Happy New Year folks! A few months in the making, I was finally able to finish this video and share these tips with you folks - be sure to share it with your friends! Thank you for the support in the past two years, and more awesome content coming in 2023. Take care and stay healthy everyone! Cheers.

I know that you are currently taking a break from making content for AOE4, but I just wanted to let you know that this videos, and many other ones about this game, have been so much more helpful than any video from other content creators. Thank you for all you did!

@AgeofNoob

2 ай бұрын

Cheers; glad you found them useful. :)

The tip about high APM being superficial was spot on. I used to play against high diamond ranked Protoss players in SC2 who barely scratched 100apm while I was reaching 200+ and they were absolutely crushing me.

I only just figured out your tip about remembering to have fun in the game rather than just coupling my worth as a player to wins v losses. That is by far the most important tip in the list.

extra tip: Establish a proper frontline. One mistake that I've seen even pro player make every now and then, at least in FFA games, is having their entire army production behind their main base walls, but the army itself, is currently fighting an opponent across the map. Your reinforcements will spend ages to get to the front, and being worth the resources you spent on them. By the time they DO get there, it may be too late for them to make a difference anyway. Get some villagers to the front, and build a military camp! Not, like. a singular barracks, archery range and a stable. Nah, get as many as you can, while still being able to actually use them once they're built.

This is actually a decent intro to aoe4, gives me an idea of what game mechanics are important in it relative to aoe2. Solid video! Was checking your channel since I still await the day you find the free time and desire to host AoNCup4 and was watching old vods for nostalgia :)

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

AoN Cup might return one day, you never know. :) Thanks for tuning in for so long my friend. P.S.: A dedicated channel for AoE2 specifically will be announced soon. :)

That is a great video and with great tips. I had no idea of the control+click thing. I always double click and I hate how sometimes I miss the second clicks cuz of the hit boxes. One tip I would like to add also is to have one or more practice partners that have a similar skill level, it helps loads. Specially if your practice partner plays the civ you struggle against.

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! And that's a great tip, thanks for sharing. Practice with folks around or slightly above your level helps you identify your mistakes easier indeed. :)

Playing this game series for years and still learning lots of things, thanks brothr

Love the cinematics. Great work!

I would love to see Top 50 Tips for Advanced Players one day 🤓

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

Don't think there can be that many tips for top players :D But I can actually interview pro players and make a list for Diamond+ players one day

@charliepeterson1745

Жыл бұрын

@@AgeofNoob that sounds good to me!

@blacksebbeth

4 ай бұрын

How? This is Age of Noob. His expertise only reach so far 😔

@seapeoplesdidnothingwrong1307

3 ай бұрын

​@AgeofNoob please do!

Thank you for the video! Just got the game and am hopping straight into ranks.. I need to utilize a lot of these pointers! Thank you again !

Wow. Well worth the long wait! 👍❤️❤️❤️

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it my friend. Thanks for tuning in as usual!

Man your videos are fantastic. Really enjoy them!

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for tuning in!

Amazing video. Really informative and precise. Thank you!!!

Great content here! Thanks for the tips and keep it like this, you're already my aoe4 reference channel

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Magnificent video as always! really enjoyed the watch.

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

Thank you - glad you enjoyed! :)

I have played the game since launch and sat through 19 min to find what i needed, thanks for the tip

Great video mate!

Useful tips ty man

Happy new year, thank you for your great content!

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

Np - happy new year to you too!

Awesome and mighty guide! Thank you!

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

Np!

I always wish this game went farther in the future i wish there was a RTS like it with this quality.

Thanks for the great tips! Happy new Year!

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

Happy new year to you as well! :)

I’m an old AOE player but I’m new to AoE IV, many thanks for your tips, very usefull content .

Hoarding resources is my worst habit in this game. I’m sitting on +1k resources as a fallback in case I need to go defensive.

Great video dude.

