AoE3 [KotM] - Malta Guide: All Units & Buildings

[@FitzBro]

I missed the fire thrower in this one, but made a whole video on the unit: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZOcZYyAoM6Hg5I

[@vladimiralexanderlagos1477]

I hope there is a very low limit on the amount of those massive cannons that you can build otherwise it could become effectively impossible to contest map control against the Maltese. It is kind of wild that Malta made it into this game ahead of so many more relevant civs, but on the other hand... one more civ, yayy!!

[@FitzBro]

It takes up 7 pop, you can make as many as fits your population. You cannot target with these units, they have a mind of their own!

[@GideonAI]

Malta was actually pretty relevant in the 17th century, their galleys were almost as ubiquitous in the Mediterranean as the dhows of the Barbary States. Outside of their navy however they were pretty small scale.

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

@@GideonAI That's why the civ is so defensively oriented, they're mostly known for their staunch defense of their island fortress.

[@elduquecaradura1468]

@@FitzBro imagine building a belt around some gunpowder depo to ensure a fast fire rate from the fixed guns, keep inside in a safe area the depos and maybe centinels to finish any unit that manage to approach. In 1v1 it's a bad choice unless it be to hold a chokepoint but in team games can be crucial, you cover your ally and he destroy the enemy

[@nosnibormailliw7226]

The Canon is too OP they should have made it a shipment that comes in a wagon so you can't constantly rebuild them. When you deconstruct them you get all the resources you spent on them back, so you can use your Explorer to build one behind your army anywhere annihilate or weaken the enemies army, move your army up abit and deconstruct and rebuild another Canon further out and repeat the process until your trapping the enemy in their own base. I just spam their unique rifleman and keep a small group of swordsmen and pike men that I can send out to quite literally use as Canon Fodder. Paired with hospitals to heal and train units and supply depots which improve fire rate and can be blown up if their going to be destroyed the Maltese are undoubtedly the most OP nation in any age of empires games

[@diptube6563]

Sky Passage buildings were sick, that gimmick alone put oranos in the top tier where he otherwise couldn't compete with nu wa Zeus Thor and Odin

[@elduquecaradura1468]

what about the underworld passages of apolo?

[@diptube6563]

@@elduquecaradura1468 iirc your enemies can take control of it so it's a little riskier - you also only get 2 points where sky passages can dot the map

[@aggeloszaxaroulis3334]

@Williame Mareschal Thor was mostly top tier due to his age ups beeing able to get flaming weapons in age 3 and Ragnarok in age 4 making a crazy combo of senting 100 heros (ex Villagers) with flaming weapons, its was really hard to counter this combo

[@GenericHenchman]

Excellent overview, quick and exactly what I'm looking for: The new things and what they do. Much better than other coverage I've seen so far.

[@IrishRepoMan]

Oh shit, didn't know they were adding Malta too. I'm excited for this expansion. The musks that can build outposts and Hungarian revolt are looking enticing.

[@chainedsharkmedia2699]

Im hyped to play Italy and Malta. :3 As well as something I've been waiting for a long time: European maps. :D

[@barbiquearea]

Do the Maltese get to recruit the Hoop Throwers, which was the Knights of St John's unique units? They were basically armored artillery units that threw flaming chakrams.

[@FitzBro]

Yes, I accidentally missed that building here. They have a bunch of cards too

[@Quirriff]

​@@FitzBro Kind of a big deal...There isn't good detailed information about the unit....and you were so thorough with everything else.

[@bernardmartinelli268]

All those benefits make super sense if you're maltese and know a decent amount of maltese history and traditions

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

So Malta had teleportation technology?...

[@bernardmartinelli268]

@@ArawnOfAnnwn with the country being so fucking small, you could consider it teleporting when going from one side of the country to the other. short answer: YES

[@thepositivejohnny7103]

Very quick and to the point, exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for the video!

[@ivanstrydom8417]

I really hope they port the Knightly / medieval units (Hospitallar knight) to DE2, I'd love to have the Hospitalar knight as the Italian, Sicilian, Frankish and British champions.

[@SirAroace]

Its weird to thing this civ is not really new, its been partial in the game from the start.

[@Qubqub]

Maltese could have their own church skin, the spaish feels repeated...

[@Orgruul]

i wished they changed the hospitaller unit to be wearing 16th century armor, the current look is from the crusades era and doesn't fit the 16th century look of other maltese units

[@willemverheij3412]

Looks good, fun units but it really bothers me that they did the colours of the hospitaller knight wrong. Should be white cross and the tunic could be the player colour. That way it could be red or black, or whatever. Then again it already bothers me that in this video Malta wears blue and France has red.

[@asifcra7839]

Ago of empire empire should try to match unit colour win the flag

[@dichsedichse]

It will be interesting if the rework the campaign now.

[@user-xyuser1488]

Nah. At least not yet. I've been playing the campaign and the several times we play as the USA they're a completely different civ. I believe it has to do with time, but still. I believe same thing will be with Malta.

