TheViper Faces A Defensive MASTERPIECE [AoE4]

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#ageofempires #ageofempires4 #aoe4

[@YaBetterHide]

now THIS game is what I imagine when I think "Age of Empires". this has been the greatest game to watch so far, very exciting!

[@kcw1879]

Ya, lazy of them. VERY lazy. It should have been scaled. Like 2k of each resource for 1v1 player; 6k for 2v2; 12k for 3v3. Or something like that. It's like 1/3rd of the victory conditions doesn't exist.

[@wademichalski768]

No way, this game is boring compared to other games out there...

[@samblack5313]

@@wademichalski768 I really enjoyed this as opposed to seeing someone dropping really weird walls everywhere on weird angles, generally on the way to some cheesy strat.

[@wademichalski768]

@@samblack5313 I like the creative strats more!

[@samblack5313]

@@wademichalski768 Sometimes they are fun, for sure. This was a good ole fashioned brawl.

[@ratpongkraiwiwat5988]

KZbin algorithm brought me here. I don't play AoE4 but can still appreciate the entertaining cast + the beautiful defensive layers of walls at choke points. This shit fulfills my LOTR Helms Deep scene. I was rooting for the blue guy even though I don't know any of them.

[@curiousoli]

Hahaha same

[@Zwerggoldhamster]

@Yeast Yeast Bruh, what?

[@rorydaines3176]

@Yeast Yeast Hey brother, I'm sure there's someone out there who can love you. Stay strong.

[@gabeh.4297]

If you want to play it it's on game pass.

[@wewoweewoo]

did you know there was a LOTR RTS? you can actually recreate the seige, Saruman's mines are even in the game

[@MrSinghKhanna]

Kaup was absolutely masterful. When you were saying that Kaup's roaming back and forth along the back lines was a wasted effort, I was looking at how Viper was looking behind him, instead of forward at Kaup. Outstanding return on investment, 4 knights and a scout buying invaluable time to build up defenses and infrastructure.

[@MilesHoppus]

think they were horsemen not knights. but besides the point. beautiful play

[@Colphin]

Not just that, he kept pulling villagers off resources, giving him a slight edge in econ

[@CinJyxxe]

@@Colphin It was an all-around great play. Distraction, forcing Viper to spread out his units to pin them down, pulling villagers away from their jobs, and generally just creating confusion and screwing with decision-making for Viper. I think Aussie was just so focused on the Abbey that he assumed Kaup wouldn't be using disposable units anymore.

[@danielwijoyo]

I think it beautifully depicted the film of Fury where 1 American tank with just 4 crew managed to hold off the entire SS German Batallion from attacking the supply route. Those scout and horseman may died but their efforts bring enough time for Kaup to prepare.😂❤

[@m00tes]

i dig that enthusiasm of yours, really can see the difference, when you are excited about a match and when not so much.

[@CobaltN64]

Excited Drongo vs Rus Boulder Bay Drongo

[@TacoMedic]

YAY! Finally a late-game cast where the English can't possibly lose!

[@EdocsilM]

the English was lost ... to another English

[@diggoran]

@@EdocsilM More like English was guaranteed to win :P

[@bernardocarvalho5004]

@@EdocsilM i used the english to destroy the english

[@splashafrica]

English was guaranteed to lose

[@Qureas]

@@bernardocarvalho5004 War of the Roses :)

[@derrickgathirimu924]

The strategy was to bleed out viper's units & resources at an impenetrable chokepoint. Viper was also unlucky to have his trade route crossing the battlefield. Great game!!

[@BariumBlue]

Viper could've "shifted" his traders here by making a wall/palisade to redirect them to the back edge of the map. Not as efficient, but would've been safer

[@dabdoc3885]

after seeing enclosures preform that well, he probably could have bought more seige instead of traders at all!

[@nevous8]

Yeah he never really needed those traders anyways, always had close to 5K gold mid-late game. Could have had more pop go into an army. Def had a spawn advantage considering the starting point gave him 60% of the map.

[@TheHiveLife]

Greedy! Could've put the market in the South corner; would've been much safer!

[@Lothrum]

36:30 Shout out to that mad lad villager who starts an enclosure/farm next to a destroyed landmark and the front lines.

[@jonborno8550]

Narration. Game. Players. Trebuchets. Tactics. Choke points. Tension. This has it all. Finally a worthy AoE game again.

[@SilentJay321]

Not gonna lie, that was a SICK game. Great job Kaup.

[@its_a_timon]

Those walls from Kaup and the small harassing raids from Kaup from the beginning were key to his Victory.. very cool tactics both thematically and strategically.. a hard fought battle from both sides.. A job well done too from the commentary as well.

[@SeigmeyerFreud]

Watching someone actually beat Viper is incredibly satisfying.

