Trying out the Ethiopians (new AoE3 civ)

[@AussieDrongo]

Absolutely awesome video, Ethiopia are such a welcome edition to AoE3!

[@Speak4Yourself2]

I thought that you'd like Hausa more xD

[@peter-janvanvelzen3801]

New civs are always the best. I hope we still get korea/Siam as civs

[@schadowizationproductions6205]

@@peter-janvanvelzen3801 Well I'm still waiting for the Italians tbh ;)

[@MrFacu809]

Hey it's aussie drongo

[@zerozero2170]

I miss the old Kanye(drongo)

[@thinkfact]

I am so thankful that they have been putting so much love into AoE3. I always thought if they remastered it, I probably should not expecting new civilizations, let alone further expansion packs. This makes me so happy and really breathes some needed life into one of the best RTS games ever, alongside it's older brother AoE2. Great video, it's always fun to get your perspectives on AoE3.

[@bumble7885]

Hausa please

[@BadLuckBrody]

I gotta say, I LOVED the little callback details and sounds from earlier games, like the Shotel Warrior using the same voice as in AoE2, or the sfx for the Hut, War Camp, and Watch Tower using the SFX from the House, Barracks, and Watch tower in AoE:DE respectively.

[@Cythil]

It is a way for them to save money to. And I do not mind it. If the source is good, why not reuse it?

[@SIGNOR-G]

@@Cythil dark souls intensifies

[@felipemoran1564]

they also have some sarracen voices from AoE:2 i think

[@scevda]

Tbh i find the difference a little jarring. In favor of DE’s sounds that is. I find soundscape in 3 a little weird but thats true for me for much of its user experience.

[@spyrofrost9158]

@@Cythil Too lazy to record new lines lmao

[@magicalgirl1296]

I love how detailed AoE3 civs are.

[@varunmanjunath9123]

True, it's really well designed. AoE3 deserves more attention! Silly AoE2 fangirls, we have Madoka on our side! xD

[@vladimirlagos2688]

As someone who plays more AoE3 than AoE2, I appreciate these videos exploring new content on the lesser known sibling game. It gives an interesting outsider perspective for the game I Iove. The fact that SoTL is one of the biggest experts out there on the RTS field is just icing on the cake. Thanks, it was a fun watch!

[@dawitshanko]

I never thought I'd hear my native tongue in Age of Empires... This is amazing, the level of detail put into this.

[@jackrackham3406]

Are the voice lines accurate? Like, do they make sense, are they pronounced correctly, etc etc

[@uluomu]

@@jackrackham3406 I wonder so too!

[@JJBeauregard1]

The archers have the voice over of Saracens and the shotel warriors the voice over of Ethiopians in AoE2 :D

[@neatwing2285]

Yo when I heard the Tower sound from aoe1 it was a real throwback

[@PewPewPlasmagun]

Dessert archers speak Arabic and the other units Amhara. Smh.

[@furkansaryerli]

@@PewPewPlasmagun Because they are mercenaries?

[@bharath211]

Ah those were Saracens! I was wondering what AOE2 Civ it was!!

[@davidcook3795]

I noticed that on my playthrough with them

[@soupforthefamily8378]

Dude if you did civ overviews for aoe3 that would be dope

[@Cynndora]

A granary to lure animals? back in my day poseidon would build a lure stone.

[@zenologic7786]

I understood that reference

[@msramoooo]

@@zenologic7786 yay

[@DSunlisted193]

Those were the days

[@Cythil]

The tower units for Ethiopia are an outlaw type units. Why they cost extra pop. There actually a bit on the cheap wise pop wise I say. But if one is going to regularly use them, I recommend getting a card that reduce their cost by 1 pop. That means they cost as much as regular units. Quite a big change. Their cool units, so might very well be worth getting the card.

[@Kaletris]

they there their they're

[@Cythil]

@@Kaletris I know I sometime confuse them. But point out the correction then.

[@Cythil]

@@temporaryname8905 Thank you

[@geoffwitt4227]

Yes, avoid the outlaws unless the barracks go down or you use one or more buff cards.

