Well, Arabia is somewhere in between them geographically (via the longer way). Both had to be pretty bloodthirsty to travel the distance but eventually they met in the center. 11
Dear Spirit of the Law, I absolutely love your videos. I have been playing this game not very advanced for a very long time. It's just a lot of fun and very complicated. Your videos are extremely entertaining and even funny. "Saracens team bonus.... how adorable." I laughed so freaking long. Also the glitch videos were absolutely hilarious. You need to be a writer for comedy movies or television. Your youtube grade.... A+
I used to play AoE2 as a kid and recently bought the Defenitive Edition bc I was nostalgia tripping. Just wanted to say that I really aprecciate the videos you make: the detail and pace of ur vids are on point. Also adding memes and jokes makes them less "boring", as AoE mechanics can be fairly heavy and hard to learn. Keep it up my guy
@The Jester - Fool Of Hearts No. The Aztecs usually didn't sacrifice their own people. They sacrificed their enemies. Warriors were paid depending on enemy soldiers captured and with many of the tribes and cities they conquered they demanded tribute of human bodies every year. I think if you want to include that it would be a tiny amount of gold for every single enemy killed.
Going through your alphabetical order playist is a trip and a half, with how the presentation and production quality changes depending on how many years of experience you had. Commenting on this vid in particular because of 0:30. I just found your channel recently, so it's funny to me that even _seven years ago_ people were asking for you to remake old videos! Just a consequence of covering a game with ongoing and active dev support, I guess. 😉
I've been playing AOE since 2000 (against friends, not ranked players) and continue to love and play this game in 2021. It's just an awesome game! Regards from Mexico :)
Man i'm amazed by how close to scientific (as a game allows) your analyzes of this game are! You must be a Professor ou a Statistic or just someone who really learned useful things in College :)
So glad you've finally made this! Although a little update for your channel would have been nice at the end... ALSO you forgot to add this to the playlist!
Thanks SOTL. I love Aztecs so much - infantry in AoE2 are awesome. Champions with 21 attack are OP. Their just a really attacking civ. At my level, it's hard to use Eagles well as they are expensive yet relatively frail
I have to say, I'm not really a fan of RTS but I love the time and effort that goes into making these videos. They're a joy to watch. Definitely earns a sub.
8 лет назад+1
FINALLY ! BEEN REQUESTING THIS FOR A YEAR ! AND MY COMMENT APPEARS ON THE VIDEO ! THANK YOU SPIRIT !
Just subscribed. (I've watched like 30 of your vids, don't know why I didn't earlier!) LOL. Anyway, I just wanted to comment that your Video Introduction is one of my favorites. Great job on that. :)
+4 Attack halbadierwould be kind of OP, but I would really want your comments on +4 attack champions vs other infantry. (Nice work! Love the videos! keep going!)
Hey Spirit, I thought I was going to pass away before you made the aztecs. Kudos for the great job :) Just 4 thoughts, (the first one is the most important tho): 1) friend of mine (TheGhostmaster) ran the same scenarios for which unique infantry is the best and he found something very interesting. In plain AoC the samurais own jags, hands down (I learned that the hard and painful way) however there is a kind of nerf for samurais in AoF/AoAK since now the matches are pretty even. 2) While the eagle unit line seems to have been nerfed, the fact that you can get eagles in feudal, you can actually pull a pretty decent (and even mortal) eagle scout rush, and keep spaming eagles while you go castle, that strat was not even posible in AoC 3) Atlatl seems to be bigger deal because a fully upgraded skirm has 9 range and 8 attack. Now it is very easy to counter an average brit attack, where in AoC aztecs where very vulnearable to a post-imp brit archer line. 4) Aztecs are kind of a "refined zerg rush", while most of us will agree the most zerg like civ are the goths, aztecs can spam military faster, and even when we know aztecs have not the best infantry (that is the japanese), it is the second best infantry combined with the faster spam speed, and with a very strong eco, you can actually spam units like mad man without caring about they are dead or alive, you just keep spamming until you overwhelm your enemy. Aztecs still have the worst tech tree in all AoE II (making a comparison with the Spaniards who have the most comprehensive tech tree in AoC), they usually will have an awful kill/deaths ratio, but aztecs win by the number. Thanks again for your analysis, I am not let down in anyway.
It's arguable that access to the Eagle Warrior means Aztecs do, in fact, have the best Infantry in the game. The eagle scout rush is good for countering archers, I suppose, but I wouldn't call it a great feudal opening. Scouts are probably a stronger initial opening because they build much faster and in feudal have better stats. Eagle scouts in general also produce pretty slowly, so I'm not sure how effective they are. I'd agree that skirms which out range most civs' archer units completely are pretty powerful.
