Age of Empires IV - The Rus

The advantage of playing the Rus is that the wilderness is yours to command. By using your surroundings, particularly gathering resources, you can build up a strong economy quickly. In battle, the Rus are known for their mounted Warrior Monk that can buff surrounding units, and for the Streltsy, a powerful gunpowder unit.
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[@08Rolling]

Damn, that rus theme in the background is stronk.

[@gursimarsingh5505]

Stonks

[@punkyllama420]

Russia: Origins

[@user-pw6vr9ej4s]

@@punkyllama420 Согласен!

[@borgri5871]

peaceful ancient soviet music derp

[@CopperCreekCuts]

1:41 N00b gonna wall his villager out of the base. Get rekt.

[@Tom3K_grabarzzzz]

He can just bulid gate what do you mean brotha ?x D

[@lucazcsgo7348]

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[@scintillam_dei]

Maybe he was going to build a second wall. His genius was taken as nonsense by those without his greater vision.

[@matheusedwin6144]

Wait, why are you here? Its really suprising that you also play AoE, your pavement video is so satisfying.

[@Guaccc]

The gun smoke effects are extremely good looking

[@BEPrimAnim]

It's funny how in the imperial age the Rus have trebuchets and streltsy at the same time. Actually, the streltsy were first used during the siege of Kazan and they were accompanied by huge cannons. Russia had cannons since the 14th century.

[@andrej9290]

Funny is that Rus in 14th century did not existed

[@BEPrimAnim]

@@andrej9290 Rus was fractured into many feudal states and was consolidated by the Grand Duchy of Muscovy into Russia.

[@andrej9290]

@@BEPrimAnim Ok, this is just a russian propaganda you talk...

[@andrej9290]

@@BEPrimAnim Pity, that so many european are blamed with fake russian history, panslavism, soviet coolness or idk what else So, we can say that some states were occupied by Russia, and most important, Kiev only in 17 century, but it not really rebuilded Rus' 1.Rus never was a consolidated state. In time of first mongol, only land from 4 political regions of rus who went to fight with mongols, was Kievan, Chernigov - protoukrainian Princes (with Polovecs), no Suzdal, no Novgorod, no Polotsk - the didn't want to go with with together. 2. True Rus is just an Kiev lands technically 3. Russian have nothing to do with rus, totally different political system, cultural etc, for example in novgorod and Kiev was Veche - something like parliament - in Muskovia was despotic euroasian Tsar. 4- Nobody wander to came to Russian new Rus. Novgorod for example- he fight for freedom, to time of Ivan oprichina there

[@andrej9290]

@@BEPrimAnim And, I don't thing they really might have cannon in 14 century, it was end of civilization then, when first shoot weapons in Europe were used in end 15 century, like in Husit wars

[@barbiquearea]

I like how the Rus can earn gold from hunting because that is a nod to the lucrative fur trade, which started under Ivan the Terrible and saw a massive expansion east while acquiring most of the territory of what is now modern day Russia.

[@a.cunningham4974]

The fur trade in Russia was on going long long long long before Ivan It was Novgorod’s whole thing

[@BEPrimAnim]

@@a.cunningham4974 Exactly. The city of Novgorod was a large trade hub in Northern Europe and the namesake republic founded many settlements in North Russia and controlled various Finno-Ugric tribes exactly for that purpose.

[@SuperFSA1]

Also how the Monk warriors are a Nod to the battle of kulikovo, and the ships convert mechanic comes from Oleg and his soldiers making wheels to put them into boats to attack Constantinople.

[@linglw6592]

In rus they are fighting goblin like RPG , there is gold in wild animal body 😂

[@a.cunningham4974]

@@linglw6592 your telling me russian irl ISINT a fantasy rpg?

[@spree]

Warrior Monk definitely one of my favorite add up to the game. Can't wait for those micro battles!!

[@Markov092]

Through I don't understand why developers did not give Rus stone walls, even if Rus were known to be one of first European civilizations to build unique kremlin walls like in Novgorod, Suzdal, Vladimir, Kiyv, not to mention famous Moscow's kremlin wall. Edit: Good to see developers added stone walls for Rus with Spasskaya tower as bonus :)

[@djsanchez3444]

You are right, however, the Rus didn't really adopt stone fortifications until much later. The original Kremlin was made out of wood and it wasn't until the end of the 14th century that the Kremlin in Moscow was built with stone. I believe that Ivan the Great was the first ruler to employ stone fortinfications in Moscow. It wasn't until the rule of Peter the great that stone work and brick buildings took off in Russia in favor of wooden buildings. I think what the developers should do is allow the rus to reserarch a tech in the imperial age that allows them to built stone walls and that changes their kremlin to a red stone building.