I didn’t know the difference between attack command and manually clicking to attack. Thank you! Nice video again

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

Np! Glad it was helpful

Your channel is so high quality, definitely underrated. Hope you grow a lot with time. 👍

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

ALL TIPS: 1. Strategy/decision making is worth more than action per minute (apm) or being fast at anything 2. Use hotkeys like selecting all idle villagers, etc. to do mundane stuff easier 3. play intro tutorial (if not already done) 4. don't hoard resources - keep less than a few hundred each in early game, lower than 1k in mid-late game 5. don't idle your town center - keep producing villagers 6. make tons of villagers - up to half population (100 in a 200 pop game) 7. avoid idle villagers and idle military - villagers need to be gathering resources and military can patrol or defend resources and villagers 8. be careful with boars - requires 7 or more villagers to take down 1 boar comfortably 9. prioritize food sources - order of fastest to slowest: 1) shoreline fish 2) boars 3) deer 4) sheep/farms 5) berries 10. learn build orders - like openings in chess - can get you faster to feudal age if you execute them well 11. learn to garrison units - esp. villagers - can select villagers and click seek shelter button - then return to work button 12. first town center has significantly more HP than secondaries 13. use scouts efficiently, gather sheep, see what enemies are up to, never idle scouts 14. training a second scout early game 15. refresh lumber camps by building a second one closer to forest to decrease walk times 16. straighter and longer wall sections are cheaper than shorter and multiple section ones - fewer angles saves resources 17. know when to do economic upgrades to resource buildings 18. setup economy for army composition you are targeting 19. only siege units can attack stone walls (except elephants) 20. incomplete stone walls can be destroyed by non-siege units 21. stone gates actually have directions that matter - typically point gate outward from base 22. put thought into wall designs - do not just encircle your base with walls 23. utilize outposts for vision, defend your resources, deny resources to others - upgrade throughout each age 24. use keeps defensively and offensively - defend farms - deny areas of map - less important in imperial age though 25. avoid long production queues - queue units more efficiently 26. pick up relics - extra passive gold - pick up 2-3 relics on way to castle age 27. use attack move command, do by attacking and moving the ground nearest enemy and not specific enemy or building 28. focus fire and kite with range units by attacking and running away from melee range, repeat - good in early-mid game otherwise amass fire 29. don't forget about blacksmith upgrades - prioritize upgrades for units you have now or plan on having soon 30. know your unit counters - e.g. spearmen counters horsemen, etc. 31. understand Lanchester's Law - military units, dmg outputs, outnumbering is important and not linear 32. use springalds against siege units - insane range and dmg against other siege units - must have before imperial age 33. no friendly fire in aoe4 - use weapons against enemies near allies without consequences 34. units take up different amounts of population space - e.g. siege unit is not worth 1 villager etc. 35. heal wounded military units with religious units 36. obtain map control - learn when to gain control/relinquish control 37. build multiple production buildings - not uncommon to have 5-10 buildings of the unit you are training - can train units 5x faster 38. check minimap regularly - helps react faster 39. use market to balance economy when necessary 40. population efficiency matters in late game 41. use rally points - tell units to go somewhere immediately after they are trained 42. utilize fast building trick - example: build a mill and then spam click the mill with farms to auto place them around mill 43. use shift commands more - quickly queue 5 units with holding shift and clicking queue once, or instruct villager to do 2 different things in succession, tell monk to pickup relic and go to monastery immediately, etc. 44. use ctrl+click - selects all of the same unit immediately, helps separate units 45. use control groups - select units and press number or function key to assign units to a group, now those units become a hotkey selector 46. tweak centering options - when hitting hotkeys to select units or groups you can change whether camera follows or does not 47. consider panoramic zoom level - change camera mode setting from classic to panoramic 48. read post game stats - gather insights on what to improve on 49. watch replay of game to see how opponent won against you 50. watch pro tournaments

@nrg4285

14 күн бұрын

TOP 18 TIPS: 1. efficient resource usage (

Good video! I don't use Shift Click on Military-building maybe i'll try! What a good therapetic voice when RTS become too stressful

Wow I’ve been playing this game for over a year and found several tips on here. Subscribing now

Tip 51. You can select a unit and una Shift+a pre existing control group number and this unit will be inserted in the existing control group, works also for inserting a group into a existing group

i discovered you channel when searching about painting guides for my lansquenet armies on the board I do not regret to enter a unrelated video of a game i dont play

thank you very much!

Shift + Number adds selected units to the control grouping rather than deleting the previous grouping and creating a new one, great for adding reinforcements at the base to your micro manage groups

Really cool video!