+Rovsea - Eagle Scout rushes are pretty powerful but you have to take advantage of the tight window where your opponent won't have out enough scouts or archers to counter your eagles. You can make 2 Barracks in the dark age when going up to feudal and then immediately queue up 2 eagles from each one when you get to feudal; they come out way faster than any archers or scouts could, because archery ranges/stables need barracks to be built, and can only be built in the feudal age. It takes at least 50 seconds before you'll even be able to queue up a scout cav, at which point 2 Eagle Scouts will already be about to come out. They aren't as good as raiding as scouts or mass archers, but they're quicker and can harass pretty early.
And now... with a Vietnamese ally you get the most deadly skirm in all AoE, 9 attack, 9 range, 100% accuracy, it is nice to see how a big group of post imp aztec imperial skirms kill palladins :P
Thanks for the great video! Keep up the good work even though you tend to mathematize stuff sometimes, but I know it's a good way to approach some questions :). Loved the lounge music you had on some vid. Remember to hail the Saracen team bonus!
I have literally been waiting for this since day one. The 'tecs are my fav civ and I am drowning in a wave of euphoria of delayed gratitude as my video buffers. Spirit, I cannot wait to see what you have done here.
Where were you all these years, I played AoK and conquerers for many years (still suck at it :P) and looked for good videos on internet, and years after I quit this game (long before the hd version) you come with these awesome videos, make me wanna start playing this again. Keep up your good work man.
8:05 Spirit: "Now lets move on and take a look at the Aztec's unique unit the Jaguar Warrior, or if you are American the Jagwhyer Warrior." Me: OR, if you are from the Hundred Acre Wood, the Jagular Warrior
Awww the end of the road for the Conquerors civs :( What will you do after? AK civs, Redo civs, Road to 1800 or another Q&A perhaps? Either way great video. My friend was watching a Resonance stream and heard him say "I should get Spirit of the Law to investigate how much gold is being lost in this congestion of trade carts" So whatcha think? :P
Yeah, Resonance has mentioned Spirit a few times in regards to things like bad lumber camps, trade and other things. I'd love to see them to a collaboration video.
+Sethyboy0 I would like a redone Teuton one and other civs he did long ago, the only problem I see with that though is if his opinion hasn't changed even with the new expansions so only the quality of the video would be different
Yo soy español y mi antepasado se llamaba Manuel Gerardo De Leon y el fue uno de los soldados de Hernan Cortez que combatio contra los Aztecas en Mexico y murio en La Noche Triste. Es agradable saber que halla un juego en donde aparezca una olvidada civilizacion como los Aztecas. Saludos Amigo!
Eagle Warrior rushes are surprisingly good on the Castle Age. Most people, on the Castle Age, tend to go for one of the following kinds of units: Knights, Crossobowman, or Monks. Eagle Warriors do a incredible job out of countering the last two, and though they are not -That-Good against Knights, during the Castle Age, their very low Food cost, small anti-cavalry bonus and still all-around decent stats make then food-effective against then. This is more important then it seems because, during the Castle Age, one of your priorities will be researching technologies and gathering the resources to go to the Imperial Age, so if you invest too much food in your army, you may lag behind technologically. I am still unsure if they are quite as good as Knights on the Castle Age, but they can cut it.
Not really. What the Incas need is better civ bonuses. Maybe make the llama the team bonus and have something better in its place. I know that a lot of people are favoring the whole "Upgrade your villagers' armor, tower rush" plan but I wish they had more. I still think an eco bonus of "All Economic buildings Except TC and Dock work 25% faster" would be good.
In my opinion for the incas to be viable they just need a tiny boost to their economy (and a buff to kamayuk movement speed, but that's more of personal preference).
Agh, new video! Screw keeping me from my studies. Can't resist. Yeah, Aztecs really trigger my OCD in the late game, namely their trash. They could have otherwise been flawless but as it stands the skirms lack the last armor upgrade and the pikes of course miss halberdiers. Their monks are great though. Whenever I play singleplayer I make use of the pause key to micromanage them as best as possible (usually against a non-heresy civ). It's amazing what monks can do when you give them that kind of co-ordination. Wow, though! We made it through all the original civs and the FEs. I never got a chance to properly play with the AK civs (because my PC can't handle patch 4.3+ for some reason) but I can't wait to hear about them. Berbers and Portuguese always looked really neat to me.
Saurons Mund Haha, ah yeah. I'm getting into that territory where I need to prepare myself for calculus right now (Not Math but Econometrics, close enough). I wonder how long it'll be before the funny calculations he did to find out the more complex equations and the like will seem like second nature to me.
Spectre Oof, yeah. What hard counter do Aztecs have to Cataphracts? Pikes don't really cut it and massed archers while being a good Cataphract killer are more of a good ANYTHING killer. No heavy cavalry (or cavalry at all) to counter them with, as well.
Sam Rodrigues Mesoamerican civilizations have it bad with archers because Cavalry archers and hand cannoneers aren't available to them. At least Mayans have Halberdiers.
tightlypackedcoil it's a 2 syllable word jaguar. the U is never emphasized if you speak correct English. it's like Qu words that contain it. similar with gu words. like guru isn't gah U a ru. it goo roo. 2 syllables.
