Ranking All 16 Civs from Easiest to Hardest for AOE4

[@AnAngelineer]

When I get my PHD and people ask me what motivated me, I'll say : "Oh, I just really, really wanted to play the Byzantines in AoE4"! XD

[@marsryo6569]

[@Rafael-c9c]

"I dedicate this thesis to the AOE4 developers team that were able to create a civ so complex that I had to boost my IQ before playing it"

[@kodagodasisira1895]

@@Rafael-c9c And yet I get defeated by beastyqt because he had PhD on phycology.

[@spicet6136]

Phd in comunication @@kodagodasisira1895

[@AAAAAA-qs1bv]

Oh, so like those ant scientists who used aoe to model the way the australian ants which are bigger and stronger individually will benefit from more closed up spaces, where the invasive ants with their large numbers aren't able to take it on at the same time?

[@adagamefreak]

I literally have a Bachelors in Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies. Coincidently, I only got to Gold 1 in Ranked.

[@rafamarcisz2086]

you need phd to get conqueror

[@eduardoserpa1682]

Glad the Ayyubids seem to be on the easier side, I'm always way more comfortable with the civs that benefit from starting on berries.

[@gickygackers]

You're gonna love English

[@eduardoserpa1682]

@@gickygackers I do fall back on the early 2-farm opening on English when I'm feeling lazy, it's good.

[@algebraizt]

@@eduardoserpa1682Oh no the cursed Feudal age farms lol

[@andreashannon3928]

I am very excited for order of the dragon and byzantines

[@Schnitzel2368]

Thank you, as always. After all the competetive tips and guides, I would be really interested in what you personally enjoy the most. It's like a fun tierlist. Based on your personal opinion only.

[@MrAtaguas]

I feel like Order of the Dragon will play like English in the early days where your units are super powered and since you have fewer units you don't need to make that many production buildings or macro for them (like the english cause they get a free production with their age up). You also have a huge military advantage in the early age with super powered longbows and we know the guilded archer is close to that. Following this I feel like they can get overwhelmed in early to mid castle by other civs with big ecos that can just outproduce you and steamroll your better but fewer units. But eventually in late imperial when you can pump out gigachad knights and crossbows you again have the advantage just like the late game english. I wonder if Order of Dragon will have cheaper farms or good lategame passive eco of other kind? ...

[@Mass5775]

Can't wait to melt my peabrain while playing Byzantines.

[@Deathskull0001]

Brainmelt ftw

[@collin833]

It’s not that difficult once you play for a little while. I played them when I first started playing, and just stuck with it. And now I don’t like anyone else.

[@stardust9006]

i just started playing aoe again and found you! Thanks! for the info on this game!

[@radiobrain94]

had a dream where I was trying to find a good place for the byzantines aqueduct, stoked for the sim city of that civ

[@Deadknight67]

That Jon Dork prononciation is the best, although it may be closer to Jan Dark

[@julesschaeffer9238]

Did you know : If Jeanne d'arc died, did you lost the game, or she can be save by units, like normal hero of the campaign

[@ville4090]

No, you have to pay 100 gold at the landmark tc whenever she gets killed.

[@PeppiGaming]

lol i didnt know u even had a youtube, i used to meet you alot on the sc2 ladder and tournies back in the day haha, just picked up aoe4!!! tnx for tips

[@Isen_hart]

Janne D'arc. The A is pronounced like the japanese A or like the first A in Alpha and D'arc, you can say it like Dark

[@SvenEdw4rds]

This guy if fucking legend breathing. Pleasure to watch this man at his craft

[@hubsite]

I hope you also make a tier list of which civilization is the weakest and best it would be nice if you still mentioned the combination of these two tier lists, such a balance between the difficulty and how good the civilization is, just which is the best and at the same time easiest

[@masterdclone2172]

I'd love to see a ffa civ tierlist

[@artamir6605]

To me it's kind of a weird decision to make one of the most requested and beloved factions so hard to play.