[@muhammetacikgoz205]

18:36 Fun fact: That was actually the correct choice. AI was making Chimu Runners (Shock Infantry) and although UI says that Gascenyas are strong against "cavalry", shock infantry in AoE3 bears the same role as hand cavalry thus have the same counters as hand cavalry.

[@spectrallogic]

it also means the desert archers were the wrong unit to keep training.

[@spectrallogic]

@@temporaryname8905 good point. However, you could also say that if you go for an outlaw army, which requires a lot of pop, you need to protect your houses from heavy infantry, like plumed spearman. SotL probably didn't consider that, but it would otherwise justify training archers

[@ElAlame1n]

Where is the love for Age of Mythology?

[@Ignismari]

Prostagma.

[@nvmtt]

dead

[@IlCardinaleMC]

it's coming, they've hinted at it.

[@cromanticheer]

@@IlCardinaleMC Yesss

[@dnl_mp4]

@@IlCardinaleMC Where?

[@alepan611]

Finally some AoE 3 Civ review!!! I was waiting for it. Thx SOTL, you’re the best🥰

[@samukis272]

SotL's scout: "The attempt on my life has left me scarred and deformed" Star Wars fans in the audience: *nods in approval*

[@biofriik]

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

[@zeroexct]

AoE3 started with a disastrous launch. Good thing I stuck around even with all the hate, not it's making a comeback and I have to say it's amazing now.

[@RickyMuzakki]

What's the disastrous launch?

[@thenativeempires6217]

A lot of unique new game mechanics. I wish you started making detailed AoE3 videos regularly!

[@Jixxor]

Firstly, this civ seems super interesting. "Adapting" to the game by allying with certain nations to adjust your civ on the fly seems like a very interesting mechanic, tho the whole influence vs coin aspect sounds like it could easily become a hassle in the faster AoE3. Secondly, thanks SOTL for reminding about the AoE4 beta - I got in and just finished downloading it, and that is thanks to your reminder. So, thanks for that :)

[@kelvinsomnia]

It’s not too different from the Asian civs, where you build a consulate and get the option to turn a small percentage of all resources you collect into Export, which you spend the same way as influence. The main difference is your consulate isn’t tied to a mine or anything, so you’ll only build one unless it’s destroyed.

[@jjforcebreaker]

Thanks for covering AoE III DE, SotL! You did a good job. I'm sure you'd be as good with number crunching in III as you are in II! Looking forward to Hausa! Hey, why not an introduction game for every III civ, just for the sake of converting some of the most hardcore AoE II fans, haha! For Hausa/others pick up map like Amazonia or Orinoco- it will naturally make rush tactics harder/less viable and give you more time to mess around and show off mechanics and civilization.. Especially Amazonia with river that completely separates both players/teams.

[@patorikum]

love your content! I played aoe3 since it came it, still I love your effort and you have a special place in my heart

[@AllSportsAthletics]

Age of empires 3 is so unique its awesome, Hope for more AOE 3 videos in the future!

[@josejoaquim4344]

Gascenyas still counter shock infantry like all Musk type units, so they are still useful in countering Chimu.

[@aponzeus7192]

The smooth AF selfburn with 'if you were under the impression I knew what I was talking about, we can quickly correct that misconception' beautiful delivery! very good video

[@hikki6478]

I didn't expect them to add new content to AOE3 for the DE. I'm so happy they did, as I grew up playing AOE3 and always felt it was under-appreciated. Thanks for making this video!

[@themoneyman8011]

The new African civs are so much fun to play. I love how the AoE III DE development team have continued to create innovative new mechanics for the newly released civilisations rather than just following the vanilla civilisation format. The only downside to this is that the vanilla civilisations seem kind of dull afterwards.

[@TheCoreus]

Yeah like AoE2's civs, I hope they do a revisit or retweak to add a little more variety to the European ones.