[@drakZes]

Maybe in AOE2 where he is a master. He isn't that great in AOE4. AOE2 is much more techinal as well.

[@Joyexer]

@@drakZes Its also much more refined. Give AOE4 some time and it ll get more technical etc too.

[@Tracker947]

@Francois Smit "isn't that great" by what metric?

[@levanskidney390]

@@drakZes excuses.

[@NaratoNara]

​@@Tracker947 I think he just compare "He" in AOE2 and "He" in AOE4. no metric here (Im not sure which one Francois talking about. someone or viper)

[@goowy1256]

I never knew I needed this in my life, but I love it!!! I'm trash at AOE, have been ever since 2001, but damn I love watching people that know what they are doing

[@fran13r]

Recently got the RTS fever again and this is by far the most enjoyable cast I've found so far. That's an easy sub for me.

[@bullseye2468]

Thank you for releasing this Drongo, hope you have a blast in Berlin !

[@shawnb9980]

can we get a casted game with sfx turned off and he is doing all the sfx himself? it would be BEAUTIFUL XD

[@MilesHoppus]

that would actually be hilarious. just a bunch of stupid noises replacing the fx

[@styxrakash4639]

This is why I've always loved AE4, always an ebb and flow to the match, back and forth win -loss-win-loss moving the line forward and back, RTS's like starcraft seem to always end in a surrender after a battle with no chance to come back, just a big clash and that's that.

[@jacobwrightnow]

Absolute beast of a game to watch. Probably one of my favourite AOE4 games to date.

[@CrackerCarl]

One of the funner games I've seen. Excellent commentary as well, per usual.

[@XeroKimorimon]

I'd love to see unique upgrades for abbey of kings and / or maybe makes any future monastery to have the abbey of kings passive. Would be interesting to have forward monasteries to do some skirmishes, have low HP units retreat, or do a full retreat to a more fortified position, heal up all units without needed a monk

[@ciscornBIG]

This was legit exciting lmao. great commentary!

[@bhuvaneshreddy847]

This was the type of game I've always wanted to watch! Ty for this one😍

[@Tetsu9701]

Ive watched a few of your videos since AOE4 launchesdbut your commentary here made me sub! :D The trebuchet sounds effects killed me.

[@samblack5313]

The landmark effect could either apply to keeps, or to network of castles. It’s not very versatile as is, made worse because it’s the first landmark you drop so you can’t really set up for a forward drop where it could be useful.

[@HIIIBEAR]

if it was out of combat and applied to network of castles i would main english

[@samblack5313]

@@HIIIBEAR Possibly it could be an upgrade option on outposts so it’s not so freely available, and standard on keeps, as they’re a larger investment.

[@Cyrribrae]

Might make the English tower rush even more oppressive haha. Same with just making it out of combat, honestly. Iono. I feel like increase the range and maybe reduce the out of combat timer from a full 15 seconds, and that might be fine.

[@samblack5313]

@@Cyrribrae It’s still way back away from anywhere it would be useful. England are one of the less mobile civs as well. Like I said, make it an upgrade on the tower so it’s not useable in a rush, could even make it an age 3 upgrade on towers and make the tower unable to fire or garrison units.. or, if that truly won’t work, make it available on keeps.

[@dankolbas]

you do a great job talking the game through. Keep up the solid work!

[@rollandredland]

This is one of the best English mirror matches I've ever seen. Great casting too, keep it up.

[@jamesrussell8840]

That was brilliant, and brilliantly casted too.

[@rayssjm1479]

It’s what i love in âge of empire, building à City with a strong défense. We see that too rarely… I know it is not stronghold but i really like défense

[@EZDpanda]

I just came across your channel and I love your videos Keep up the good work

[@_DarkEmperor]

In Armies of Exigo, there is Temple building (Empire faction). Temple heals all nearby non mechanical units. Players usually were building a wall using various buildings, and the Temple was placed in the pass in the wall to heal units defending the pass.

[@jaredharvey4927]

Damn this game was fun to watch no matter which age fan you are. At one point in the game I was like, now this is what Age of Empires is all about!!

[@anthonysmith6413]

Gotta go with the flow. This was incedible. You did a great job sir!

[@TheWillnDawitshow]

GG on both sides! Great commentary. Thank you for the content! Really enjoying it.