You should make Map Overviews. With now knowing how most civilizations work, now you could give us insight on which maps benefits some civilization over others. As well as unique tactics certain maps offer to some civs
Yeah, the free loom in the old version was much nicer as it means you can pump out a villie instead of researching loom...also made it easier to wall up middle of BF map quicker and safer than other players because of wolves. Alot of players used to put off loom until castle to focus on villager production & economy first...For Aztecs it was N/A. Now it becomes a consideration, or spend that extra 50 gold to build 10 militia for dark age rush or waller escorts against wolves & enemy wallers. ;)
We're not the only ones! Jag-wire drives me nuts. I am not sure where it comes from or when it started but like nuk-u-lar instead of nuclear I wish it would go away and die in a ditch somewhere.
Funny. Jag-WIRE is the native pronunciation following Nahuatl (Aztec) language rules. Of course Jaguars were known as Ocelotl or Tecuani so it's a moot point, but still.
We've done it lads! Only the African Kingdom civs left to go. As usual, an excellent video! Personally, I want to see you cover the Portuguese next, but I enjoy all of the African Kingdom civs, they feel a lot more solid than the Forgotten Empires ones. Also, incoming salt about Aztecs not getting A+ for infantry! *cough cough* Celts are better *cough cough*
Mongols could beat them, their unique unit can kill most units with guerilla warfare. Otherwise, pick a civilization with Paladins, like Persians, Huns, Spanish and counter their trash units.
Time to clear up some misconceptions about the Aztec spear line. Against Cavalry: Halberdiers>Viking Pikemen>Aztec Pikemen Halberdiers enjoy a much higher damage bonus against cavalry than the other 2, and will kill cavalry faster as a result. Viking Pikes can also work well depending on the enemy cavalry they encounter. Their extra HP usually allows them to survive one extra attack unless against Elite Cataphracts, the longer they live, the longer their attack bonus comes into play. Aztec pikes aren't much better than generic pikes against cavalry because the flat bonus damage they get to cavalry overshadows the +4 attack from Garland Wars. Against other units: Aztec Pikemen>Halberdiers>Viking Pikemen This is where the +4 attack from Aztecs' UT shine. Aztec pikes deal 2 more damage than generic Halberdiers, and this really shines in a trash war. Viking pikemen, although the most durable, don't deal enough damage to be effective. They make better meat shields, but better meat shields is misleading information. If you are using the spear line to tank, you are using them wrong. Aztec pikemen are stronger against non-cavalry units at the cost of anti-cavalry capability, whereas Viking pikemen are straight up outclassed by Halberdiers.
Just found this channel lol. I wonder if they haven't changed anything since u first overviewed a civ. I still dont have african dlc, but seeing its the newest version will have to buy it. Keep the good work and ty for all these overviews.
wish they have the unique technology “Chinampas” it will allow you to create crops on lake surfaces, and allows to build town center on lakes xD, yeah just godlike stuff xD
13:31 - Besides, the silly fact of carrying a shield and having no pierce armor kinda drives me nuts. May I recomend to do a quick video with the changes up to the Rajas expansions. Then, you can just put a link withing your old civ overviews and make it up for all at once. Good video, c ya!
Garland Wars give ALL INFANTRY +4. This means ALL infantry including eagle and jaguar warriors. I guess with that bonuses it can take both samurai and teutonic in 1v1.
It'd be worth looking at, but post imperial Teutonic Knights are like siege engines, and Samurai have the attack speed bonus... ... But again, it would be worth looking at.
+Spirit Of The Law Sorry for asking so many questions, but you're the best aoe 2 analyst out there. Can you tell me why not more people use at least one militia to slay the deer during a drush? Seems much easier than harassing woodlines, and denies 540 food for 4 deer killed. Militia kills deer in two hits so it's really easy to do as well.
I would think good sportsmanship is probably the biggest reason people don't, similar to how most people don't send villagers forward to wall around their opponent's gold and stone mines
Spirit Of The Law So it's a good strategy? I was thinking for ranked. I don't mean to be a scumbag at all, but it seems as reasonable as drushing with aztecs anyway.
Stealing enemy boars and killing deer is considered a bad mannered and cheap tactic. There's a reason why you can hear it called "laming" in replay commentary. It's simply a matter of sportsmanship, more than people don't do it because it's not effective. You'll probably be called a lot of mean names and you deserve to be called those names if you do this, but you can totally do it.
I just checked both a Jaguar warrior and an elite jaguar warrior against a champion. They both seem to do +10 damage in HD. In the expansions, elite jaguars suddenly get +11, which I see the Wiki points out under The Forgotten Changes tab (go Wiki!), but I don't see that update mentioned in either the Forgotten Empires or African Kingdom official changelog.