[@themoneyman8011]

@@TheCoreus Yeah, that would be amazing! The age up mechanics for the U.S. and the African civs are awesome. They give you real versatility and choice. It would be great if the vanilla Civs could be given mechanics like this.

[@madytinjorj]

Almost read this as new civ in aoe2 and I was like huh what xD?

[@segmentsAndCurves]

Big oof.

[@adventuresofavalon2477]

Same

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

AoE 2 is getting some new civs as well soon, with the Dawn of the Dukes expansion coming out next.

[@sevenpolar3483]

I read it as aoe4, I was wondering why I hadn't heard aoe4 had made it to early access

[@xotl2780]

My Ethiopian ally totally pwned last night.

[@AaronMichaelLong]

9:50 When you say you don't have any amazing shipments, you do, 700 wood is a huge leg up in resources, and lets you focus on hunting and mining to maximize your troop production.

[@andreshuertas8642]

Love seeing you're making some Aoe3 videos you're my favourite age of empires KZbin channel and I'm really into Aoe3 lately can't wait for more content 😁

[@Joker-yw9hl]

Nice! Definitely try out the Hausa. They're Nigerian, so West African, and you've done the East African civ of Ethiopia

[@JolNarBinks]

Wooo! Age 3! Here’s hoping to more of it.

[@nejtack3823]

Very cool that you did a overview on an AoE 3 civ!

[@jayrosado5894]

Thank you Spirit!

[@davidlubkowski7175]

Great video, I wa hyped for Ethiopians more but feel like Hausa are even more unique and fun

[@ryan94589]

Very happy to see aoe3 content!

[@jimmyjazzwt]

I played AOE looooong time ago and Im not really coming back but your videos are relaxing :D

[@kaiserwilliams6833]

Aw, yes! More AoE 3 content!

[@Evoshun]

I love the fact that there are so many sounds used from Age 1

[@pandaprewmaster325]

Man you should play age of mythology in the channel like come on man it will be nice watching you playing as Norse and finding similar things between them and the vikings in aoe2

[@damienverishine5999]

I love the AOE1 and AOE2 sound affects for this civ

[@ShahTalks]

Spirit is spoiling with all these regular videos🌞🌝. You're one of my favorite KZbinrs

[@twohandedswordsman852]

"Ow" -Ethiopian Sun Tzu

[@LadyNici]

I love how the ethopian towers have the sound of AoE I Watchtowers.

[@biggie_kellogs7919]

this actually kinda made me want to revisite AoE3

[@chrisigoeb]

You playing some aoe3 is so refreshing

[@cloudchaser8650]

i love how in every game they are in the Ethiopians always have their main gimic/mechanic/resource discount tied to food.

[@Santi_Nell]

"if it's not Great Plains, I dont know this map" I felt that lol

[@saladtea9708]

feels like there's something missing of Ethiopians without the super siege onager

[@svenkuechler1930]

They have the sebastopool mortar xd

[@IrishRepoMan]

These civs are definitely prep for AoE4

[@TheCoreus]

Influence can be used for a Sudanese rush, which is powerful. The Sudanese unit from the palace (which is easy to get in Age 2's Palace card), have good siege, a good ranged, and are really powerful up close. They cost a healthy sum of influence, but that means your not eating your other resources so it doesn't slow down your econ, and you can mix and match with watchtower or barracks units.

[@HarrisNMeo]

Loves the video SOTL 🧡

[@nikolozgilles]

A glimpse into alternate universe Spirit of the Law that plays AOE3

[@awesome5956]

i love how they subtle included Barter trade system within Ethiopian civs

[@Sivzram]

LoL I instantly recognized the SARACENS AOE 2 voice pack Is it just me 🤣 ? Still this DLC looks quite good The Ethopian Civilization does feel quite strong tho

[@kR-qj7rw]

Aoe 2-3 have shared voice lines before so it isn't that weird

[@RANKSUCLIN]

When I getting old, I'm so lazy to learn new civ by myself. Now I can use ethiopians in AOE3, Thank you : D

[@Thebluebridgetroll]

I would love if you did more AoE3 content, especially your stat breakdown type stuff, the in depth math stuff is really lacking in the AoE3 community

[@mechanicaltapeworm4062]

Oh man, I remember playing Eithiopans back on WoL, is so weird to see them as an official civ for the game. I know this is gonna be silly since the Incas and Aztecs are in, but kinda wish my Peru and Mexico were also in since they were fun to play as.

