Housing isn't essential, and it makes Germans especially vulnerable to getting housed if just one of those houses is destroyed, but it makes the transition into mercs so much more smooth.
LMAO green was salty AF, get rekt.
Love your videos, bro!
Thanks for the support, Augustus!!
Surprised you didn’t make the church dops or natives. So good against cav could have backed up the black rides early and been annoying later game against dutch
Stupid question but how do you 1)- show the tactics on all players in your games? 2)- how to show when stuff is going to be done, such as vil’s your buying and shows the progress of them being shipped in in bottom left corner
See your comment I replied to earlier!
17:00 perfect moment :D
hahaha
*trains 50 spies*
Mercs: why do I hear boss music?
The Explorer is called “Schweinsteiger” xD
(German Footballer. Name literally says Pigclimber)
I LOVE the new WoL intro screen!
Thanks! It's not WoL though...it's a 1800s painting of the Danish army haha!
Why do you build your walls without the pillar part? Genuinely curious.
I'd like to know as well
The damadge doesnt spread across several Wall parts i think
They build faster and are significantly cheaper that way. Damage spread is the same generally, but instead of the spread taking out 15 to 30 wood on long walls, it only takes 10 or 15.
This is not the mercs build I expected but I loved it! I wonder what would have happened with improved arsenal, specially given the amount of cav u had, buildings could had gone down much quicker
Why yellow did not counter with the spy units, mercs fall apart damn fast with them.
I noticed at 52:24 you were able to select the merc card again even though its not an infinite card. Ive noticed this alot when playing. Can someone explain why/how that works? Some cards seem to become available even though they aren’t infinite.
Imperial age resets unit card availability.
Where can the full game set be purchased and do you use any mods or addons? Greate content keep it up dude!!
Buy it on steam! As long as you get the complete edition that comes with the asian dynasties, thats all you need! Once you get it, right click on the game and launch the asian dynasties!
How many minute men and explorer did yellow have
Wow love the video! more germany pls
Thanks Atharva! Of course!
Dude what's the reason you delete the pillar of the wall?
Hey Sam, how do stop the instant gendarmes spam? it was impossible to handle even with 2 layers of walls and exalted samurais. becomes so tiring to handle France in age 5
German war wagons and dops are my favorite counter :)
@@SamuraiRevolution nothing for japan? :(
@@sushipoo7 I mean you can use japan, but germany is my favorite counter!
Samurai's multiplier vs cavalry isn't as high as other hand infantry units, so they don't perform as well as they are expected to. Ashi, instead, get a card for extra melee attack vs cav, and only take 1 population slot.
The two dislikes are from yellow and green
Haha!
Or people with a bit of empathy
this is the literal definition of "pay to win"
Do you know this guys your are playing with? If not I find those chat messages pretty toxic.
Don't know, maybe because I'm a noob myself and don't understand the game so much.
BTW, keep the good content, I love this game. One of best RTS for sure.
You're right, he was an absolute dickhead
Nice video!
Thank you!
Why do these guys resign so fast? Is it uncommon that people fight till the last man in these matches? lol
i have an question. Do musketeers have to be in melee modus to get their bonus against cavelerie??
They need to be in melee in general, either Volley mode and hit up close, or in melee stance. Their volley fire doesn't have any multipliers
the hero we need
Schweinsteiger needed a pass from Mesut Ozil 🤪
Good game.
LOL! Thanks!
@@SamuraiRevolution you earned it. Too bad that blue got u tho. Some dopps late game might have done the job. But great game overall. 👍
Stay safe.
@SamuraiRevolution Is there any reason you never use natives? They cost 0 population, they can be very useful. In that game for example, you could have had 30 navajo skirms guarding your TC while the mercs were going for blue and you could have probably withstood his attack
No reason, Just wanted to try full mercs this game :)
@@SamuraiRevolution I'd love to see you mae some use of natives in some future games tho, they sometimes have some quite good units :)
@@YTLSF For sure!!
I literally thought about this strategy yesterday. Nice gameplay dude.Can you could do this strategy with French ?
Thanks! French don't have free mercs though!