[@ncarnut]

What an action packed non-stop game

[@TheHappy115]

English trebs are one the strongest super late game units in choke point games. Reason: They out range everything, shatter projectiles make their AoE actually "okay," and network of castles dramatically increases their attack speed. Of course they need ranged/melee support. In the multiple max resource 4v4 games I've played, I found that opponents just can't deal with mass treb + castles (even chinese bombard/nest-of-bees death army gets completely destroyed by it). The downside is that it is just an insanely slow push and requires a massive amount of resources+wood. (Also villagers adding castles//towers)

[@franciscohompler2773]

Watched this game and wanted to play exactly like that. The other day I had a boom game with 200 vills/traders and 0 military and 200 military when attacking :) Such a nice map to learn late game and use every unit available in the game

[@danlanch]

Wish this happened more in all RTS games. People playing, with a commentator over the top. Makes it all so much easier to follow and enjoy

[@SteamShinobi]

25:50 i know its really hard when you're in the moment, and the commentating was amazing. The likelihood this ever happens again is slim, but quicker than "A chokepoint of death" is "a fatal funnel" the term we use for door frames and whatnot, but same concept. Just food for thought; great work regardless.

[@marvinless]

amazing, was so fun watching, thanks for sharing

[@TheCorship]

I would like double or triple the radius, remove the out of combat modifier, but also reduce the heal rate a bit. So it doesn't massively impacts a battle, but overall it will help to keep villagers alive between raids.

[@dagdag101]

I rarely leave comments but dude you are incredibly entertaining to watch. Good commentary w/ a mix of gameplay/strat analysis and casual talk. I don't even like AoE IV but watched this whole thing. Keep it up man!

[@software-namibia]

Great commentary my dude! Felt like i was watching a football game lol. Great enthusiasm!

[@mariotorres309]

Fantastic commentary. Great match!

[@lordofnothing.]

here is a tip for that trade situation: wall the market in with a long line, forcing the traders to walk in from the far safe side. little longer route, but defo safe.

[@omalleyalleyne8562]

Great commentary and game play!! Been a long time fan of Age of Empires collections :)

[@dropbox7049]

Sounds effects is dope! New lvl of commenting 😄 Love it!

[@rel_9602]

Such a crazy and intense battle. Insane !

[@SmokeDrake]

If you look at Vipers main TC, to the right of the monument there's a cart with OPEN sacks around it. The other TC has closed sacks. But if you look at Kaup's TC's they both have closed sacks, but his second TC has a smaller cart along the left wall. So there are other, probably randomized, differences.

[@Acidicstudios]

Tbh I think this game displays one of the key issues this game has. You destroy a big defensive landmark and your opponent just rebuilds it instantly, and you just end up in a stalemate game where you keep destroying the same building over and over again

[@kennethweber2193]

the total war series allows you to follow ranged shots with the camera too!

[@thegorn]

Thumbnail: "He made only bombards!' Beastyqt: Makes springalds, mangonels, trebuchets and bombards

[@ReinhardvonHolst]

This was chaos! Brilliant.

[@knrstix1481]

well I'll be damned i though i never gonna see a treb def/ siege combo tho the keep and the walls played huge roles in the defense too . GG to both players !

[@dabaconat0r725]

than you you're amazing sound effects

[@diggoran]

Congrats on your first video with 1M views!

[@kingkanna842]

I am so happy you treat this like watching a sports game :P

[@PandaWolf525]

I was just having a conversation with a group about Abby of Kings and seeing it actually played really makes me want to run it more.

[@jdurnal]

Why? It was worthless.

[@karthis5911]

I don't think it healed a single unit that game lol

[@2ndhendrix631]

Dude that was one of the best casting of an aoe game ever. Putting others to shame here. Big sub!

[@cagataysarp]

I remember the 'following projectiles' from total war series

[@thanulagunaratne2057]

That's the sound of the army of the dead Living on the mountains , send a knight and they'll fight for you

[@Southeast_Asian_Devil]

In AOE2 we also have also a tech that defeated Viper; we called it 'Fatslob'

[@minimalmike1410]

Man I love your commentary!

[@Takeru006]

this was a really good game i love fights in the wall

[@hankventurez]

Love a good mountain pass meat grinder. English and HRE have a lot of potential after the 1 hour mark to keep the steamroller going.

[@koronoas.887]

In Reign of Kings you could watch the missle flying

[@hexboxx735]

Enjoyed that mate

[@damelyngdoh2370]

Having those landmarks early to hold the pass was really good. Viper couldn't bring his own closer to the pass anymore

[@MrAtaguas]

I feel like building the berkshire around the corner of that mountain pass would protect it from the Trebs? I wonder if the Trebs can fire over the mountain? If they can't Id build a double wall or a V at the mountain pass and build the berkshire and castles on either sides of the V to lower the effectiveness of the Trebs and force them to move into the choke a bit more and away from their defensive structures to fling their projectiles ... Kaup already committed to his straight defense path when he built his walls so he wouldn't have been able to do the same

[@bullseye2468]

Ohh, nice. If you mean a inward V this could work. I would have springalds on either sides with a gate to slide them in and out to snipe the trebs while berkshire and keep gets any troops trying to close the gap. If you play against a good opponent he will switch to mass bombards and tear down everything at second try so I would just wait until he gets there, once he starts attacking I would rush him with mass cavalry. He will need min 60pop dedicated to siege that you will have in offense. Depending how late game this is I would commit and kill some villagers too. Ill def try this tonight when I get home Edit: lmao I just read this and this sounds so toxic ^^

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

@@bullseye2468 How is it toxic?

