The Japanese never had gun on stick tech. They skipped straight into Teppo matchlocks as their first firearms. Kinda weird seeing Ashigaru using a weapon they have never seen since they were outdated for hundreds of years at that point. That handcannon tho, completely historically accurate. Large bore handcannons were considered samurai tools.
I think they made that choice for variety and recognizability. Having the Ozutsu and the Ashigaru wield matchlock firearms with the same stock-shape would look too similar. But then again, that excuse I mentioned doesn't hold up as Ashigarus have their distinct Jingasa war hats modelled on them. Soooo I dunno.
@@cleeiii357 I think it's mainly to convey, at a glance, that Japanese handcannoneers are standard and not unique (confront with streltsy, musofadi gunners and janissaries, all of which wield different, more arquebus-like weapons).
Yeah. I am not too keen on their choice, even if I sort of get it. Personally, I would likely have made them carry matchlocks and make them a bit unique. Of course the Japanese were late to adopt firearms but when they did, they adopted it fast.
There's actually a castle age upgrade to change their weapon to katana. And this is really cool considering they didn't use katana in earlier ages. The upgrade gives them bonus damage against infantry. The upgrade is called Odachi.
I can see myself placing the castle of the crow next to my markets and having the treasure caravans spawn next to normal traders, specially in maps like altai.
You can see that it's more longbow than crossbow not just from the model, but the arc the arrow takes in the air. It just has the crossbow type of bonus against heavy.
Ozutsu vs building damage reminds me of that unique crossbowmen of Hades from Age of Mythology. or Mayans from AoE2 plummed archer with obsidian arrows i love them long range anti building infantry fr
@@MarcusTullman does seem strong especially if it can work / synergize with the Ayyubids AoE Heal(team games) could lead to crazy sustain mid fight. They can still need cooldown or heal amount later
"Can i snipe the khan to weaken my enemy?" sure :3 "Can i snipe the Mether to weaken my enemy?" Sure c: "Can i snipe the bannerman to weaken my enemy?" No >:C
I feel like the manor upgrades should be in later ages except the first upgrade... At least -> Upgrade 1 Dark age Upgrade 2 -> Feudal Upgrade 3 rocket -> castle
The massive stone cost, to me at least, makes it feel unnecessary to gate it behind later ages. Honestly, I'd love to see someone attempt to pull it all off in age 1.
I have to say, calling the Daimyo manor just Daimyo is a bit like call the Kings palace just king >_> (for those that do not know. Daimyo is a Japanese Feudal Lord.)
"Daimyo" means something like a "Warlord", so you're not referring to the Town Center, you're referring to its owner 🤓 Edit: The "o" in "Ozutsu" is a long vowel
I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to the pro side of AOEIV, but love the channel and have watched quite a few of your videos now. I would like to know why are there never any water maps that you broadcast? Is it just your channel or are water maps not really played at higher levels?
"it seems"......Let just wait till things get put into practice. No game dev has every put out something new in multiplayer game where it wasn't seen as underpowered or overpowered. Its obvious its going to take feedback to balance.
while it seems so the cost of production upgrades and so on is whats going to hold it back... the byzantines and the aqueducts is a very easy weak point to exploit. The japanese are going to be one of the slowest civs in economy at first and with aging up since it has so much it has to manage. Order of the dragon has its own problems with unit costs and having half the amount of units and so on. Jeanne D'Arc losing her is very expensive to a players gold by level 4 shes 1000 gold to respawn or you manually wait for the timer. Ayuubids seem quite interesting and their a more complex civ so can't say enough there. Zhu XI i havent seen enough of yet to know their mechanics and capabilities but china is already a very strong civ so I expect Zhu XI to be pretty strong as well.
The thing im most worried about is the fact Osutzu cost just about as much as handcannoneers and to me it feels like that makes handcanoneers completely redundant. They may fire a bit slower but them doing some aoe damage makes up for it pretty much instantly... plus they double up as close range siege units. Also im guessing shinobi sabotage can not shut down town centers as that would be to broken to stop vill production. Does it stop towers/keeps from firing when they are sabotaged or resource drop of locations from working?... If they're primarily for tech buildings and barracks it doesnt seem tooo bad. (House of wisdom to delay age ups would be a scary one too if that works...)
Japanese civ is so strong. It seems to combine so many adv of other civ. Their appearance is so nice as well...does the japan govt pay AOE4 for doing that ? XD
Do trees and flower patches always wave in this game? Its making me a little dizzy watching them waving constantly. At first I thought ground is moving.
Rank match is broken in AOE 4, I played 4 match in row and lose bec ppl quite match in 1st 5min, some match silver rank player with platinum or higher.