[@smugshrug]

Byzantines for the Sim City fans

[@LunaPPK]

I know this is pretty old but i kinda just started playing this and imo japanese seem pretty easy and straight forward

[@silverlance6960]

I litarlly got my history phd last week. My brain is ready

[@SuperVerbalizer]

dude, i cant wait to micro my little samurais :D

[@theodoreroosevelt3143]

i think they should make 4 star system, easy, average, dificult, and very dificult

[@idance4fun]

I'm really concerned that I'll hate playing Jeanne d'Arc. The rest I'm amped for

[@RockZerr]

damn beasty really knows how to tease me with byzantine. I really like it hard

[@kingpietro1279]

still don't get why age of empires 4 don't have a joun of arc campaing

[@ChessJourneyman]

You pronounced Billy-Jean Archibald's name well.

[@MengfanTian-q5b]

Do they allow you to divulge a little bit about Japanese civilization? I'm looking forward to it

[@connormccabe6038]

3:58 it’s pronounced jone of arc In English or zhon “d” arc in French. As apposed to zhon dark

[@ChessJourneyman]

Zhan dark would be accurate for French. You don't separate "d," you link it to the following word. I.e., c'est is not pronounces c...est 😂

[@connormccabe6038]

@@ChessJourneyman you’re wrong 😂

[@Wip3ou7]

Doesn't "easy to play" or "hard to play" essentially say something about how good they are overall? I mean, you can dig a hole with a spoon, it'll be harder than with a shovel, but you can do the same job with a spoon. It's just "harder". Rofl.

[@RyanJosepher]

Only chads that oil up can handle it.

[@mr.mhamad414]

Finally new teir lest

[@Tungdil_01]

No timestamps? Editor?

[@BavidDigg]

As a gold 3 you have convinced me to learn Byzantine 🤡

[@LillyAnarkitty]

Hey look everybody it's Jeanne D'Arc Soul

[@PennyandBrianJordan]

Hmm maybe this is why I don't like Mongol & Malians. Too hard for my smooth brain.

[@this_smitty23]

I sweaty try hard beat AI: Easy 10x in a row, am I Byzantine worthy?

[@angelgarcia-salas4794]

Gotta beat ridiculous

[@justinu4521]

PHD as in the actual degree or is that some slang AOE meaning? Lol

[@BrandASDGamings]

How does he know, new civs are not out yet??

[@yyz619]

he has early access right from the official

[@demir9131]

if you going to open a new tier for the byzantine you should open a 0 star tier for the eng

[@winsonsonho]

Please do this with the micro/macro axes as in kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYa7qI2oi9pmb7M but with a twist. Axes should be easy micro -> hard micro vs easy macro vs hard macro. This would make things more clear IMO. Also, in that previous vid you had Abbasid as difficult, now they're easy, not sure what changed?

[@winsonsonho]

I rewatched and realised I missed the part where you said Abbasid is difficult at highest level but easy for beginners, whoops :)

[@davidlubkowski7175]

I feel like hard civs won't do much in keeping or growing the playerbase

[@Trubripes]

Japanese is not hard just read Genki.

[@malcolm-the-third]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Blizzi88]

What does PhD mean?

[@Nick-ub2us]

In literal terms, Doctor of Philosophy, in this context, extremely hard to play.

[@wldn9055]

a doctor’s degree

[@guest273]

Professors Degree.

[@eternalbluesky6802]

honestly i expect new civs like italians spain or moors can be realy good but they make variant civs and eyubids looking so lazy comen just make add landmarks abbasids came from bagdat (iraq) eyubids come from egypt not same country or not same peoples either just add landmarks little changes can make difference but they are lazy they dont care either

[@dom7899]

i mean we are getting 2 NEW civs PLUS 4 variants as opposed to only 2 new civs a year. now last i checked 6 new civs is more then 2 so i dunno how adding more = devs being lazy

[@eternalbluesky6802]

@@dom7899 dude they are not even variant we can say only variant zhu xi others same copy paste thing sorry but its what are its game still fun to play and i expect different thing not this

[@Gentoo89]

Update please Beasty, Thank you for the good content. Maybe you could swear a little less. 😊😊🫤