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japanese samurai fighting aztec jagwire warriors
in arabia
accurate portrayal of historic events since 1999
Well, Arabia is somewhere in between them geographically (via the longer way). Both had to be pretty bloodthirsty to travel the distance but eventually they met in the center. 11
Jagwire. 😂
Wait till everyone gets nuked by Ghandi.
what is the opening intro song please tell me if you know
@@Zellig
Nah Gandhi has to deal with his nuclear neighbor first (they are kind same people but hate each other)
The Jaguar Warriors were always the coolest to me as a kid, and now I love how historically accurate the design is.
the +33% gold generation with relic is monstruous if you play in Graveyard, with the 20 relics on the map.
On a 3v3...you are between your teammates, have a spanish teammate or be the spanish. Trade with both at the same time...Watch the gold flow
Tax collector will be fired ASAP......
How about Relic Nothing?
@@Nexsyana yes but reliqs dont take population place
Very important
@@araara7687 We all know feitorias are the most pop efficient gold generation
Aztecs: who need cavalry when you have eagle warrior
Goth: who need stone wall when you have meat wall
My two favorite civs
😁😁
Well meat wall is so strong if someone tries it slaps meat on their face
Wall of death! Hopefully some1 understands that joke lol.
I played the Aztec campaign back when I was 11 or 12 and ever since they've been my favorite civ.
Dear Spirit of the Law,
I absolutely love your videos. I have been playing this game not very advanced for a very long time. It's just a lot of fun and very complicated.
Your videos are extremely entertaining and even funny. "Saracens team bonus.... how adorable." I laughed so freaking long. Also the glitch videos were absolutely hilarious.
You need to be a writer for comedy movies or television.
Your youtube grade.... A+
@@theBeT95 lol wtf is wrong with you haha
Cringe
Get off his dick. He makes analytical game videos, he'd get eaten alive in the real world of entertainlent
Spirit of the Law: Come for the AoE, stay for the maths
Hi Dr. Nick!
id pay for this man to narrate the aoe4 tutorial
This guy has turned gaming into a SCIENTIFIC SUBJECT! great bro 👍
I used to play AoE2 as a kid and recently bought the Defenitive Edition bc I was nostalgia tripping. Just wanted to say that I really aprecciate the videos you make: the detail and pace of ur vids are on point. Also adding memes and jokes makes them less "boring", as AoE mechanics can be fairly heavy and hard to learn. Keep it up my guy
Aztecs should get a free upgrading every time you delete your own unit.
@The Jester - Fool Of Hearts No. The Aztecs usually didn't sacrifice their own people. They sacrificed their enemies. Warriors were paid depending on enemy soldiers captured and with many of the tribes and cities they conquered they demanded tribute of human bodies every year. I think if you want to include that it would be a tiny amount of gold for every single enemy killed.
100 deletions of servants can advance your troops and economy 😂
what is the opening intro song please tell me if you know
"The gods need more prisoners"
@@entertainmentprime101 He made it himself. its on the channel
*gets notified
*gets into RUclips
*presses like
*watches video
Weirdude777 was watching the viper and i said "fuck viper, spirit is better"
pressing like just because you like the channel doesnt really help and destroys the point of the like and dislike buttons
just sayin
+HECKproductions
okay satan
please notice him
THAT'S ME.
HONESTY IS BRUTAL.
Man I remember playing this game in like early 2000s as a kid. I'm so glad they decided to revive the series! Awesome videos Spirit... keep it up!
Going through your alphabetical order playist is a trip and a half, with how the presentation and production quality changes depending on how many years of experience you had.
Commenting on this vid in particular because of 0:30. I just found your channel recently, so it's funny to me that even _seven years ago_ people were asking for you to remake old videos! Just a consequence of covering a game with ongoing and active dev support, I guess. 😉
The altered beast reference almost made me spit my tea out, I miss those days when games were so simple
THANK HUITZILOPOTCHLI! ITS HERE AT LAST!!!
weird how old the game is and ppl still watch these videos and ur channel is still growing i love ig
I've been playing AOE since 2000 (against friends, not ranked players) and continue to love and play this game in 2021. It's just an awesome game!
Regards from Mexico :)
To this day! From Las Vegas NV USA!
Not only have you earned a sub, but you've reignited my need to play this awesome game. Your videos are very detailed and well composed!
Man i'm amazed by how close to scientific (as a game allows) your analyzes of this game are! You must be a Professor ou a Statistic or just someone who really learned useful things in College :)
Note: Aztecs are the hardest AI civ by a long shot. There is nothing more terrifying that fully upgraded monks converting everything perfectly.
You are my 1 favourite RUclipsr I always smile when I see a new video of yours my sub box, keep up the good work
My newest RUclips obsession. Hope this channel blows, you’re good at this.
Needs voiceover a little higher in the mix btw. Been watching these every night, can’t wait to see the channel grow :)
Also dude play Banished & Kenshi. Totally different games but I think they’d give you sick content.
Aztecs team bonus is very underrated. It is very helpful from Early Castle to Late Imperial age.