[@jackjones3673]

5:56 reminds me of c&c genrals gla faction

[@dnl_mp4]

6:10 Kind of non sense but Commandery can be easily balanced if they add a delay, cooldown or timer for the units to get out...so you don't teleport units back and forth instantaneously around the map.

[@tommywong4689]

Something similar in AOM :/

[@elduquecaradura1468]

also limit how many units can pass, or even more: nor villager or artillery can pass through

[@sunillama5335]

That didn’‘t happened in reality man. This game need to grounded to reality. Wtf

[@tommywong4689]

@@sunillama5335 true. Only AOM can do this :P

[@kaseymalec6194]

Love the look of the new civs. I still want them to add Scotland and Ireland though. Especially since "Britain's" ruling monarch in the game is Elizabeth I. Which means that Scotland is very much still an independent nation in AoE 3.

[@minhthanhhoang4486]

They could be fit to Circle of Ossus.

[@loganthousandsonssorcerer3206]

Not really there basically the knights of St. John but the hospitaller is Literally just the melee bonegard but renamed and the special ability

[@tommywong4689]

Godpower for this civ :P

[@kaniox141]

Only one unit is missing from the boneguard 😅

[@dancsati23able]

Im from Hungary,i wish someday Hungary, is avalible nation in the game :)

[@OSU2010]

Atlanantean Civ nice🤣🤣

[@setsunachiame]

TUNNEL NETWORKS LETS GOOOOOO

[@kimyoungkyu958]

1st campaign should be changed. One extra unit Maltese(for cuty dog)

[@OSU2010]

So do they get Fort walls??

[@Mahdation]

yes i want to know ?

[@kabukijo3148]

This looks so cool

[@nahuelmatiasmeriggi8235]

Every day we are closer from getting a mash up between age of empires 3 and eu4 where if you start a war.then you are.gonna enter a AOE3 skrimish. That would be sooo ineficient i love the idea.

[@henrifortier8621]

please !!!! someone make this happen !

[@steretsjaaj2368]

What you guys think of flamethrower unit upgrade. Is it good/worth it?

[@AussieDrongo]

FIRST

[@lochaguila9794]

drongo I love you

[@SamuelB]

Finally I can play as my country

[@lau9076]

DE:we are going to remove all the magical elements of the original game to make it more historicaly acurrate Also DE:lets give every new civ super powers,Mexico would have a new hero whit magic,the Hausa can summom plagues and fight whit music,Malta can teleport,Incas can make their GIGANTIC FORTRESS invisible and Italy can redirect damage to other units

[@marcomammuth9536]

Has the campain been updated so Morgan plays as malta instead of Spain?

[@AS91ist]

How can I get City towers and walls? Any civ supports it?

[@mikeskerry6051]

You forgot the artilary foundry lol

[@akinkinalexandr5672]

18th century hussar for the 16th century faction. That's what they call historically accurate.

[@hieratics]

Well, the game is about the Maltese knights and the Ottomans in the New World looking for the Fountain of Youth 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@GideonAI]

Malta stayed an independent fighting power all the way until Napoleon. Though they probably didn't use horses in combat much beyond the Ottoman invasion of the islands, generally preferring to attack coastal cities or enemy navies where horses don't do a whole lot.

[@willemverheij3412]

It's a game where halberdiers can walk next to trains. Don't expect much accuracy or much of a history lesson from it.

[@akinkinalexandr5672]

@@willemverheij3412 However in the previous part of the franchise the difference between the dark age and Imperial age didn't create such sort of dissonance as it is in the 3 part. In Age of Empires 2 everything looked acceptable from the esthetical point of view. No 17th century pikemen marching alongside with red coats, no saloons in the 17 th century, no Napoleon against Ivan the Terrable. Age of Empires 2 didn't look like a nonsense to some extent. Moreover, it has quite rich system of options that you can modify as you wish. You can select starting era and final era in order to avoid of strange and ridiculous situations. There was a big downgrade in the functions of the game and the game modes as well in the third part. But in spite all of this Age of Empires 3 still holds the tops. And it's important to admit that there are very few strategy games with a deep and well-considered gameplay that Age of Empires series has. Anyway, according to the number of communities globe and game support the second part is in the top of ranking and nothing from Age of Empires series could be as good as this one.

[@Orgruul]

I wished they changed the hospitaller unit to be wearing 16th century armor, the current look is from the crusades era

[@Mahdation]

how you get this walls ?

[@Bramzter]

you forgot the fire thrower.

[@FitzBro]

I gave them a whole video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZOcZYyAoM6Hg5I&ab_channel=FitzBro

[@葉倬軒-l3w]

This civ looks broken

[@juris1815]

Deine Mutter looks broken

[@elduquecaradura1468]

all civs at the beggining are broken when they are introduced. Either way I still have to see how maltese could counter the spam of french cuirassier or chinese Old Army at 200% power