[@youmukonpaku3168]

you can at least still revolt to them and have the dev team come up with better ideas for representing you than "Canada? You can train bears"

[@Darkillermon]

Nice video! Though I'd rather see you playing in one of the new maps :)

[@mrgongo4253]

You should really do your series investigating/playing AOE3!! AOE2 its pretty covered already

[@davidlubkowski7175]

please do a video like this for Hausa? its been so useful I learned things here that I didnt know when I first tried the civs

[@neophyte1994]

To be honest I prefer these tips of videos because they are longer. I love full gameplay

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

They really got inspired by the Ethiopians in the mod: Wars of Liberty, mostly units like the Sebastopol Cannon

[@osprey2310]

The AI isn't quite optimized to play on painted desert. Try the competitive maps and the AI actually plays well in skirmish. The AI in multiplayer is currently bugged. Great video. Good to see you covering AoE3!

[@atocanboi409]

*whispers:* they never got Ethiopia...

[@jurgenvlaar2754]

I like that the desert archers have the same voice as AOE 2 sarecens.

[@Xastor994]

Civ Overviews for AoE3 confirmed

[@TheArklyte]

First things first - how do they play against italians?

[@sergisanz6501]

They win, is not easy to fail against a bunch of divided and weak states

[@metal_monocle7334]

I assume they auto-win because Italy isn't in AoE3

[@nathangamble125]

If the wars of liberty mod (which includes custom versions of Ethiopia, Italy, and tons of other countries) is anything to go on, the Ethiopians completely wreck the Italians.

[@CommandanteRamon]

they win... :-D

[@mickethegoblin7167]

Rip Italy

[@Daniel-gl2ih]

The "im fine" meme made me laugh for 5 minutes straight!

[@geoffwitt4227]

It would be great to see you coached by some of the aoe3 youtubers. Then switch. For example, in this match vs inca you need cav and skirm composition. The best cav for Ethiopia are the shotel early game. Don't even bother with jav riders vs infantry civs. Also, to survive vs Hardest you need a very tight eco. You built about 10 extra houses and lost 1000 wood that could have turned the tide.

[@osprey2310]

Can we have more AoE3 content please?

[@dimitartalevski1991]

Our game looking LIT

[@cacs2201]

Fuck, it has been so long since I played this game... Now I really want to play it again

[@jjforcebreaker]

They really put in a lot of work after release into making patches. Now it's a great experience, much smoother than how it was at release. Just like AoEII:DE. A lot of fun, worth coming back.

[@Rika101OfficialYT]

if they implement that livestock market system or if those who play Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds (which use AOE2 game engine btw) where there is a building to garrison herdables and slowly get food out of it to a civ in AOE2...how would it perform? Sexy.

[@martytu20]

Indians have sacred fields for livestock to generate experience. It’s redundant in AOE3 since mills/farms/paddies/fields can all generate infinite food slowly.

[@Semgger]

Anyone else notice the upgrades for the portugese building are the icons from the cossacks games?

[@scorpion7532]

Thx for this vidéo Very usfull ( if you remember me iam sorry for some bad unhelpfull critique or "rage" i coulde have donne in the paste due to very bad memoris and poor undestanding of english problems that i manege to fix on my parte) Have a Nice day.

[@cacobutignol8516]

"Oh its too much struggle to hunt" - said the guy that plays a game where you have to use a scout to lure each deer to the TC Also, Spirit, Aztecs and Mayans (and some others civs - local warriors) have a class called "shock infantry". In most cases, you can consider them cavalry. So, differently from aoe2, it does makes sense to create pikes against mesos.