[@sagittariusann1220]

just a game, balance to other civilization

[@Markov092]

@@djsanchez3444 There weren't many but some Rus did make their detinets wall forts in late early medieval and early high medieval.

[@stuffums]

I played it, Rus get stone walls in the Campaign (Moscow levels have them), but not multiplayer

[@andrej9290]

In time of Rus (Kiyv periphery) there was no really stone walls, then, it was realy not an single nation. Later in Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Rus' and Zhemait started to build some, later in Muskovy and Novgorod

[@polonskyqueens6029]

Imagine if the Streltsy has a 'walking fortress'; it'll be OP.

[@poop696969poop]

... so the Gulyay-Gorod? I feel like that is the allusion being made with the increased bonus over time for stationary streltsy

[@Stanser_Lagrange]

It's kinda weird how they treat with this Russian word. Streltsy is plural form, one is streletz. Means "shooter, the shooting one". But in Ru we don't add -s for plural, there is a more complicated word change. And they kinda called one unit with plural form. I think, it would be better to keep single.

[@ludovert]

You can bring villagers to the frontline in order to build fortifications & such

[@AgeofNoob]

Folks, I really love these informative videos... but why is this such low fps compared to the others? The video is 60fps, but the footage is like 24fps max. Edit: I hope Turkman keeps narrating these for years to come.. he has become the official voice of informative official AoE videos!

[@garvielloken9356]

A true slavic experience there.

[@roballister5269]

mate why do you have to complain about everything ?? i used to like ur channel but all u do is complain

[@RoundBaguette]

@@roballister5269 it's a reasonable complaint

[@manuelfigueiredo8986]

@@roballister5269 dude he's got a point. I'm super confused about the fps since the game seems to run fine in other videos. What happened? Are they using gameplay from the alpha or what

[@MrHoodlin]

@@roballister5269 Age of Noob: A meteor is going to crash into the earth! Rob Allister: Bro, stop complaining.

[@TheRemcor1]

Cant wait for this game to be released!

[@Imperiused]

I don't know if I'll have the micro to be able to handle the warrior monk, but the Rus look like a potent early game civ. I wonder how they'll match up verses the Mongols.

[@Methodius7]

I think mongol horse archer will be strong vs them because rus got only basic archer with no spetial upgrades.

[@holoqofholoqqia9503]

@@Methodius7 They did mention something about their Horse archers being a bit stronger. Maybe the civ bonus for Mongols are that they can fire on the move whilst Rus horse archers hit harder.

[@Matthew-hl5eg]

@@holoqofholoqqia9503 Mangudai do move while firing. Rus cannot. This is stated in the rus v HRE game they played and showed off. I'd imagine the mongol horse archers, mangudai, are gonna be more focused on the traditional mongol horse archer tactic of skirmishing, with some active encirclement. In Age4, you'll probably utilize rus horse archers as effective, super fast archers, great for chasing down MAA and infantry without letting them get any hits in, and some poking and prodding Meanwhile, the mangudai will focus most likely on Kiting and drive-by's, leading the slower enemy armies through a glorious chase through their farms, while dealing damage to nearby vils. This doesn't mean they can't be used for the other tactics, just the most likely best scenarios for them.

[@holoqofholoqqia9503]

@@Matthew-hl5eg Ah I see. I didn't watch any of the match ups I'm just going off what was explained in the civ overviews

[@BlueShellshock]

I started playing AoE2 again, and remembered how annoying hero units were since the game auto-fails you for losing Genghis or Joan of Arc, despite them being powerful units. Decided to actually use them once I got better, still lost them dozens of times.

[@BoloBouncer]

Paradox: *releases Russian-themed update* Microsoft: *releases actual Russians*

[@nightraven2975]

Which game is that update for? Sorry, new to AOE.

[@thomastorodo9968]

@@nightraven2975 Age of Empires 4 that should be released soon

[@SuperMangaholic]

@@nightraven2975 HOI4 update

[@smarthome1502]

@@Red13.0 if you mean the Rus. Rus are not Russians.