[@bullseye2468]

@@ArawnOfAnnwn Because of how frustrating this would be to play against ^^ I say this in good spirit, I love me some cheese!

[@Dragonborn2262]

for a moment i thought i was at the races watching the horses run, cool AOE video !

[@flickmew99]

I always love trebuchet when I play AOE 2 doing a massive vandalism

[@grzegorzkoodziejczyk8007]

watching games with kaup is just something else for me

[@WatsHisFace]

Probably the best mirror match i've seen!

[@MistaeFeX]

Loving this.. if I didn't end up watching more adverts than gameplay. KZbin doing a number on me. Keep up the good content.

[@Goobycraft]

The only game where I'd rather watch than play. Bravo, great voice, great commentary. 👏

[@bienwest7849]

Excellent game! Excellent commentary!

[@Dasnanortion]

Wow! Just.... WOW! This left me speechless!

[@dalakhsarothal9624]

Kaup Fatslobing it up as we say in AoE2.

[@City_Hunter]

can we get a recording date placed at the start of the video or on the screen somewhere?

[@samblack5313]

Just read video info?

[@halofighter111]

@@samblack5313 Doesnt say

[@user-qs7qc1ol5e]

You are a potent refree, loved that ❤️

[@istovall2624]

when you said it sounds like an airplane is taking off.... IRL it thundered here as you said it.... creepy!

[@EdgePitSwing]

I'm just imagining both of these players smashing their keyboard nonstop for 20 minutes. lmfao

[@MrSholer]

The Treb meta is welcome imo they have their own war with the other trebs and buildings while the main armies can clash free of being one shot by the dreaded mango

[@tumultuousgamer]

Back in the day, I remember my team mates lost their battles and I ended up against 4 people and held my defences strong and they couldn’t penetrate it! It was a hell of a defence! This game was a master piece and can still be relevant in recent times..❤❤❤

[@sanitaxx1649]

You can follow the Projectiles in like every Total War Game. At least from Rome II. Greetings

[@waynewm9112]

I always wonder why the attacking armies can see the defending ones inside a wall. They've break down the wall before just directly shooting arrows at the armies inside.

[@meunome5867]

THIS WAS BRUTAL!!!

[@iteazzxgaming1132]

I didnt play a game like this since Empire Earth but i still watched this complete video^^ Was very interesting, i think i should get into this again

[@jamesclouse9947]

Just downloaded and started playing empire earth again. Such a good old game

[@smugkokomi8384]

holy shit feels like im watching a bloody movie mate

[@johnluikart]

Great game. Very fun to watch.

[@RaxTheVirtuous]

wow I dont even play this game but the commentator and gameplay was amazing and very interesting to watch!

[@LanzoYT]

29:28 Generals: Command and Conquer has a feature that can follow nukes in the air its so cool

[@Mezha07]

damn that was a great match viper couldn't get pass the mountain pass blockade shows how good a defender corp was

[@zaheera6899]

I think for Viper, Positioning few mangonels behind Berkshire palace would have done considerable damage to the frontline units. Anyway this was a fun battle to watch.

[@wargumbyx]

you can follow projectiles in some of the total war games

[@ManthaaHD]

man what an intense game. :O

[@PatrickKniesler]

First place I ever saw a follow projectile command was in Treasure Planet: Battle at Procyon

[@Thundercloud1969]

as a shooter and RPG fan I must say I always was interested in these kind of games. I played Age of Mythology but I mostly lost when playing against other players. So the thing that keeps me from buying this one is probably the fact that I might not get the hang of it lol I would not have a clue how to start or to plan strategy, so much to chose from and to do haha. Thanks for sharing the video m8, greetings from the Netherlands!

[@GrabbaBeer]

Just practice against ai, learn the controls and buildings/tech. Then hop into an online game, and find the civilization that suits your play style. AI plays different than most players and will crush most players as it attacks very early. So it’ll help you get a start as most real players attack later in the game.

[@stancastan5926]

there are lots of guides for those new to RTS, try it and you will like it

[@lukemartineau490]

The most aggressive g'day I've heard yet

[@mellowmuncher2048]

All Total War games have a projectile tracking function. I think you press "insert" to activate it.

[@xtecks08]

what a amazing game probs to both of them

[@hansoskar1911]

Viper got caught with his hands int he cookie jar and then just got snowballed