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate - glad you're here again :)

wow this vidéo is so good , i think you must work very mutch to do it , tnks for your work ^^it s amazing

Thank you for your good content sir

Wonderful, super helpful video! Thank you for your current, subd!

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support :)

Thanks a lot. Keep up the good work! greetings from Brazil.

@AgeofNoob

8 ай бұрын

Thank you for the support!

Thanks for the tip. The Tip 11 as very helpful because i only garrison units by using the TC bell! Using the hotkey T on villagers make sure my economy dont get all freeze when i under attack! Thanks a lot

never get tired of that sweet skyrim soundtrack

Thanks for the insight. Ballistas work great against cannons but i also use light horsemen , they can travel quickly and finishes them off. Also i use them to lure enemies into a good spot for archers haha or mass catapults

Just bought the game, casually played AOE, AOE 2, AOE 3 but that was eons ago. Thanks for the tips.

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

GL in the game and welcome to the community!

one thing about speed is fumbling with the controls or being distracted which is something that takes practice to overcome. as for the minimap, it would be nice if we could make it a bit bigger

@AnotherSeeker

10 ай бұрын

press "M" there are 3 sizes to cycle through for minimap sizes default controls at least

Thank you comrad

Finally this Video is Live, have been waiting for this.. :) thanks AON :)

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome 😊

Awesome video

Huh, I didn't know Ctrl+click selected all units of the same type. I can use that tip cos I've been fumbling around fights with double-click and it's been a bit of a struggle lmao

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

It seems like many have missed the Ctrl+Click feature :D

Awesome tips.

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked them!

Very good Man ⚔️🛡️

The Skyrim music goes hard on this haha

@BruhMoment099

21 күн бұрын

Skyrim music makes everything better

Great video! As for the first tip, is there a guide for when certain high level strategies counter others? If I see my enemy going to a second TC, how do I know rather to go for a second myself, rush castle or attack all in? Also, regarding tip 46, I do believe you can double tap a control group key to center on them

amazing video thanlks a lot

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

Np!

thx!

Lovely said 🥰

I’ve only played like 5 or 6 ranked games in the year that I’ve owned the game, mainly because I’ve only won 1 or 2 and I DO get that anxiety of getting outplayed or straight whooped 1v1 online lol. Hoping this gives me renewed motivation to jump back into ranked!

Idle TCs always get me. It’s hard to remember that it doesn’t matter how much damage you do to someone’s economy if yours isn’t growing either.

Do I hear Skyrim music in the background?? Love the guide man this should help me a lot

22:53 i heared stronghold crusader music in background awesome. and thx for tips

This video was really made at the perfect time as I am recently trying to get into Age of Empires, fantastic video, thank you.

this is the best video for beginner

Nice use of Knights of Honor 2 and Stronghold Crusader OSTs lol

i am one of the slow ones, thank you for.motivating me ❤

i know almost all of them, guess i had to practice them more since iam top 10k in solo but top 1k in teams. AoN you da best!!!

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

Best of luck on the ladder - cheers! :)

AmazIng video.

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Amazing video.. I'm new player so I leant many new thing

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard!

rts is back baby

Spirit of the law did a great lancasters law video. Id recommend that till AoN makes his own video. As for monks picking up relics? Did they change that when i wasnt looking? Last i played, i wasnt able to rally pick up relic and put in building. I could rally move next to building. But not put inaide building(while prelate doesnt yet have relic).

mehr von den coolen alten Einspieler wären klasse, ansonsten top Format freu mich auf ein neues Walulis Kapitel

I dont know why im here because i dont even play AoE4 lmao maybe because KZread knows im looking for new RTS to play. Still good video and tips! I still prefer how AoE2 stills looks and plays the better (the remastered)

I agree with what you last about it being a game, don't stress too much about it and enjoy it. But I think it will be harder for some to do that after you just mentioned pro gamers tournament with a prize pool of 300k. This is why I steer clear of pro-player content because I get competitive and stress too much about it. Something to consider for those who are like me.

9:06 I need tips for eco balance for photonman please

@t3ss33

Жыл бұрын

Was looking for that comment :D

I’ve beat all the civilizations on absurd with the English on every map, and I do it first by protecting my village with a ton of castles and a lot of bowmen. After that I build 25 stables outside the enemy camp and queue 200+ of them and keep attacking in waves. On absurd I have to block off in walled sections using the trebuchets to clear the path in front of me.

some good beginner tips :) someday i'll beat easy AI heheh

You say speed doesn't matter but the intermediate AI say different

It wouldve been funnier if you followed up #27 with #28 - attack-click to get rid of priority units (ex. siege, high dps units)

I think it would be a good tip on how to properly avoid mangonel fire?