[@halorecon95]

@@Red13.0 The Rus, often called Kievan Rus, are the medieval ancestors of what would later become the Russians.

[@eleonora7490]

Awesome, I hope Relic is going to release a video for every Civ.

[@ob1.shinobi7]

You can notice how with the change of in-game ages/stages the faction changes historically: Rurikid Novgorod ---> Rus States(Novgorod, Vladimir, Kyiv, etc.) ---> Grand Duchy of Moscow (Muscovy) ---> Tsardom of Russia. However, it is a bit unclear why exactly the Rus is banned from building stone walls, like, is Kremlin fortress in Moscow is made out of wood or what? Also, why even in the final stage, the faction has stuff like a trebuchet when the Tsardom of Russia had cannons since 14 century which were actively used in the Siege of Kazan and etc.?

[@Misierbobo]

Gameplay balance trumps historical accuracy

[@lordyaroslav2261]

I don't really like that Rus is only identified with modern russian territory. Belarusian and Ukrainian territories were in those proto-state as well, but their specifics has no mention in the game(

[@alastairtivy-harris8129]

@@lordyaroslav2261 It may not be much, but I believe The Golden Gate (one of the Rus’ Age 2 Landmarks) was/is located in Ukraine.

[@lordyaroslav2261]

@@alastairtivy-harris8129 yeah there was golden gate in Kiev, but that's not unique structure again, much more of em were in Russia, as i know. They should add kozaks or maybe so called ""from vikings into greeks"" traderoad.

[@andrej9290]

Lol, Novgorod and Muskovy are totally different states

[@EveloGrave]

Interesting. I am still really excited for The Mongols but I will definitely have to give The Rus a try. Looks quite fun.

[@9pmInTokyo]

A man of culture, I see. *throat singing & Morin Khuur intensifies*

[@DBT1007]

Wait until they release the Malays that masters both land stuff and the seafaring stuff. I hope they make Malay civilization be like that. In land, they built amazing things such as BOROBUDUR TEMPLE. But not much on the cavalry and armory. And about seafaring, Javanese sail to Madagascar island in the early or mid medieval era. And they also traveled to region that now is the modern day Nigeria. In late medieval era the Europeans come with their cutting edge ship and amazed by how Malays built their ships. "Jong" ship is bigger than Portuguese' biggest ship at that time btw. And most Malay power is about the Javanese in Java island. Not Malays in Malay Peninsula. So maybe they need to call it "Majapahit Empire"?? Not Malay civilization.

[@comonaojogarfor4253]

I'm really looking forward to playing this game

[@codyarcher3263]

Suprised the went with the Streltsy from the very edge of the middle ages instead of the Druzhina that were commonly used throughout. For context Druzhina were heavy calvary that often fought dismounted and made up the bulk of medieval russian armies.

[@ajaylal5892]

Oh man, I can't wait to play this. Looks like the balance rts game I've been looking for... more tactical and dynamic instead of just how fast your APM is. Looks very promising

[@bont3]

You might/probably are already aware but I’d recommend AoE2/3 Definitive edition if AoE4 isn’t what you expect. But both are very tactical and dynamic although! But I feel the same, excited to see what AoE4 will bring

[@leftyfourguns]

It really does look like the best marriage of AoE 2 and 3, a true sequel to both of them rather then taking one path

[@Eldiran1]

@@leftyfourguns i agree , it's like they take the best of both world , and also take some from age of mythology (the way you have to choose with 2 building when you pass an age here look like asians dynasty (AOE III dlc ) but also look like the 2 gods you have to choose frome age of mythology . I really want to try this game , it's been so long since thz last AOE . Wait is nearly over .

[@bravomike4734]

I would also suggest you War Selection. Can't hurt to try it since its free.

[@tramiltontalknreact]

You're a fool if you think APM doesn't matter in any RTS, it's a part of both your macro and micro capabilities.

[@ascendedbro1828]

By the time Rus utilised gunpowder they definitely had stone walls. So not having stone walls but using streltsi at the same time is kinda weird for Rus..

[@barbiquearea]

I guess its just more iconic.

