Byzantines - New AoE4 Civ Summarized!

New details for the Byzantines civilization went live on the official Age of Empires website, so let's take a closer look!
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0:00 - Intro
0:30 - Byzantines Civ Summary
0:59 - Byzantines Timeframe in AoE4
1:30 - Olive Oil
1:55 - Cisterns & Aqueducts
2:08 - Greek Fire
2:28 - Olive Oil Details
2:41 - Mercenaries
3:15 - Cisterns & Aqueducts Details
5:05 - Age I of Byzantines
5:25 - Age II of Byzantines
5:45 - Age III of Byzantines
6:04 - Age IV of Byzantines
6:22 - Trebuchets & Dromons
7:02 - Cataphracts
7:27 - Varangian Guards
7:45 - Limitanei
8:25 - Cheirosiphon
8:54 - Difficulty & Summary
9:34 - Conclusion
9:56 - Outro
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Tags: #AgeofNoob #AoE4 #Byzantines
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[@AgeofNoob]

I'm not entirely sure if this makes sense as it relates to maximizing view count for the channel, but I am choosing to take a little longer to make these videos to not sacrifice viewing quality. A little late, but hope you all enjoy this summary. If you'd like to support the channel, please consider subscribing and/or joining as a member - thank you! kzbin.infojoin

[@AntonioZL]

Don't worry about that, I literally waited for your video on this instead of watching another channel.

[@MrSimondani]

I will always watch your videos. Noone can explain it better than you.

[@jeusmarcomascarina4102]

you know its something specials whenever I watch mike empires, spirit of the law and you.

[@raulpetrascu2696]

People will watch this video for the following weeks, so you're right

[@maxim193]

fantastic job as always, thanks mate

[@tombomthemason]

I must say the quality of these videos is really top notch. Can't wait to play the Byzantines!

[@AgeofNoob]

Thank you - cheers!

[@87JJosh]

Not even a game play scene and it's amazing

[@loks117]

i still feel disappointed with the naming of the variant civs. HRE order of the dragon should changed into teutonic knight order, french joan of arc name should changed into frank or napoleon or something. chinese are the worst naming one, from empire of jade into zhuxi legacy, when zhuxi itself is peace loving neo confucianist scholar which implemented very strict version of confucianism, and despised by chinese itself who actually live within his lifetime. better called it zhenghe's fleet far more fitting. he is a great admiral.@@AgeofNoob

[@tombomthemason]

@@loks117 I agree that Jeanne d'arc should've been changed, but Napoleon definitely isn't the right time period. The goal of variant civs is to take a specific element from a bigger civilization, so Franks would be too general. I would personally advocate Orléans or even Followers of Jeanne d'Arc. At the end of the day it's not a big deal, but Jeanne d'Arc feels weird and will get some getting used to.

[@FightCommentary]

This sounds like one of the coolest civilizations to play! I can imagine a China vs Byzantine matchup going very interesting!

[@mausolus8466]

On the different note, the amount of work you put into your scenery from AoE4 editor is astounding. Thumbs up and hats down!

[@prueba9a956]

Not gonna lie, this is the sickest civ design I've ever seen in all Age of Empires.

[@NeonStreetRat252]

It is one of the best I have seen.

[@TheMinepath]

So excited for the Byzantines, and I can't wait to hear their AOE4 music. Excellent video, Noob!

[@AgeofNoob]

Cheers :)

[@Lucius_Chiaraviglio]

I wonder if they will have actual Eastern Roman Empire music?

[@ArthaxtaDaVince777]

@@Lucius_Chiaraviglio greek chanting

[@Lucius_Chiaraviglio]

@@ArthaxtaDaVince777 That would at least be reasonably close, since the Eastern Roman Empire became increasingly Greek-oriented (and it occupied Greece) after the Roman Empire split.

[@TheKalippp1]

Literally one of best aoe content creators. Please never stop

[@asainpersuasion1219]

Ah, finally the one true Roman Empire has joined the fight

[@greekwarrior5373]

You mean Greek Empire.

[@asainpersuasion1219]

@@greekwarrior5373 this is literally the Eastern Roman Empire

[@greekwarrior5373]

@@asainpersuasion1219 i don't care illiterate fool, they were Greeks. I don't care that my ancestors called themselves 'Roman', they were still Greeks. We modern Greeks still call ourselves Roman. Yet we are Greek.

[@miloshp7399]

​@@greekwarrior5373medieval Romans

[@greekwarrior5373]

@@miloshp7399 Medieval Americans and Japanese.

[@calebvangelder1101]

Byzantines look awesome! I think I will get back into aoe4 to play them. Thanks for bringing me back in!

