This Malian Trade Strategy IS NUTTY

[@lordspoice5192]

Dad joke: What did the blacksmith go to jail for? Forgery

[@uprisingtvgaming662]

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[@kalebercanbrack8857]

Here's a dad joke: What'd the fish say when it ran into a wall? "Dam" What'd the wall say to the fish? "Dumb Bass"

[@CjqNslXUcM]

trade still seems quite vulnerable to any age 2 aggression, but the gold income is actually insane.

[@davidpereira5969]

Yeah early trade seems too risky, either your traders or the neutral post can get atacked and lose a lot

[@theFirstAidKit]

@@davidpereira5969 If the trader manages to make a single trip, from one side to the other, it already paid itself off and the market it was produced from with the strategy Crackedy used. So it doesn't really matter if the trade gets killed after a few minutes since you are still making profit and the attack is not in your base where your villagers are so you gain extra time to mount a defence with extra resources.

[@seanknox7321]

@@davidpereira5969 with walls you are alerted to the risk and can react

[@larsp2457]

So.. in general the GPM is not that great, villagers should be able to outgather trade. But yeah civs like Mali / Ottomans for example that gain boosted trade will outgather. It's also: This map is pretty perfect for trade :D

[@jannisop7]

i love how cracked build up his base with his strategy. it would be hard against a top pro to pull it off like that but still really fun to watch

[@SciFi2285]

If you are going to go aggressive you have to keep up the pressure. Push supposedly started at 9:30. But then just stalls out until defender hits Imperial Age at 14:53. That is an insane amount of free downtime to give any player in AOE4. And they will punish you for it.

[@seanknox7321]

Unless they’re bad

[@rhyscdc1212]

What do you call a deer with no eyes? No idea. What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs? Still no idea.

[@Toonrick12]

No, the latter question's answer is Vinson.

[@kadenarguile5225]

Drongo has finished researching a new Technology! "Dad Joke" Unique to the Australian Civ.

[@EAfirstlast]

I wish only aussies had dad jokes

[@MrLinkDay]

Askazar is just a plat 2 player sadly, so yea, this strat was nice to see but probably harder on pros or high level.

[@dalakhsarothal9624]

What's funny is that the Malian base was completely open the whole time from the right.

[@tUbocU90]

Dad joke: My wife asked me if I saw the dog bowl. I told her I never knew he did.

[@errrw1523]

This was one of the more fun matchups to watch recently! Bravo Drongo!

[@ashutoshmahapatra7462]

Best part is Drongo's commentary, jokes. Love from India ♥️

[@nzsnowsoljah1012]

Where do bees go to the toilet? The BP station

[@supernova4543]

Always a pleasure watching cast mate 👍 @drongo

[@MrBrianrundle]

Could someone reiterate the Malian trade strategy he described at 5:10? Specifically how the extra markets near the trading post are used. Thanks! :)

[@steelcommander9918]

Build markets at neutrals, build one market far away. Take the markers at neutral, Rally to the one you built far away FIRST, then rally them to neutral. Not Malian specific but means they pick up immediately and then drop off after one trip instead of 2.

[@Dragon-qq3kn]

Hey drongo, do you ever cast fans' games? Me and my friends had an epic 4v4 King of the hill match that we thought would be so cool to hear you cast it. I'm sure you will roast as for most of the game, but I think you will find some good moments in it. Any chance of getting it casted?

[@manafox2550]

this is the best case scenario for a trade boom, but still, very cool to have pulled it off !

[@mareksabol891]

You know what's difference between hippo and zippo? Hippo weights around a ton but zippo is a little lighter.

[@SuperTrunkspace]

Everyone knows you're not allowed to make dad jokes unless you're a dad, that would be a major faux pas.

[@Shiro.1291]

What is first green and then red? A frog in a mixer

[@svend052984]

I like telling Dad jokes. Sometimes he laughs

[@jasonyun1158]

Outback octagon with Malians and ottomans?

[@LarryCroft111]

Sounds like a fun strat for a team game.

[@misutahowaitodesu]

1088 GPM this is insane for guerilla focused civ

[@Sherman_King]

Brillaint videos, Thank you Drongo

[@JoshSmith-jq9tw]

I loaded up aoe last night and the new civs weren't there?

[@co2bazillus420]

3 rams would have been a gg

[@Dryfter21]

If he did it during fuedal, yes.

[@hatimzeineddine8723]

I played on altai yesterday (not the beta patch) and got my scout stuck between a wood line and the mountain next to the enemy town center and it really hurt

[@growtocycle6992]

Why didn't the toilet paper cross the road?? 🤣

[@jonathanpickles2946]

I'm not sure I really care about this game but it was worth it for the ice cream taste testing

[@jaspertjePoekie]

Dad joke from a twin dad over here: What kind of bee produces milk ? Boobies

[@KobuCake]

1 Ram and he would have lost the game.

[@samuelmilsap3018]

What’s red and shaped like a bucket?

[@JD-tm2it]

All my homies love drongo

[@HIIIBEAR]

that stone wall saved the game lmao

[@Ciech_mate]

Dad joke for u, I was on TV, didn't last long. It couldn't take my weight and i fell through the top of it

[@nic5949]

What map is this?

[@IMissMr.Sanguinius]

What's brown and doesn't move? A stick.

[@TokyoTaisu]

Not a dad joke but in the Northern Hemisphere we have people who can't get their tinky winky up, could there be any chance there are people in Australia who can't get it down?

[@Dryfter21]

That was a hilarious game. But i feel it only works against booming civs like HRE, China and Abbasid. Anyone else will do too much fuedal pressure. The real mistake was not attacking the other walls and attacking the trade.

[@uprisingtvgaming662]

Can't wait to try this on ladder

[@AmmarFarisA]

The army that can sweep clean the enemies ? Janniessary

[@AmmarFarisA]

Oh the irony

[@Bonserak23]

Yeah wow, that was nice, but I don't think that would have worked if more pressure was applied. Well no pressure was applied all he really did was kill a palisade and an outpost lol

[@thegorn]

So is trade actually a thing now?

[@norbertcsiszer8612]

maybe on the rank/ladder but competitive no. Maybe on the corridor maps an easy to wall kind of maps.

[@maverick9573]

it definitely work vs booming civ like HRE or Chinese and the map that easy to wall off . other than that criteria it wont work

[@sliceoflife5812]

Very map dependent indeed, but then again thats why you see the map before choosing the civ

[@Player100500]

I just realised that landsknechts counter malian a big amount

[@AmmarFarisA]

Finally the landsknechts has a reason to live for 11, jk

[@bill123f2]

Malians are s+ tier

[@Deshawn1313]

when this guy is playing, not for normal people.. you pop cap all the time and run out of food.. you gotta be great already to look good with them

[@johnmullin4415]

that was awesome

[@feuerstein6419]

Askazar did not scout anything

[@spicyrich5229]

Askazar definitely should have pushed when he had the chance. Why did he just make men at arms and just have them sit in front of Crackedy's base lol? I just don't get that. Such a waste of resources/time.

[@VzlaLeo]

3000 gold/min not even 15 minutes in match, holy s..! the other player did not use scouts too much tho

[@fool4143]

Malians should be rated 1 out of 3 stars for difficulty with all there passive income to gold and food. I thought they were gonna be difficult to use.

[@norbertcsiszer8612]

same difficulty as the Mongols. Same playstyle

[@Von_Maverik]

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