[@Marth667]

By the time the streltsi were available (15th century) as formations the rest of the world had Arquebuses for their own fire arm formations so *why* are the rest of the civs still using 14th century handgonne? That makes no sense, they should have HC at castle age and an upgrade for them at the imperial age to Arquebuses. For balance I reckon having a much slower reload, more damage to compensate and a even slower reload whilst moving so you can't kite and abuse their reload debuff would go a long way to making them both historically and balance wise on point. They'd fire a volley, butcher the charging enemy line units and then slowly reload so they can only fire a few volleys in a battle and they wouldn't be this blender like they are currently.

[@stsk1061]

@@Marth667 Arquebuses were first used in battle in 1502 I believe, so it's a bit late. But streltsy also only existed later, not sure why they included one without the other.

[@eriepoplar5507]

I think the warrior monk is a nod to Alexander Peresvet who was a orthodox monk who fought on horseback one on one against a Tartar champion during the opening of a battle.

[@dmitriyk.2890]

There is actully a bunch of other warrior monks mentioned in chronicles. Even the historical prototype of Ilya Murtomets became a monk later in life.

[@eriepoplar5507]

@@dmitriyk.2890 very interesting, thank you for sharing. I’ll have to look them up.

[@PyromaN93]

Actually many monasteries in Rus was castles with their own monk warriors, like Pechora monastery near Pskov.

[@SU-vy8nb]

yeah his animation looks like Peresvet from the painting when he fought Mumai.

[@duckhive]

so far, Rus and France look really intriguing to me.

[@dimitrisoikonomou3568]

I have seen enough to get the game even though Medieval games aren't my thing... The uniqueness of each civ in terms of eco is a welcome change compared to unique armies i am used to from other games... Well done Relic!!

[@user-vasilyphilippov]

А чего, хорошо показали особенности цивилизационного развития русичей. Правда, интересно. Жду игру с нетерпением, молодцы!

[@Dragoot]

"Can't build stone walls" I wonder what the Kremlin is made of?

[@TheFatMob]

"Kremlin" (or rather "kreml'") is an old Russian word for a fortress stronghold. Meaning there were kremlins in every major town, and some of them could have been wooden. Actually, there are several kremlins still intact in variuous Russian cities beside THE Kremlin!

[@Dragoot]

@@TheFatMob So it makes sense that Rus can't build walls of stone? :/ Are you for real?

[@annguyenlehoang7779]

Hmmm i have a feeling whenever i click Rus Streltsy to shot i will yell "Cyka" 🤣

[@Oh_my_sweet_boy_oh_oh_Stingl]

*Suka ))))))))))

[@qwerty-kn7kt]

аххах, только если в этот момент по ним стреляют))

[@dr.strangelove9815]

Streltsy are my favorite unit in AOE4, along with landschneckte and cannons. But, I really don't consider them handcannoneers as they were a mid 16th century unit, when the Rus campaign ends, rather harquebusiers and musketeers. I wish the harquebus was a handcannoneer upgrade for other civs in the Imperial Age due to the 16th century end date (maybe just a flat range upgrade).

[@Desh282]

Can’t wait to play as my ancestors !!!

[@ArishVanNikon]

Is it just me? or does the rus have the BEST castle age combat music in the game choir slaps so hard.

[@damelyngdoh2370]

The Rus would be a great teammate with a late game power house like the HRE or French

[@user-nh6ul7ct5m]

I thought there would be another "gulyay-gorod". It's just that the walls on wheels were visible on the screenshots on the website.

[@АнтонГородецкийНочнойДозор]

I was also waiting for "gulyay-gorod"

[@Methodius7]

Probably just stuff you will use in final chapter of rus campaign during siedge of Kazan.

[@wilkham2678]

I can already know that these wood fort are gonna catch a lot of fire...

[@ClamTheClammy]

So excited to play French and Rus

[@MihaiHategan]

Who plays that music in the background? Sounds really good.

[@IronHeel]

The significant unique elements of each Civ is impressive. Also, the graphics are looking much better. Keep up the good work! I may just have to pick this up.

[@jey6866]

Cant wait 28 Oktober on steam!!! I already bought this game!!

[@m.aassuhidis3840]

It's ... so beautiful! I have to buy this game now

[@DC9848]

This looks goooood

[@diobrando6147]

I honestly want to play them all

[@user-fd8dz7dr1o]

Ну наконец-то!

[@aintfalco7968]

very hard for my AoE2 // SC2 brain to weigh these strange advantages against eachother. NGL though, I'm really liking the similarities to AoE3 in this game, looks like tons of fun

[@soklot]

The units looks like blobs of color.