Does the Shinobe get revealed only in range of TC / Outpost / Keep? Or ANY building? Even just a drop-off building? That would be quite useless skill if so..
@@Adribird honestly that's pretty easy to counter considering outposts and keeps plus TCS are quite common to have a few of at least, plus the eco of the other land mark will probably be far more important to japanese due to the heavy cost of their upgrades etc.
@@yulfine1688 it still forces the opponent to make them, because you could harass a gold mine or wood line without outpost easily and the opponent wont see the unit on the minimap.
@Marc-gj9vx fair as expansions and people move across the map. By that point it probably won't be as effective just stopping some eco. I guess if you micro them well you can hit multiple targets which would indeed cause some issues. I still think the eco landmark will be better but I guess we will see in a few days haha
Why did they make the previous civs literally dead by making these new civs so broken... Can I buy and play only this DLC? I don't even bother to play the previous civs any more...
Is there a limit of how many Yorishiro can spawn? And can one pick up his ally's Yorishiro? Also, is there a visual indicator of a building having a Yorishiro?
The Japanese never had gun on stick tech. They skipped straight into Teppo matchlocks as their first firearms. Kinda weird seeing Ashigaru using a weapon they have never seen since they were outdated for hundreds of years at that point. That handcannon tho, completely historically accurate. Large bore handcannons were considered samurai tools.
I think they made that choice for variety and recognizability. Having the Ozutsu and the Ashigaru wield matchlock firearms with the same stock-shape would look too similar. But then again, that excuse I mentioned doesn't hold up as Ashigarus have their distinct Jingasa war hats modelled on them. Soooo I dunno.
@@cleeiii357 I think it's mainly to convey, at a glance, that Japanese handcannoneers are standard and not unique (confront with streltsy, musofadi gunners and janissaries, all of which wield different, more arquebus-like weapons).
Yeah. I am not too keen on their choice, even if I sort of get it. Personally, I would likely have made them carry matchlocks and make them a bit unique. Of course the Japanese were late to adopt firearms but when they did, they adopted it fast.
Gosh the new biome is hella pretty
They missed a crucial detail with the shinobi!!1 Everyone knows true shinobis leave tree logs inside the smoke after blinking...
LOL
i know its more sensical for the samurai to wield pole weapons mainly but come on! who DIDNT want katanas?
There's actually a castle age upgrade to change their weapon to katana. And this is really cool considering they didn't use katana in earlier ages. The upgrade gives them bonus damage against infantry. The upgrade is called Odachi.
@@Marc-gj9vxwowowow
Well it's not a Katana but an Odachi haha @@Marc-gj9vx
So if you place these two scrolls in the barracks, you basically start castle age with a monastery AND a Burgrave Palace.
Sure....
It's beautiful....got the game for japan and been playing all week. This seems so great
Same here bro! i'm learning learning learning at the moment
8:44 So basically, it's the Planetary Fortress upgrade.
The fast shinobi villager reminds me of the spy in red alert 2 disguised as a chrono legionare but he can only walk instead of teleporting
Or spy disguising as a walking rocketeer. AI used to pull that off & it was so funny back then. 🤣
red alert 2 what a good game
Those were the days
I can see myself placing the castle of the crow next to my markets and having the treasure caravans spawn next to normal traders, specially in maps like altai.
Sam at Arms new unit confirmed ✅
Surface to Air At Arms seems a little op but I'm willing to see how it actually plays
@@NinjaLegacy805 Nah! "Sam" is more like uncle Sam ;-)
The simple translation of "Onna-Musha" is "female warrior". She carries a japanese longbow (not a crossbow).
it's a crossbow in a sense that it replaces a crossbow(anti heavy infantry)
@@JBaker-lh8pl why
You can see that it's more longbow than crossbow not just from the model, but the arc the arrow takes in the air. It just has the crossbow type of bonus against heavy.
@@xdeser2949 cause wamen should be at home giving birth and making sandwiches
the gates water thing has to be fixed, it looks like some broken plastic thing. Koi pond is not made out of plastic
Yeah I agree the model doesn't look great
Ozutsu vs building damage reminds me of that unique crossbowmen of Hades from Age of Mythology.
or Mayans from AoE2 plummed archer with obsidian arrows
i love them long range anti building infantry fr
The gastraphetes; or the AoM Chinese fire lancer which was also an anti building archer
the power creep is gonna be insane, crazy how no original civs got any rehauls or new units other than the few that they added a few updates ago
The variant civs are the rehauls
I agree, especially with Order of the Dragon. Late game is imo almost impossible to counter it seems like. I'm terrified lol.
Might be changes to civs (og) are just unannounced
I loved campfires on longbows but thought it was reasonable to take away, now the Byzantines get mid-combat GULPS lol
@@MarcusTullman does seem strong especially if it can work / synergize with the Ayyubids AoE Heal(team games) could lead to crazy sustain mid fight.