@@SamuraiRevolution oh ok. 😄
It was satisfaying getting green rekt, Buy i felt Bad for yellow . He just was doing his job :c
Hi Samurai I have a couple of problems in wol
1: how to access the African commodities (socket salt, vanilla...)
2: Why no new units r added to Aztecs,Sioux,iroqouis and Indians
BTW great vid 👌👍
1) It looks like currently WIP on the African commodities.
2) It seems already intended, but try them out with the changes in the mod;
a) Iroquois have bonus ie; Reduced trading post's cost and if their buildings destroyed, comes resource gatherables (such as huntables and trees).
b) while Sioux' bonus; their siege damage increased every age up reached. Also, you can train Tashunke Prowlers in the Corrals.
c) Aztec: Warrior priests can provides a greater bonus when dancing on Fire pit and not surprisingly, All big tech buttons can summons many warriors without worrying about reached pop limit.
d) Indians: every their shipments comes more amount vils while starting age 2.
You know what I think lack knowledge about these civs. Like you know udasi temple? It trains chakram that are sikh soldiers. Who the heck added the sikh to udasi temple? These people know nothing about sikhs. You know what? Udasi are a completely different sect.
Game is good but they lack knowledge
Have played as indians? There is a rodelero type unit called rajput. I mean why they added rajput in barracks? Rajput weren't a part of british army.
Thanks @hisyam swampy
"Landsknecht" I believe is pronounced /Land-shh-connect/
It is pronounced Lands-k-necht
mercs are a solid meme unit always because spies out of a church just yeet them. by the way it's pronounced lands-k-necht-en
I have the AoE3 as the retail cd version, without steam, how do I create an ESO account so I begin multiplayer, since it has a 101 error.
I'm not sure how to fix the 101 error...look it up online!
SamuraiRevolution thank you for even responding to this
Imma resume searching
Love ti! ;)
How you do that walls?
Why do you always spam certain units?
Why build walls without pillars? Spahi run around wall, make a gate and walk through.
I'm still learning how to do it, but you can make the walls completely. It saves wood, but I like it because they build it faster!
How do you select all of the pillars to delete them at once?
Set a hotkey for "all units of this type" or something like that, then click the pillars once, press the hotkey, and you can select them all
default is ctrl+M1
Yo samurai you should do like Throw back Thursday where you go back and play aoe 1&2
Sounds fun!
Why is it that in game I dont have an option to build saloon
You have to have the Warchief expansion, if you only have the regular version of Age of Empires III that might be the problem.
And if you have the expansion, it's only the European civs that can build it I think.
@@mrjoni54 I have the expansion but even if i only play vanilla that may be it. I may have to play on asian dynasty to get it
Wow, can you do more strategy with mercenary’s army? They are fantastic and unespected l!!!
Maybe! Thanks Francesco !
man loved that annihilation of Green. Rage quitter. LOL
how to delete the wall pillars all at once?
In your options under hotkeys, check unit selction where it says select all units of type and use whatever hotkey is there, or edit.
should try this with japan and use only export army and shipments
For sure!!
Chief_ Stealth is on my friends list. I'm The_Last_Ronin
"how am i supposed to know" well if they are fighting, the score would prob move lol
I think you just forgot to upgrade them from the saloon in age IV :3
That upgrade only affects outlaws unfortunately
Spanish mercenaries when (if there has already been an video on that i'd like to see)
I mean, faster shipments=gold cards= mercenary rush
thats just my min tho
Dude black riders rekt spahi thats nasty
Nasty!
14 vill pop?
Dam
how can i find good map pack
It depends on what you're looking for!
Him:(using powerfull mercenaries that cost +500 coin
Newbie me that has played for 5 years:*Marathan Thuggee*
lol
Can we have a top useless units in the game? Pls :)
what is the name of this map?
Sonora, I believe :)
Yes Sonora!!
Doing this is great always with germany
I did this times and its good till they bring their spy out
Sonora map?
Yes!
randomattack, attacks randomly fast hehe
anyone who can help me out?
please reply who is aizmak
he is insane
Yikes, you've been pretty toxic and complacent with the green guy..
Am I first?
Mercenary army die by using spies army
Hahahahah stop saying Elmenti 🤣🤣