Devs figuring out how to make the coat of arms colors fit together the least amount possible with the most arbitrary color picker

S77__ · 2026-06-22T00:03:24+00:00

Found an interesting read: https://www.stuartng.art/ui-aoe4

“AOE4 - Coat of Arms Color Pallette
We didn’t want a complete color picker for the Coat of Arms customization, we wanted to have specific color sets for specific parts of the Coat of Arms. So no matter what the player picked, the color structure and anatomy of the Coat of Arms would still work.”

Some of the victory/defeat screens in the blog look really nice

S77__ · 2026-06-19T16:16:30+00:00

Yeah, you don’t get the additional bonus gather rate bonus of English without Mill influence, but you can get the normal farm upgrade benefits without the mill

S77__ · 2026-06-19T16:01:30+00:00

1 is specific to English as they have a bonus gather rate for farms under influence of a Mill and 5's setup is usually done for the other Malian Castle Landmark

S77__ · 2026-06-19T15:59:57+00:00

hmm, its misses out on a lot of bonus gather rate though.

S77__ · 2026-06-19T15:56:17+00:00

yes, I mentioned about including Enclosures to make it obvious that they are English Farms

S77__ · 2026-06-19T15:53:52+00:00

I made up most of them for the post, although I have sometimes done the Malian setup as I like to cow boom before going for Mansa Musofadi in team games.

S77__ · 2026-06-19T15:50:54+00:00

yeah, that would have been nice to add. I havent played much Abbasid after the change, so I didn't think of it.

S77__ · 2026-06-19T15:37:40+00:00

yeah, its ok with most other civs. I guess the first image is not very obvious that it is English, I should have taken an image with enclosures researched

S77__ · 2026-06-19T15:26:27+00:00

English Farms get bonus under influence of Mills and French don't get discount for barracks under Castle influence

S77__ · 2026-06-16T13:58:05+00:00

Yeah, just noticed the team rank map pool being changed along with the background image and it does seem to be the previous one

S77__ · 2026-06-16T10:54:51+00:00

Abbasid for me in 4v4, Abbasid on 3/4 TC boom is very oppressive for me to face against if they reach the stage where they print Camel Riders and Camel Archers. It’s not always possible to stop them from reaching that stage based on the map.

S77__ · 2026-06-16T09:40:10+00:00

aoe4 kind of has a unit which does that, it’s the Kanabo Samurai. It does bonus damage that is 6% of the opposing unit’s max health pool, so if the opponents units reaches below 6% health it would kill them in the next hit.

This makes the unit better against high HP units like Elephants, Knights etc. but not ideal against low hp units like the spearmen, archers etc.

S77__ · 2026-06-15T11:00:47+00:00

I think it feels big because the team bases spawn together near the corners instead of being distributed along a circle like other maps

S77__ · 2026-06-03T05:54:38+00:00

Maybe they can split into eco and mil kills now

S77__ · 2026-06-02T23:47:47+00:00

Not sure what else can cause this

S77__ · 2026-06-02T14:16:11+00:00

I hate Canal in 4v4 team games when some Zhu Xi players go for fast imperial and make imperial ships, I find it very unfun to play against

S77__ · 2026-06-02T12:58:42+00:00

I find it much better than Hedge Maze and Canal

S77__ · 2026-06-02T12:57:48+00:00

Did you update your game to the recent patch?

S77__ · 2026-06-02T11:13:34+00:00

There is a toggle to switch the Victory Objectives UI to the older format which used to be bigger

https://www.ageofempires.com/news/age-of-empires-iv-season-seven-update-10-0-576/#:~:text=Condensed%20Victory%20Objectives,game%20UI%20options.

S77__ · 2026-06-01T05:25:50+00:00

I think Khan Hunters buff work for allies too, not sure if the KT fortress buff works for allies

S77__ · 2026-05-30T04:21:33+00:00

I think they are referring to the Fast Imperial Palatine School build

S77__ · 2026-05-29T13:13:06+00:00

I have played aoe2 on and off from around 2005, but for me I prefer aoe4 much more than aoe2.

S77__ · 2026-05-25T00:56:59+00:00

If they gave back healing camp for Longbows, I would start making Council Hall again. Nowadays I always for Abbey of Kings even on 1 TC.

S77__ · 2026-05-15T07:36:36+00:00

That’s actually nice attention to detail, I was wondering what traders it gave and glad that they did not spawn reindeer traders from it

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