Me, who do not play AoE4: Okay coach I got it!

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

Maybe one day :D

The outback octagon make me a lot better in ffa

The skyrim theme ❤️‍🩹

Man i really like this game, i am kinda missing more civs tho

If you double click number 1 if that's what you set your men to, the camera will center to them, but if you click once you have to manually move your camera.

40 hours in and can confirm I'm still a noob.

Tip 46. Double tap the control group number to center the camera on the group.

ngl I need tips 11, I played AoE2, AoE3 and age of mythology way back ago when I was just entered Junior High and I remember whenever in danger you could click the bell icon in TC and all villager will automatically seek shelter, now when I played AoE4 my villager were attacked and I want to have them seek shelter but couldn't find the bell button or equivalent of that in the TC which ended in half of my villager died while I scramble to click each villager to enter TC, Outpost or Castle manually

Is that the skyrim ambiance music in the background?

@AgeofNoob

5 ай бұрын

Indeed!

GENIO

Music used in back ground was "human fall flat menu theme"

I am a beginner and just bought age of empire IV anniversary edition but when i try to play skimmish there is no ottoman empire that i can choose do i have to unlock ottoman empire first if so how

Question: in the late game is it not better to have fewer villagers and more military units taking up population space?

@AgeofNoob

8 ай бұрын

It's still a mix. The ~50/50 rule still stands, with some leeway either side depending on your army comp and civ. The idea is that you shouldn't run out of resources while trying to stay pop capped with your army.

In warcraft, theres a way to have a unit immediately follow your champion once theyve spawned, is there such a thing in AOE? Like have them follow your army right away?

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

Following a unit on spawn is not really a thing in AoE, as the closest thing to that are waypoints which are covered in this video. :)

I’ve finally gotten good enough to consistently beat the intermediate AI. Should I try to play online?

@AgeofNoob

3 ай бұрын

Yes, there's no bad time to play online. You'll likely lose your first few games as the game calibrates your skill level, but should be fine thereafter. :)

I strongly disagree about the optimal number of villagers. The hard AI generally trains between 50-55, and I've found that to be a good number that brings in plenty of resources. More than that and you're just hamstringing your military. I have beaten the hardest AI with this tactic.

@smithsmitherson

Жыл бұрын

Wrong, the AI is really weak compared to a human player. You will never get on full population vs a intermediate human player on open maps, as he will constantly attack you and both players will loose units you need to replace, which works better with a stronger economy. On closed maps the stronger eco will win because of reaching higher ages faster and then bleeding you dry with better units and constantly replacing them, while you can't with your weaker economy.

Regarding tip 46: you can select "select only" in the settings and then use the focus hotkey to jump to the location of the selected group. This helped me a lot.

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

That's a good point, another way of doing it for sure!

@anestispneuma268

Жыл бұрын

Prob has been mentioned but double pressing individual group hotkeys also focus on those specific groups. Same for town centre.

how do i set up a lan match with my bro in the same network as mine?

out here crushing dreams early lmao

I wish the scout had an auto explore function like in rise of nations

12:00 Do I here KoH music? Boss move!

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

Indeed. And the song from 0:26 is from the newly released KoH2 btw :)

@t3ss33

Жыл бұрын

@@AgeofNoob haven't memorised KoH2 music yet, but I won't ever forget the masterpiece of soundtrack the first part had. I was a bit disappointed that they haven't included the old soundtrack 🥲

@AgeofNoob

Жыл бұрын

@@t3ss33 Agreed, I think they could've remastered some of the old tracks and incorporated them into the new game.

How much of this applies to console players? I mean obviously the commands and such won’t apply but I’m wondering if there’s a similar type of key bind or command and such that console players can use as well. A sort of substitute from the computer controls

@AgeofNoob

9 ай бұрын

Non-control based tips are all transferable! So ignore tips like Ctrl or Shift click ones, but the rest that applies to the game and its mechanics should apply to both sets of players. :)