[@aintfalco7968]

@Invictus_trax I juts meant like hunting bounties and stuff. Nothing like that in starcraft lol.

[@Methodius7]

Streltsy units look very strong. Also gunpowder effects are very nice.

[@tommyfortress7515]

They are finally strong compared to as paper in aoe 3

[@Marth667]

Wish there was a upgrade for HC in the imperial age to become Arquebuses the streltsy are already using them as we can see. So much balancing to be done for HC units as currently they unbalance the game by killing absolutely everything. They should have a much slower reload, more damage to compensate and a slower reload speed whilst moving to they act more like gun powder units. A big upfront damage spike as they chunk the enemy units, then they slowly reload so they can only fire a few times a battle.

[@emrullahkoc1713]

@@tommyfortress7515 in age 3 they were one of the best cost efficient units in the game.

[@user-mu8vy1bn8e]

streletsy is a royal unt whereas strelets were just peasant recruits. they are not the same

[@johntitor1256]

​@@tommyfortress7515 AoE 3 probably wanted to show the Streltsy during the Time of Troubles onward, when they were borderline-obsolete and were so much of a political liability that Peter the Great abolished the institution. Maybe AoE 4 wants to show the Streltsy under Ivan the Terrible, when they were the new hotness with their bardiches and cutting-edge technology (arquebuses and walking forts). But then again, AoE 3 featured Ivan the Terrible as the Russian leader. I don't know how to fit that into my theory.

[@ivan55599]

"While Rus civilization deviates from other familiar civilizations..." - don't all civs in Age 4 have uniqie options, making them all different compared to each other?

[@IAMreynofficial]

When an Aussie narrates the gameplay.

[@SpaceKnight105]

For the mother lands!

[@schadowizationproductions6205]

ain't no age of empires without rus[-anything]

[@wertyupanoptikus9787]

Hope someone consider to do a RTS with this quality but based in ancient history. AOE I wasn't enough.

[@jimmyorgenkaccrow4961]

So Rus replaces their mill to hunting cabin?

[@ashfox7498]

Yes it's a unique upgraded building

[@bethebullet6511]

Not gnna lie, read that as "The Runs" first and was a little concerned.

[@cookiecracker2]

wait....did you show all the units here? I'm assuming this is just a quick overview, because surely they would have some siege stuff?!

[@Harai_Ulfsark]

They focused on the more unique units, since its a cavalry civ, thats cavalry for you, but yes they do have siege (its just average siege tho)

[@pedalpusher2008]

Which empire do I need to play to get customiseable hotkeys?

[@aluimmumitat]

The empire of Switzerland. They must have neutral hotkeys

[@Vyache]

The absence of straight swords in the early eras can still be understood, but something I did not understand was the absence of stone walls in later eras. The description of Russia says that wooden walls are only in the early stages. Are you serious, have you decided to make Rus (Muscovy) without white-stone kremlins?? 🤦🏻‍♂️ Отсутствие прямых мечей в ранние эпохи ещё можно понять, но что то я не понял отсутствие каменных стен в поздних эпохах. В описание Руси говорится, что деревянные стены только на ранних этапах. Вы серьезно, решили сделать Русь (Московию) без белокаменных кремлей?? 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@olegafanasiev4976]

Возможно, имелось ввиду что камень на Руси начал использоваться довольно поздно. Однако согласен, могли бы просто тогда уж на последнюю эпоху перекинуть каменные стены.

[@Ludogor75]

Только на моды надежда, судя по юнитам эта казуальная каша будет, кроме стрельцов.

[@MegaTVscreen]

Yeah, thematically it would fit to give the Rus an Age 4 stone wall, which could be a bit weaker than it's European counterpart to offset the balance into more reliability on that wooden palisade wall. There **were** stone walls in many of Russia's old principalities and small kingdoms, so removing them entirely seems kinda dumb and unhistorical.

[@ilaarga2150]

Would this ever come to mac?

[@unclevladimir3730]

why would they color the mounted knights shield green? it's a team color

[@Harai_Ulfsark]

Some unit upgrades affect their gear appearance, if the shield is important to recognize the knight its understandable they went with this instead of team color (like the horseman above them)

[@unclevladimir3730]

@@Harai_Ulfsark The bright colors are pretty unappealing.