[@3ipolarBear]

Im just so happy they're giving them such a cool identity that still resonates their old profile from AOE 2 with the callback units like cataphract and banking on their versatility and strategic flexibility of old, but this time around giving them truly fearsome offensive and economical potential worthy of an empire with all those cool options for an army composition instead of relegating them to the role of a counter-unit/turtling civ

[@coppykappa2235]

You really made a good video here. The cinematics now are better than ever with all those new angles wow 😮

[@speedyf40]

I'm here for AoE4 and Age of Noob.

[@chasingbadger3340]

Yup. I didn't think much of them before, but now I can't wait to try out that shield wall and everything else

[@lathamtk]

VERY cool. thanks for the vid and making it short & concise

[@onijabroni1822]

Thank you so much Age of Noob for the videos. When your channel got demonetized I was heart broken. So glad you got everything worked out. You truly have the best quality videos on AOE info.

[@indirecttim2141]

You’re making some great vids. Started watching you a couple year ago, you always bring a detailed and different perspective than other creators. Keep it up! Excited for the update

[@Mochido89]

Awesome quality, AoN, keep it up the great work! I'm extremely hyped with this civ, really looking forward to be a Byz main, no matter how hard.

[@11bomon48]

Great video! Thank you!

[@thomaswhite8251]

thank you for the high amount of effort put into these vids bro! always a delight

[@Abcd_efghijklmno]

What a video quality😮

[@aurelian3268]

absolutely loving the background choir you got. great video as always!

[@boris978]

Ye, they are singing Ti Ipermaho.

[@ahmadalghunaim2467]

bro ur videos never fail to satisfy me. ty keep it up

[@trailwalker2493]

The quality of your videos is just awesome. Can't wait for the new civ's.

[@bakli322]

Great video as always man keep it up

[@Davtwan]

Man, now I want to hear that war chant.

[@Chungus581]

Being pedantic but their aoe2 theme is singing a church hymn

[@AoEstrategax]

Amazing video as Always, and i'm really glad that we finally have fire as a mechanic with this DLC with the Ayyubids and Byzantines

[@brj821]

these videos are awesome!

[@DeSoLaToR22]

Amazing video :D Thank you very much for the explanation of the aquaducts, makes it much easier to understand now. At first Japanese was my most anticipated civ but now it's the byzantines by far! can't wait to try them out! Just one question. Are you allowed to say if the Japanese are as difficult as the byzantines or much more easy?

[@DM-ox4jq]

Great video as always.

[@i20coyote85]

I love this game but every civ really needs its own campaign or challenges that allow you to kearn how each play since they are each very different imo

[@AsteroidTVGaming]

I am loving your videos mate, keep going!

[@NandoCristino]

Outstanding video!

[@ville4090]

Olive oil as a unique resource for the byzantines is similar to exports for asian civs and influence to african civs; both in aoe3. In aoe3, those unique but rare resource are used to hire mercenaries.

[@KingKloo100]

Awesome video and awesome civ! Very hyped for their unique units! Please tell me a villager voice line is "prostagma"

[@ojikhan4582]

Great video as always! That wasn’t the Byzantine theme playing in the background was it? Surprised they haven’t dropped the OST for them yet. The Malian and Ottoman ones came about a month out.

[@SirZorgulon]

The background music was from Civ 6.

[@TheUrobolos]

It's a mix of soundtracks from other games. The second is atmosphere music from some TES game i think

[@TheDAWinz]

It was ti ipermaho, basically the national anthem of the Roman Empire that was sung before games, battles, in church, and on other occasions.

[@mrcoolabhishek123]

Beautiful video. I sent it to my friends whom I want to start playing AOE

[@Zempashino]

Thanks!

[@arkloppiola]

from what we have seen so far, this DLC sounds like a master piece.

[@robertmiller8823]

You set the quality content bar in the AoEIV community.

[@Hemrahban]

excellent video

[@business_max]

Great video! Way better than AussieDrongos 26 min Slideshow

[@Wehdeo]

With Relic’s excellent sound design one thing I’m excited to find out is what language(s) the Byzantine units will speak? Perhaps Latin in Age I-II then Greek in III-IV?

[@AlGhulkazim]

It must be a Greek Greek was Public language for citizen while Latin was for court politician and religious language

[@eleftheriosmas]

​@@AlGhulkazimno Latin wasn't used for religious purposes. The East was speaking Greek so the Church here always used Greek. Latin were only the official language of the Empire until the reign of Emperor Heraclius in early 7th century and by then Greek were also the co-official language, but i cant remember since when. Also in Age of Empires 4 they showed that they are using the Empire from 674 and onwards (although they include the unit of Limitanei) so Greek will be the official language from Age I propably.