They can still need cooldown or heal amount later
I kept thinking he was saying "Eunuchs" instead of Unique for the first 5 minutes lol
Bonkers mental stuff. Can't wait for more.
"Can i snipe the khan to weaken my enemy?"
sure :3
"Can i snipe the Mether to weaken my enemy?"
Sure c:
"Can i snipe the bannerman to weaken my enemy?"
No >:C
Consistency ftw.
You can, but its spirit lives on
I feel like the manor upgrades should be in later ages except the first upgrade...
At least -> Upgrade 1 Dark age
Upgrade 2 -> Feudal
Upgrade 3 rocket -> castle
The massive stone cost, to me at least, makes it feel unnecessary to gate it behind later ages. Honestly, I'd love to see someone attempt to pull it all off in age 1.
@@adamloudon4585 japanese get free 20% stone from gathered gold and 20% free gold from gathered gold so....
@@adamloudon4585 And it opens it up for Japanese mirrors to just stay in dark age I guess
Japanese mirrors are going to be crazy... Just imagine Shogunate Palace vs samurai who deflect the first rocket hit...
Can't wait for the planetary fortress rushes
XD
I have been playing the Japanese but I learned a few things from you thank you so much
The Shinobi unit is basically Shen from League of Legends.
wow the civ seems very complex, high learning curve
Drongo! Teach us how to main every civ at once. Bestow the ancient wisdom upon us pls.
Awesome video thank you so much!
Which units are available at the stable? You forgot to show that.
onna-musha should be refered to as "bad gals" instead of bad boys though.
BTW onna 女（おんな） means woman/female and musha 武者（むしゃ） means warrior
That video was crazy ✌️
I have to say, calling the Daimyo manor just Daimyo is a bit like call the Kings palace just king >_>
(for those that do not know. Daimyo is a Japanese Feudal Lord.)
Its gonna be a desaster untill all of this is gonna be balanced i love it 😂
I thought the same. Japan (and other new civs) probably will break older civs at the beginning like dry tree branches.
It's when I make my run on the ranked ladder - before it all gets balanced
The sabotage is insane.
Does it work on ALL buildings ?
Japanese mirror matches are going to be all about getting shinobi into the Tanegashimas. Each one costs you opponent a bombard cannon.
I really with the Mounted Archer was something else
For now on, they shall be known as Salmon Arms.
[makes funky noises] "I am a Japanese mate.. ?"
Good video. I love this game.
"Daimyo" means something like a "Warlord", so you're not referring to the Town Center, you're referring to its owner 🤓
Edit: The "o" in "Ozutsu" is a long vowel
Nobody cares
@@brendonconkel3063 I do
@@brendonconkel3063I do
@@brendonconkel3063 we all care except you
Daimyo was a feudal lord, who has Shogun above him and hired Samurai below him to guard his land.
can't wait to play the expansion lol
For a bit I thought you were saying eunuch building 😂
I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to the pro side of AOEIV, but love the channel and have watched quite a few of your videos now. I would like to know why are there never any water maps that you broadcast? Is it just your channel or are water maps not really played at higher levels?
the caster doesnt enjoy water maps as much my guess is that is the reason he only casts maps he enjoys
Japanese looks fantastic. Hype!!!!!!
Hi there I purchased the Sultans Ascend but do not see a Japanse campaign?
Unfortunately is seems like these new civs are about to be outrageously OP compared to the old civs
Tbh it's standard practice because they want to sell the expansion. Of course they will be stronger, at least at first
Thats fine they Will finetune as long as they are competitive at the start
"it seems"......Let just wait till things get put into practice. No game dev has every put out something new in multiplayer game where it wasn't seen as underpowered or overpowered. Its obvious its going to take feedback to balance.
while it seems so the cost of production upgrades and so on is whats going to hold it back... the byzantines and the aqueducts is a very easy weak point to exploit. The japanese are going to be one of the slowest civs in economy at first and with aging up since it has so much it has to manage.
Order of the dragon has its own problems with unit costs and having half the amount of units and so on.
Jeanne D'Arc losing her is very expensive to a players gold by level 4 shes 1000 gold to respawn or you manually wait for the timer.
Ayuubids seem quite interesting and their a more complex civ so can't say enough there.
Zhu XI i havent seen enough of yet to know their mechanics and capabilities but china is already a very strong civ so I expect Zhu XI to be pretty strong as well.
I hope they change the hand cannon units to the historically accurate matchlock unit design.