[@Chyllbacca]

Where is the rus versus sultanate stream?

[@jo769]

I hope they increase 500 population or more in the future for sandbox gameplay :D

[@benc8167]

This civilization is going to get yeeted so hard.

[@Blender3DProjects]

Nice

[@AraQkh]

For Mother Russia!

[@aquaramses8776]

I wonder if there will be ottomans without dlc.

[@nicodemussmith]

They've announced the initial 8 civs months ago. Rus, Mongols, China, France, HRE, Abbisaid, English. That's it

[@ryuken4065]

Will it becfree on xbox game pass for pc?

[@egotonic6138]

Yes

[@punkyllama420]

Is it just me or are the graphics looking better?

[@martymc6026]

same thought

[@utubrGaming]

Now we have the Kievan Rus, we should go on to the next step: The ERE

[@user-tk6bz3yv3x]

This is not Kievan Rus, this is Muscovy, the ulus of the golden horde ...

[@radziwill7193]

@@user-tk6bz3yv3x Kievan Rus and Muscovy are historical terms of different periods of Russia.

[@TheFatMob]

@@radziwill7193 But this game seems to be covering the period from the Mongol Yoke to Ivan the Terrible's rule, meaning Kievan Rus has dissipated already.

[@radziwill7193]

@@TheFatMob Yes, that's why this faction is called Rus.

[@nathancrever5161]

Please add the Byzantine Empire.

[@frankishknight707]

cant believe theres no bizantines yet

[@FeriandyRaynandoSembiring]

Dlc

[@thaisonang1968]

Your wish come true

[@AlexB-vt5xe]

Who is the narrator for this vid? it sounds somewhat like BBQTurkman but not sure

[@TheSliaz]

it seems like core of power for every faction is "battle hardened cavalry "

[@Imperiused]

Similar to AoE 2 in that aspect it seems. Knights are a core unit to most civs.

[@TheFatMob]

Well, that's the reality of Medieval warfare.

[@user-vu9hs5zu9y]

Rus will be OP

[@user-so8br5kg5n]

For the mother Rus' !

[@user-no1nj9ji1d]

For Father Rus i would say :)

[@jacobtrost5048]

Feels like no access to stone walls is a major handicap. Hopefully their early game makes for a strong enough rush to make up for it

[@Wibdrac]

Yeah but imagine Strestly on stone wall XD That would be impossible to force without trebuchet

[@Alex-xt7yb]

neither do the Goths but that hasn't stopped them

[@jacobtrost5048]

@@Wibdrac Haha true!

[@werothegreat]

Okay but "Streltsy" is plural. The unit name (singular) should be "Strelets".

[@vladahavel7509]

Exactly. It literaly means "Shooter" or "Gunner" and it's the same or similar in most Slavic languages ;)

[@jarekvoice08legend]

The Rus are good for rus-hing. ;-)

[@MGladkeyPhotography]

"The Streltsy is a powerful handcannon unit" ..Ahh yes, AOE3 Strelet flashbacks..

[@saintpres4ge533]

Funnily enough it seems a lot like a mix between the AOE 3 Strelet and the AOE 3 Ottoman Abus Gun

[@user-mu8vy1bn8e]

streletsy is a royal unt whereas strelets were just peasant recruits. they are not the same

[@radziwill7193]

@@user-mu8vy1bn8e The streletsy were not peasants. It was a military class that was engaged in handicrafts in peacetime, in fact it was a bourgeois urban regular army.

[@user-mu8vy1bn8e]

@@radziwill7193 that's what I said. Strelets were peasant soldiers streletsy were royal ones

[@radziwill7193]

@@user-mu8vy1bn8e Strelets and streletsy are the same word translated differently into English.

[@FrostyBud777]

Only 6 days left! So excited!!!!

[@ethanlarsen4644]

I wanna pick a Civ that isn’t overplayed or overpowered. I don’t wanna be Meta, but I also don’t wanna suck. I will try to master The Rus first and see how that goes.

[@tomaslanghout6474]

Is it me, or is the cavalry the strongpoint of any army at this point

[@ruknoonshadiddinder9801]

Not really. It’s a good mix. English- Light archers + Light infantry French- Heavy Cavalry + Siege Chinese- Gunpowder + Heavy Archers Delhi Sultanate- Heavy infantry + Monks Abbasid Caliphate- Combined arms + Monks Mongols- Light Cavalry + Siege Rus- Light Cavalry + Monks HRE- Combined Infantry

[@kingsy7480]

"forged under pressure" bro what the-

[@raynightshade8317]

Rus are also the only civ who know how to use the Arquebus for some reason

[@rogerwingfield8553]

That's until Portugal and Spain come.