[@tkpenalty]

Such an insane civ, and greatly encapsulates the enigma the byzantines were

[@RatchetSly]

Oh nice, the Limitanei have the Warcraft 3 Footman's shield block ability! That was a fun stance toggle, glad someone else is doing it.

[@ratlinggull2223]

Aye me lord!

[@warbrand2]

I get a feeling their greek fire is mostly going to be used for siege counter. as it will add some heavy versitility to treb battles... at least until the cannons come out. though It might allow them to stay in the game even once cannons come out.

[@veganism_is_superior]

hyped for japan. cant wait for update

[@donkey9113]

every time i watch your videos i want to play skyrim again

[@SittingOnEdgeman]

The interesting part here - if farms generate Olive oil, they likely either don't create food or create it at a much slower rate. This combined with higher cost elite core units means likely food is at an extreme premium for byzantines. It means any economic damage against them is also much more valuable since it's harder to replace those villagers than normal if food is at a premium. Very much sounds like a top heavy civ. Amazing armies, if you can support them. But it'll be very hard to match what your opponent has on the field in quantity.

[@majorianus8055]

OK FINALLYIM GOING TO PLAY AGE OF EMPIRES 4!

[@gstellar96]

I know the roman or heck even the holy roman empire are generally more popular historical empires but god damn do I love the Byzantine Roster, just the Varangian guard and the Byzantines Cataphracts make them the best for me. And you've gotta love the scale armor and Gambesons over the chainmail.

[@dissonanceoffate]

This civilization looks very unorthodox.

[@Im_Anthonyy]

Nothing about the walls? I doubt that is really all, i bet we are going to have some unique walls or some unique thecs at least regarding walls

[@hellpunch9414]

The limitanei shield ability is AOE 3's all hand infantry's 'cover mode' which makes them take a defensive formation that increases their armor but halfs their speed and damage, it is unfair for you to say 'i wanted to see/do in the AoE series', as the mechanic already exists.

[@davidlubkowski7175]

would you do a wishlist/ideas video for new civs? I like the choices this time tho Id still want the Poles added in. Even tho it not as many people play this game anymore.

[@Arcodus]

I am looking forward to this release, and in particular the Byzantines! "We don't need no water let the MF burn!"

[@adrianbunea2006]

The network should allow cisterns to "pool" the bonus for some time so it doesn't get disrupted as soon as a segment is destroyed.

[@johntitor_ibm5100]

Heh, "pool". I get it.

[@angelsantos396]

i dont know how the mercenary thing will work......but one age 2 landmark its for mercenaries, you can open diferent openings if you can recruit all age 2 unique units

[@riseALK]

Nice video. Btw what's the sentence that you said at the end? It was all Greek to me.

[@kami-yo]

It’s the word αποχαιρετισμός (farewell) 😆

[@riseALK]

Thnx!! @@kami-yo

[@CloudCuckooCountry]

The hype is real!

[@AgeofNoob]

Indeed :)

[@juanignacioottobre329]

With great power comes great responsibility

[@ceppatore7483]

Fire seems to be a new gameplay feature to keep in consideration.....but can enemy units walk under aqueduct or aqueduct work like walls? do aquedcut cost stone?

[@CryptoKosh]

Awesome

[@blecao]

Dont you find ironic that the solution against cavalry in aoe is to disperse your formation in comparison to history where it was to be in a dense one

[@Manwu5]

Best defensive faction hands down! All hail the Powerhouse!

[@orisofikusuma7843]

The limitanei ability are similar with Mars' 3rd skill from DoTA2

[@pocketman202]

It was 395 the empire split not 285. There were multiple splits and reformations but the main split was in 395 after Emperor Theodosius split the empire between his two sons, Honorius and Arcadius

[@eleftheriosmas]

Yeah i think he refers to Diocletian's Tetrarchy instead.

[@mountolympus7261]

How do they gather food in the late game without having farms?

[@michal4736]

Looks like a perfect civ for simcity-kind of players :D

[@portman8909]

Player vs AI is the only way I play this series

[@adriandrost4823]

thx

[@Gigas0101]

Here's hoping to hear about those mercenaries. It'd be interesting to see if they include Bulgarian and Anatolian units. Great video, the Aqueduct system and the olive oil mechanic got me curious about just how in-depth their economy will go.

[@DoctorChained]

Wouldn't it make more sense if the Byzantine's unique resource was silk?