GJ and Thanks
I saw an Age 4 unique ship in the docks
Age of broken, here we go boys
The thing im most worried about is the fact Osutzu cost just about as much as handcannoneers and to me it feels like that makes handcanoneers completely redundant. They may fire a bit slower but them doing some aoe damage makes up for it pretty much instantly... plus they double up as close range siege units.
Also im guessing shinobi sabotage can not shut down town centers as that would be to broken to stop vill production. Does it stop towers/keeps from firing when they are sabotaged or resource drop of locations from working?... If they're primarily for tech buildings and barracks it doesnt seem tooo bad. (House of wisdom to delay age ups would be a scary one too if that works...)
You can only create Osutzu from the landmark. So you can't mass produce them.
Age of empires?Age of Japan!
Its gonna be so much fun to play against them :(((((
but can shinoby teleport throuth walls?
Japanese civ is so strong. It seems to combine so many adv of other civ. Their appearance is so nice as well...does the japan govt pay AOE4 for doing that ? XD
yes ofcourse they did
shinobi regenerates health wtf
Hello mr drongo - any chance you can have the map name somewhere on the cast? Apologies if I missed this.
So, how many Daimyo Manors/ Samurai Castles are you allowed to have?
I guess unlimited, as long as you can build them, and can afford to upgrade them in the first place. Like, it's expensive
if english still available in this game or only in original aoe IV?
That shinobi will be incredibly annoying
Do yorishiro decrease training speed of villagers if placed in tc?
Oh you answered that right after. Not as good of a buff as the production building but solid
Do trees and flower patches always wave in this game? Its making me a little dizzy watching them waving constantly. At first I thought ground is moving.
Seems to wave more in this biome
How does the deflect mechanic work with stuff like cannon shots (hand cannon or bombard/ mangonel)?
Rank match is broken in AOE 4,
I played 4 match in row and lose bec ppl quite match in 1st 5min, some match silver rank player with platinum or higher.
Japanese are the protoss of Aoe4
Does the Shinobe get revealed only in range of TC / Outpost / Keep? Or ANY building? Even just a drop-off building? That would be quite useless skill if so..
Only TCs, outpost and scouts.
@@Adribird honestly that's pretty easy to counter considering outposts and keeps plus TCS are quite common to have a few of at least, plus the eco of the other land mark will probably be far more important to japanese due to the heavy cost of their upgrades etc.
@@yulfine1688 it still forces the opponent to make them, because you could harass a gold mine or wood line without outpost easily and the opponent wont see the unit on the minimap.
@Marc-gj9vx fair as expansions and people move across the map. By that point it probably won't be as effective just stopping some eco. I guess if you micro them well you can hit multiple targets which would indeed cause some issues.
I still think the eco landmark will be better but I guess we will see in a few days haha
Not a fan of the blink. Was really hoping the smoke bomb would be smoke aoe that acted like a stealth forest.
Drongo you well know that this Wonder 17:12 doesn't even compare to the AoE3 version of it
20:05 - Onna-musha = * Bad girls*
holy fuckin shit its here
Can u teleport in no vision area ?
My hero❤
Finally, i'm completeeee
I want to see if Beasty can win against an army of Japan playing noobs.
Ozutsu - Girth supremacy.
Why Samurais doesn’t have Katanas?😢
damn japanese will be my fav
Sam-at-arms when?
Is this a PuP or does he have early access?
13:22 CHAD A.I. Easy lol
Japan looks the best civilization now. I assume only The Delhi Sultanate could fight against them.
I try AOE4 after I found out Japan is available to play.
why they gotta make unit like shinobi?
Do I have to buy the DLC to unlock japanese?
yep
Why did they make the previous civs literally dead by making these new civs so broken... Can I buy and play only this DLC? I don't even bother to play the previous civs any more...
fuck some of the landsmarks are both too good don't know what to choose
blow your crap you mean.They removed kataparuto from japanese in aoe 2 and gave it to the rus??!!Theyre just a regular faction now.
ok so japan really like 1 TC
Daaaaaym-yo!
I'm a little annoyed that the smoke bomb is a blink and not "become unspottable for 10-15 seconds"
400 per minutes for an IMPERIAL AGE landmark>? meh
But also a keep
Is there a limit of how many Yorishiro can spawn? And can one pick up his ally's Yorishiro? Also, is there a visual indicator of a building having a Yorishiro?
seems like a little lantern spawns on one of the corners of the building
how to counter japense as malians anyone?
Good but I still prefer Age 3 Japanese
Finallllyyyyyy
noice
i forgot this game existed lol
holy fuck this civ is utterly broken with how many buffs and good unique units they get. Can’t wait to see it abused before it gets patched
you can't talk about the Big Rocket and not show it jesus
I’m so hard for next Tuesday
Oh zu tsu
Japanese are gonna be soo busted in FFA 😅
I love a dark age meme civ fk ye
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