So glad you've finally made this! Although a little update for your channel would have been nice at the end...
ALSO you forgot to add this to the playlist!
Fixed. Thanks!
my comment didn't appeared :CC
Thanks for the review, luv your civ reviews :D
@@SpiritOfTheLaw why is the playlist in alphabetical order
Thanks SOTL. I love Aztecs so much - infantry in AoE2 are awesome. Champions with 21 attack are OP. Their just a really attacking civ. At my level, it's hard to use Eagles well as they are expensive yet relatively frail
i havent played age of empires in 16 years or so. cheers for theese videos keep up the good work! love your civ overviews
I have to say, I'm not really a fan of RTS but I love the time and effort that goes into making these videos. They're a joy to watch.
Definitely earns a sub.
FINALLY ! BEEN REQUESTING THIS FOR A YEAR ! AND MY COMMENT APPEARS ON THE VIDEO ! THANK YOU SPIRIT !
10:56 "The big thing you are going to struggle with is Hand Cannoneers"
*laughs in Spanish*
The siegeonager-shots at the end. such a pleasure to watch!!
seems like every siv overview I watch, I'm like, I wanna play with them! sound fun! well done!
I would love to see the Berbers review any time soon! :D
The strong knight rush and the unic units make it a quite interesting civ.
17:34 that's such a beautiful base set up
Just subscribed. (I've watched like 30 of your vids, don't know why I didn't earlier!) LOL. Anyway, I just wanted to comment that your Video Introduction is one of my favorites. Great job on that. :)
Another amazing overview. i keep watching them over and over again :D
i love your work, keep it up :)
Finally! Been so hyped for this overview! Keep up the good work spirit!
Wow good video I loved and watched the entire thing. Yep yet another majesty from spirit of the law of which I watched entirely.
+4 Attack halbadierwould be kind of OP, but I would really want your comments on +4 attack champions vs other infantry. (Nice work! Love the videos! keep going!)
Hey Spirit, I thought I was going to pass away before you made the aztecs. Kudos for the great job :)
Just 4 thoughts, (the first one is the most important tho):
1) friend of mine (TheGhostmaster) ran the same scenarios for which unique infantry is the best and he found something very interesting. In plain AoC the samurais own jags, hands down (I learned that the hard and painful way) however there is a kind of nerf for samurais in AoF/AoAK since now the matches are pretty even.
2) While the eagle unit line seems to have been nerfed, the fact that you can get eagles in feudal, you can actually pull a pretty decent (and even mortal) eagle scout rush, and keep spaming eagles while you go castle, that strat was not even posible in AoC
3) Atlatl seems to be bigger deal because a fully upgraded skirm has 9 range and 8 attack. Now it is very easy to counter an average brit attack, where in AoC aztecs where very vulnearable to a post-imp brit archer line.
4) Aztecs are kind of a "refined zerg rush", while most of us will agree the most zerg like civ are the goths, aztecs can spam military faster, and even when we know aztecs have not the best infantry (that is the japanese), it is the second best infantry combined with the faster spam speed, and with a very strong eco, you can actually spam units like mad man without caring about they are dead or alive, you just keep spamming until you overwhelm your enemy. Aztecs still have the worst tech tree in all AoE II (making a comparison with the Spaniards who have the most comprehensive tech tree in AoC), they usually will have an awful kill/deaths ratio, but aztecs win by the number.
Thanks again for your analysis, I am not let down in anyway.
It's arguable that access to the Eagle Warrior means Aztecs do, in fact, have the best Infantry in the game. The eagle scout rush is good for countering archers, I suppose, but I wouldn't call it a great feudal opening. Scouts are probably a stronger initial opening because they build much faster and in feudal have better stats. Eagle scouts in general also produce pretty slowly, so I'm not sure how effective they are. I'd agree that skirms which out range most civs' archer units completely are pretty powerful.
I agree with this statement
You can snip SIEGE ONAGERS without siege engineers with aztec skirks, it's hillarious :)
+Rovsea -
Eagle Scout rushes are pretty powerful but you have to take advantage of the tight window where your opponent won't have out enough scouts or archers to counter your eagles. You can make 2 Barracks in the dark age when going up to feudal and then immediately queue up 2 eagles from each one when you get to feudal; they come out way faster than any archers or scouts could, because archery ranges/stables need barracks to be built, and can only be built in the feudal age. It takes at least 50 seconds before you'll even be able to queue up a scout cav, at which point 2 Eagle Scouts will already be about to come out. They aren't as good as raiding as scouts or mass archers, but they're quicker and can harass pretty early.
And now... with a Vietnamese ally you get the most deadly skirm in all AoE, 9 attack, 9 range, 100% accuracy, it is nice to see how a big group of post imp aztec imperial skirms kill palladins :P
Thanks for the great video! Keep up the good work even though you tend to mathematize stuff sometimes, but I know it's a good way to approach some questions :). Loved the lounge music you had on some vid. Remember to hail the Saracen team bonus!