[@PrincipedelFuorigrotto]

do the byzantines start of in age 1 speaking early latin and then every age get in middle greek language? That would be really cool and accurate - or maybe a combination of both ie. 60% greek - 40% latin vocabulary .. ?

[@superfrycook6360]

Byzantium returns!

[@georgebethanis3188]

Byzantines sound like a tricky civ. Olive oil resource, meaning less vills for the rest of the resources. Cisterns and aqueducts means less building spamming and more organized layout. Dont know how this will work on multiplayer, where everything is fast and hectic. The olive oil and cistern buffs better be strong enought to be worth your while. I have the feeling this civ is going to be a slow to start, defensive civ, but once setup unstoppable later on?

[@depressedespresso3928]

How did you get night ingame??? I'd like to play a map night time!

[@srijitmajumder99]

I can make a wild guess. I haven't watched the video yet, but this olive oil and mercenaries system exactly sounds like the export and consulate system of Asian civs from AoE3.

[@dennisbergkamp1553]

Duh

[@prueba9a956]

Consulate system is not map dependent though, seems here you'll have to expand and defend the expansion.

[@ariellaplays407]

I wish now a day/night cycle in games😢😢

[@Vlagstaf]

I wish we could build bridges. That should be a super long building time in order to gove an opportunity to stop it. I think it is something to add that might help to strategize better.

[@ArthaxtaDaVince777]

with the addition of varangian guard, we lowkeyget the addition of georgians and armenians in aoe4

[@VeniVidiMortui]

Greek Fire trebuchets block retreat through mountain passes, Cheirosiphons slowly push up and cook the pinned enemy, can't wait. Any similarities shared between this tactic and modern warfare is completely coincidental.

[@mrsniffles5417]

I hope the mercenary system keeps within the bounds of the civs they actually interacted with. Its pretty odd to have Chinese, Japanese, Delhi, or Malian mercenaries.

[@JohnPap21]

It was a miracle that lasted so long considering the fact that Greeks have started so many civil wars.

[@rexking358]

Is there any way to unlock the free camera?

[@ElConquistadordeAmor]

Are they next going to introduce the Italians as a nation and give them pizza as a unique resource?

[@johnpijano4786]

I like how the Limitanei unit echos the Comitatenses upgrade for the Roman (Western Roman) faction in the new AOE2 DLC (Since Roman Military reforms in the Era had Limitanei (Or Ripenses) as the border/frontier units with the Comitatenses be the mobile field armies to fight stronger armies). It's a good touch by the Devs to add it. EDIT: It's AoE2, not AOE3

[@hansenxavier4403]

I think you mean AOE2:)

[@johnpijano4786]

​@@hansenxavier4403damm meant to say AoE2.

[@growtocycle6992]

Mechanics sound a little like zerg in StarCraft

[@swest6982]

The prominence of mercenaries in the Byzantine roster very cool and accurate to history. But paying them in olive oil of all things seems like a strange design decision. While I'm sure it was important to their economy, making it an entirely seperate resource is odd. Surely it would have made more sense to just give them a unique olive plantation building that produces gold at a slow rate and have mercenaries be paid for in gold.

[@dobrx6199]

Nice video!

[@mylesbogaerts1558]

I hope they get a unique wall system / upgrade for it, which makes their walls stronger against arty (especially bombards; gun powder arty). #JusticeToTheWallsOfConstantinople

[@nicklostable]

Loved it 🇬🇷 ✝️

[@SklhroiKariolidesThsIstorias]

Maybe I will buy aoe4 after all

[@parisof]

Background music please?

[@Fyrapan90]

Are they going to speak Greek in the game?

[@konradpyszniak976]

Shame there is no single player campaign for them as many people not really into multi. Also the civ has so many wierd mechanics. People fight for you in exchange for oil :D Similary the aqueducts that doesnt care about elevations. Abstraction

[@user-wh2hv6dz9r]

If olive farm replaces regular farm, then Byzantines have to buy food in late games once wild food sources exhaust?

[@amadeusbender3417]

There are only two ways how this gona play out. First they could be very week. Second they will be OP as fuvk. I guess they will be op as fuck like Malians when they came out.

[@NolmanZ]

REALLY HYPE

[@TheKalash]

Their new resource to hire mercenaries is ... olive oil? Weirdly specific ... the devs sometimes.

[@portman8909]

Thought it'd be butter for my butterlord

[@nicholascotardo3795]

Ok it looks amazing, true. But come on too many things.. some civ are so poor and this one has basically new units, possibility to use units of other civ(am i correct?!) And a fifth resource 😅 everybody Will play this or joanna d arc with her terminator cannon....

[@christos3280]

Great job on pronounciation