[@NamelocTheBard]

Little bit odd since Europe and the Ottomans were using arquebuses nearly a century prior to the formation of the Strelets. I'm hoping they consider adding them as an upgrade or additional unit after post release balancing. Especially if we get Turks/Ottomans in a later expansion and the obvious inclusion of Janissaries would already be encroaching on the Strelets current turf

[@Alex1121000]

Can you Release it now?

[@mohamedwael5039]

Why cant i order uints in patchs of 5 as aoe 3 player iam used to it

[@MegaTVscreen]

It's now an upgrade for the HolyRomanEmpire (can produce in a batch of 5 with an upgrade) and Mongols (can produce in a batch of 2). Russia in this game is still a "wide" build nation, only the focus has shifted to quick expansion and harassment during the first 2 ages, rather than spamming meatshields in the age 4.

[@konjecture]

What civ is left to showcase now? Indians and French?

[@konstantinplotnikov966]

Delhi and China

[@troopers0312]

I literally thought the title got cut by youtube

[@martymc6026]

Looks better, but why rus have black hair and beard. Rus have brown hair (lighter or darker). 1:20

[@Arsenalistas1]

They should be also in AOE 2 DE. Regards to Devs and the all Community.

[@imperialeagle5979]

4 days remaining to relise!

[@luisrodriguezbaez]

Hermoso

[@stormsurge2103]

Winter is coming. . . And so is Subotei.😁

[@karnazacss]

I've never been so hyped for a game and I'm 33 years old

[@XUndergroundRap]

The fact the leader is not Leman is a huge mistake

[@elkingoh4543]

I waiting for Malays Sultanate to release!!

[@user-bp8zx4ve7p]

The symbol of Rus' is Archangel Michael not George the Victorious

[@ivashko3637]

Почему?

[@user-bp8zx4ve7p]

@@ivashko3637 For example, you can see it on Polish january Uprising's coat of arms, there is symbol of Rus', Archangel Michael. Uprising was anti-Russian

[@mdflkbeqgh]

RUS!

[@lordyrich]

And deer thieves in the chat?

[@luizandreluz1635]

maybe this game needs a button to "declare war" and all combat units in queue will march to the flare, cessing by option. ( Sorry about my bad English )

[@johannesroeder274]

As far as I understand it, you can do that already. There is an option to select all military buildings and set a gather point were you want them to run after their creation.

[@luizandreluz1635]

​@@johannesroeder274 yep, but without select all, couse after you turn off this 'declare war', all gather point back to last used.

[@johannesroeder274]

@@luizandreluz1635 This kind of mechanic doesn't sound usefull to me. Why would you ever want to reset your rally point and not just set a new one? I usually used 'select all military building' and 'tab' for toggeling between the different kinds of units to create units, too, so it feels natural for me to use it for switching the gather point, too. In case of you just wanting to set global gather points with one hotkey, I hope they will enable makros.

[@luizandreluz1635]

@@johannesroeder274 Teach me how to do that

[@johannesroeder274]

@@luizandreluz1635 Do you mean how I spam units or the makro thing?

[@Taruuk]

Can't wait, this is for sure my type of Civ!

[@Mr_GameAndWatch]

So Basically Rush B

[@SuperMrBentley]

Wrf is the rus civilization? Russian?

[@navypaladin9753]

East Slavic People like Russian, Ukrainian and Belarussian.

[@user-kk7ek6et4b]

so ironic... The Rus trailer don't have Rus subtitles...

[@auradzrts691]

5 days left

[@95l0uis]

I mained Mongols in 3. But i think i go for Rus in this game. Think the Mongols are a bit to stressfull with theyr moving base, but i love mounted archers.

[@thomasmackay1204]

Mongols in 3?

[@95l0uis]

@@thomasmackay1204 dam you are right i ment age 2

[@seenam02]

Waiting for the Japan

[@FeriandyRaynandoSembiring]

May be future DLC

[@atocanboi409]

they should have a unique tech called Slav Squat, which increases unit intimidation factor