Yo your videos are legit like addictive please make more you beautiful man
I've even commented before on this one like twice and I still come back every few months
I feel like I've let you down by not making them faster. I shall double my efforts!
I have literally been waiting for this since day one. The 'tecs are my fav civ and I am drowning in a wave of euphoria of delayed gratitude as my video buffers. Spirit, I cannot wait to see what you have done here.
You missed those dank ass Aztec Genitours, plus one range on an already dangerously trash triangle busting unit and you got some pretty sweet cav.
Only in AoE (and maybe other RTS games) will you get the term "dangerously trash".
@@IHateYTIdentifiers
I think you can create those when allied with another civ.
Where were you all these years, I played AoK and conquerers for many years (still suck at it :P) and looked for good videos on internet, and years after I quit this game (long before the hd version) you come with these awesome videos, make me wanna start playing this again. Keep up your good work man.
''sees spirit of the law video, likes, then watches the video''
8:05 Spirit: "Now lets move on and take a look at the Aztec's unique unit the Jaguar Warrior, or if you are American the Jagwhyer Warrior."
Me: OR, if you are from the Hundred Acre Wood, the Jagular Warrior
Genius comment
Awww the end of the road for the Conquerors civs :( What will you do after? AK civs, Redo civs, Road to 1800 or another Q&A perhaps? Either way great video. My friend was watching a Resonance stream and heard him say "I should get Spirit of the Law to investigate how much gold is being lost in this congestion of trade carts" So whatcha think? :P
In another thread (OP is CrazyKraken) he said do African Kingdoms and redo/fix up any outdated ones
Yea, Japanese could really use an up to date video.
Yeah, Resonance has mentioned Spirit a few times in regards to things like bad lumber camps, trade and other things. I'd love to see them to a collaboration video.
+Sethyboy0 I would like a redone Teuton one and other civs he did long ago, the only problem I see with that though is if his opinion hasn't changed even with the new expansions so only the quality of the video would be different
+Kizmet Mars Mhhmmmm that would be cool!
Yo soy español y mi antepasado se llamaba Manuel Gerardo De Leon y el fue uno de los soldados de Hernan Cortez que combatio contra los Aztecas en Mexico y murio en La Noche Triste. Es agradable saber que halla un juego en donde aparezca una olvidada civilizacion como los Aztecas. Saludos Amigo!
Saludos desde Los Estados Unidos y Mexico Viva Espana gracias por compartir historia y cultura con nuestra Gente amigo! :)
I really doubt it. You cannot even accentuate properly your Spanish words.
"mangonel without faith"
Convert mangonel to Christianism.
12:45 massive war happening, Boar walks through "Like I give a shit?"
from the Montezuma campaign, "Out of my way, pig!"
Eagle Warrior rushes are surprisingly good on the Castle Age. Most people, on the Castle Age, tend to go for one of the following kinds of units: Knights, Crossobowman, or Monks. Eagle Warriors do a incredible job out of countering the last two, and though they are not -That-Good against Knights, during the Castle Age, their very low Food cost, small anti-cavalry bonus and still all-around decent stats make then food-effective against then. This is more important then it seems because, during the Castle Age, one of your priorities will be researching technologies and gathering the resources to go to the Imperial Age, so if you invest too much food in your army, you may lag behind technologically. I am still unsure if they are quite as good as Knights on the Castle Age, but they can cut it.
so thats all of them
time to restart with japanese and with a wagonload of new knowledge
or to jump into the african kingdom ones
He needs to redo the Incas.
Not really. What the Incas need is better civ bonuses. Maybe make the llama the team bonus and have something better in its place. I know that a lot of people are favoring the whole "Upgrade your villagers' armor, tower rush" plan but I wish they had more. I still think an eco bonus of "All Economic buildings Except TC and Dock work 25% faster" would be good.
In my opinion for the incas to be viable they just need a tiny boost to their economy (and a buff to kamayuk movement speed, but that's more of personal preference).
I also would like to see a recap on Japanese.
the incas are good enough at what they do
if you never win with them you are probably playing them wrong
Agh, new video! Screw keeping me from my studies. Can't resist.
Yeah, Aztecs really trigger my OCD in the late game, namely their trash. They could have otherwise been flawless but as it stands the skirms lack the last armor upgrade and the pikes of course miss halberdiers. Their monks are great though. Whenever I play singleplayer I make use of the pause key to micromanage them as best as possible (usually against a non-heresy civ). It's amazing what monks can do when you give them that kind of co-ordination.
Wow, though! We made it through all the original civs and the FEs. I never got a chance to properly play with the AK civs (because my PC can't handle patch 4.3+ for some reason) but I can't wait to hear about them. Berbers and Portuguese always looked really neat to me.
I feel you. But I believe Spirit will prepare me for calculus almost as well as studying.
Saurons Mund Haha, ah yeah. I'm getting into that territory where I need to prepare myself for calculus right now (Not Math but Econometrics, close enough). I wonder how long it'll be before the funny calculations he did to find out the more complex equations and the like will seem like second nature to me.
Hopefully you never encounter a Byzantine opponent. Keeps the frustration out of Aztec players and retains historical accuracy.
Spectre Oof, yeah. What hard counter do Aztecs have to Cataphracts? Pikes don't really cut it and massed archers while being a good Cataphract killer are more of a good ANYTHING killer. No heavy cavalry (or cavalry at all) to counter them with, as well.
Sam Rodrigues Mesoamerican civilizations have it bad with archers because Cavalry archers and hand cannoneers aren't available to them. At least Mayans have Halberdiers.
Make an updated video on Aztecs!
Hey, could you do a video on how the AI handles alliance changes on random maps? (Gonna keep asking till I see it)
Love your stuff!
that goth game plan thing at the start is right on point
Jagwire?
That's a west coast thing.
We say "Jag-wahr."
Philadelphia goes a step further, and adds a long a in the beginning, "jay-gwire"
tightlypackedcoil it's a 2 syllable word jaguar. the U is never emphasized if you speak correct English. it's like Qu words that contain it. similar with gu words. like guru isn't gah U a ru. it goo roo. 2 syllables.
Or is it jag-you-are
Jerry Magwire?
As a Spanish speaker, both options sounds just as bad to me. It's Jaguar (ha wore)
The plural form of Condottiero is Condottieri, it's Italian and not Spanish after all.
You should make Map Overviews.
With now knowing how most civilizations work, now you could give us insight on which maps benefits some civilization over others.
As well as unique tactics certain maps offer to some civs
La mejor infantería del juego, me gusta hacer ataques en masa acompañados de asedio con esta civilización.
¿Qué pasa con la Azteca infantería combinada con las Aztecas arqueros?
I subscribed to watch your civ overview videos, good job and thank you
Thanks for this video, Spirit! It's great!
Yeah, the free loom in the old version was much nicer as it means you can pump out a villie instead of researching loom...also made it easier to wall up middle of BF map quicker and safer than other players because of wolves. Alot of players used to put off loom until castle to focus on villager production & economy first...For Aztecs it was N/A. Now it becomes a consideration, or spend that extra 50 gold to build 10 militia for dark age rush or waller escorts against wolves & enemy wallers. ;)
I cannot get the "Hey guys, spirit of the *Log* here" out of my head.
Gonna have to watch the video where he explains his name once again.
Have been looking forward this so much !!!
your opening music is just awesome
Hey I'm American and I pronounce it Jag-WAR, not Jag-WIRE.
Well, you also seem proud of doing all measurements in a weird way, so no big news here
We're not the only ones!
Jag-wire drives me nuts. I am not sure where it comes from or when it started but like nuk-u-lar instead of nuclear I wish it would go away and die in a ditch somewhere.
Funny. Jag-WIRE is the native pronunciation following Nahuatl (Aztec) language rules. Of course Jaguars were known as Ocelotl or Tecuani so it's a moot point, but still.
TerminvsEst i pronounce it Jag u war
zaratrustamaster We actually say Jaguar correctly as opposed to the British pronunciation.
Nothing better to start off a day by watching a video of Spirit Of The Law. :' )
thank you for another one time spirit!!! good job!!!
We've done it lads! Only the African Kingdom civs left to go. As usual, an excellent video! Personally, I want to see you cover the Portuguese next, but I enjoy all of the African Kingdom civs, they feel a lot more solid than the Forgotten Empires ones.
Also, incoming salt about Aztecs not getting A+ for infantry! *cough cough* Celts are better *cough cough*
1:53 Wow! SOTL is awesome. Such a better farming rate - will bear that in mind!
Damn, they really have no good options for beating Byzantines on land or water.
Who does?
Good question.
Spanish are very well rounded, too
In case of doubt... 20 siege onagers will do it.
I dunno. Seige Onagers get wrecked by bombard Towers and cannons
Mongols could beat them, their unique unit can kill most units with guerilla warfare. Otherwise, pick a civilization with Paladins, like Persians, Huns, Spanish and counter their trash units.
Time to clear up some misconceptions about the Aztec spear line.
Against Cavalry: Halberdiers>Viking Pikemen>Aztec Pikemen
Halberdiers enjoy a much higher damage bonus against cavalry than the other 2, and will kill cavalry faster as a result. Viking Pikes can also work well depending on the enemy cavalry they encounter. Their extra HP usually allows them to survive one extra attack unless against Elite Cataphracts, the longer they live, the longer their attack bonus comes into play. Aztec pikes aren't much better than generic pikes against cavalry because the flat bonus damage they get to cavalry overshadows the +4 attack from Garland Wars.
Against other units: Aztec Pikemen>Halberdiers>Viking Pikemen
This is where the +4 attack from Aztecs' UT shine. Aztec pikes deal 2 more damage than generic Halberdiers, and this really shines in a trash war. Viking pikemen, although the most durable, don't deal enough damage to be effective. They make better meat shields, but better meat shields is misleading information. If you are using the spear line to tank, you are using them wrong.
Aztec pikemen are stronger against non-cavalry units at the cost of anti-cavalry capability, whereas Viking pikemen are straight up outclassed by Halberdiers.
Another great overview! Looking forward to the Overviews of the African Kingdoms Civs
Great overview as always. Looks like AoK to AoFE are done now. I guess AK civs next? Portuguese hopefully.
I would like to see you drop some more funny jokes and references. Remember your Mongol Civ Overview? That was awesome.
Just found this channel lol. I wonder if they haven't changed anything since u first overviewed a civ. I still dont have african dlc, but seeing its the newest version will have to buy it. Keep the good work and ty for all these overviews.
8:25 "How did it recognize me??" hahahahaha
He wants to mate
This channel is everything that's right about youtube
love the Aztec civ....awesome video!!!
I waited so long for this overview
I think the Aztecs needs to have the Galleon and maybe the Demolition Ship for at least battling a bit more on water maps
wish they have the unique technology “Chinampas” it will allow you to create crops on lake surfaces, and allows to build town center on lakes xD, yeah just godlike stuff xD
100% historically accurate, I mean, the spanish were quite impressed when they saw the floating Tenochtitlan. Metal AF.
@@pabloramos1022 *Tenochtitlan was not floating, it was built on artificial islands, kind of like Venice.
love your vids and would be awesome if you uploaded more often! :)
"Mangonel without Faith" should be a heavy metal album.
7:00 loom for free is a great bonus for three reason, the third is that you can wall more safely without losing vills bc of wolfs
Love you!!!!!! Favorite and olny channel I watch!!!!
13:31 - Besides, the silly fact of carrying a shield and having no pierce armor kinda drives me nuts.
May I recomend to do a quick video with the changes up to the Rajas expansions. Then, you can just put a link withing your old civ overviews and make it up for all at once.
Good video, c ya!
NEVER CLICKED SO FAST
never fapped so fast either..
This is the best aoe2 channel on RUclips💗
nice video, hope to see a malians civ overview soon
I focused the informations then saw the comment on 8.25. Hahaa You are funny and smart man ))
Garland Wars give ALL INFANTRY +4. This means ALL infantry including eagle and jaguar warriors. I guess with that bonuses it can take both samurai and teutonic in 1v1.
It'd be worth looking at, but post imperial Teutonic Knights are like siege engines, and Samurai have the attack speed bonus...
... But again, it would be worth looking at.
Please do Portugese next, they seem rather op.
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+Alexander Schulte & +Martin Anderson : you 2 should have a talk...
Suprised you had mentioned Atlatl a little, and not mentioned the Genitour/Atlatl combo. Great video though.
Genitour is steal weak even with Atlatl, they dont have Stable upgrades and Thumb Ring.
As a kind of Aztec when possible player, aztec genitours are weak compared to the foot skirm
Think it's time for an update on the Aztecs. Soon I hope . Enjoy the videos
+Spirit Of The Law Sorry for asking so many questions, but you're the best aoe 2 analyst out there. Can you tell me why not more people use at least one militia to slay the deer during a drush? Seems much easier than harassing woodlines, and denies 540 food for 4 deer killed. Militia kills deer in two hits so it's really easy to do as well.
I would think good sportsmanship is probably the biggest reason people don't, similar to how most people don't send villagers forward to wall around their opponent's gold and stone mines
Spirit Of The Law So it's a good strategy? I was thinking for ranked. I don't mean to be a scumbag at all, but it seems as reasonable as drushing with aztecs anyway.
your fly icon threw me for a loop for a second.
Stealing enemy boars and killing deer is considered a bad mannered and cheap tactic. There's a reason why you can hear it called "laming" in replay commentary.
It's simply a matter of sportsmanship, more than people don't do it because it's not effective. You'll probably be called a lot of mean names and you deserve to be called those names if you do this, but you can totally do it.
people do it all the time in pro play. ''sportsmanship'' crap is crap
don't think you mentioned that jag warrior is +10 to infantry, and elite jag warrior is +14 vs infantry
Pretty sure both are +10. Have you tried it out and confirmed it was +14?
ageofempires.wikia.com/wiki/Jaguar_Warrior Here it says 23 vs Infantry (before Forgotten it was 24)
I just checked both a Jaguar warrior and an elite jaguar warrior against a champion. They both seem to do +10 damage in HD. In the expansions, elite jaguars suddenly get +11, which I see the Wiki points out under The Forgotten Changes tab (go Wiki!), but I don't see that update mentioned in either the Forgotten Empires or African Kingdom official changelog.
yeah its +11 for elites, I always play the aztect.
15:14 Did he say "all techs"? How does that affect the Stables' visual?
Thanks for the good work sotl !