[@cacobutignol8516]

@@temporaryname8905 basically if you see a fast native warrior consider them as cavalry. If melee then counter with pikes or musketeers (hand cavalry). If ranged then counter with skirmishers (ranged cavalry). But if even so you dont understand, dont worry, nobody understands either how aztec counters work in this game 11

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

Hey Spirit would you consider doing a video on Age of Empires Online?

[@elliejohnson2786]

Wait those voices for some of the units sound like they're ripped directly from aoe2, vs the villagers which sound original (obviously they're saying similar things, though).

[@Joker-yw9hl]

I love it when you play other age games

[@PabloEscobar-vh6jq]

You can shoot bisons towards your town center so your settlers are safer :)

[@Tareltonlives]

So, rundown on the painted desert. No trade route- this means XP is not going to be very high so your cards are not going to be useful. Natives- you get both economic and military bonuses from Apache and Navajo, and both have fast counterunits. Resources: treasures are average and you might get some nice ones with XP, wood is low, gold is slightly above average, but tons and tons of bison and cows. The Ethiopians should do very well on this map once that wood is invested in the livestock market. However, it looks like sometimes there's less food and more gold and wood on this map, which could be RNG or could be a DE thing. It's nice and wide open, but that makes it hard to defend. The line of villages puts them on the front line, so most of the combat is going to be around them and the neighboring resources.

[@Tareltonlives]

Looks like towers have the equivalent of tavern and monastery units- outlaws. They're tough but expensive in gold and pop. Good if you have those but not the time to make a real army yet.

[@Tareltonlives]

I'd invest in the Shotel warriors if you've got the gold. They can chase off the archers and spearmen and do your own raiding. They're ideal for fighting the Aztecs and Incas. Gascenyas are basically muskteer pikemen: ranged but cheap anticavalry. Not ideal vs archers but you can spam them.

[@matt66716]

the voice lines are so goofy and I actually understand them 😆

[@DiscipleKnight1010]

12:34 Huh? Am I hearing AOE 2 unit voice?

[@kR-qj7rw]

Aoe 2 has taken 3 voice lines Since hd (Incas and at one point indians) so it seems for this dlc the devs used Assets that were already in an aoe game

[@Mexican00b]

hey, lets play another game... will hera, tatoh, spirit, t90, etc... who of all of them will get an AoE4 beta test?

[@z0orb]

Content creators are usually first

[@sivasankar2784]

Can players stream/post AOE4 closed beta gameplay on youtube or they have to sign NDA before accessing it?

[@sivasankar2784]

@Invictus_trax I was hoping aoe4 gameplay videos tomorrow..... nvm then

[@maxmustsleep]

@@sivasankar2784 you might still see some. they often give some streamers or reviewers rights to show specific parts of the game. Or publicly release some authored gameplay by the dev team itself and ofc. leaks will still happen anyway

[@viktor1337w]

The nda says i cant even talk about anything in game. Even funny glitches lol

[@safe-keeper1042]

I love the cattle minigame.

[@Okami1313]

I like to find a good medium getting a spot between the hunts and berry bush.

[@unionunion844]

Do you know when is Age of Mythology DE coming?

[@nathangamble125]

Ethiopians LET'S GOOO! I loved playing them in the Wars of Liberty mod. Now the game has them officially, and it's interesting to see the similarities and differences in units and mechanics between the official and mod version of the civ. I also think the cattle market mechanic is good. It's like the tribal marketplace, but actually has an effect on gameplay, represents trade in a way that makes sense, and isn't based on shallow virtue signalling.

[@HazmanFTW]

Are the Shotel Warriors similar to the Age 2 ones? As someone who hasn't played Age 3 in about 13 years, it seems odd that you can take down a TC in the Feudal age, I mean the uh, second age

[@ozisponas1593]

lots of strong inf siege units age 2 for most factions just get a big enough blob and sieging tc is no problem unless enemy takes town militia card then you prolly won t siege it age 2

[@danielmunoz2316]

More videos about AOE 3 DE please!! 🥺

[@sidarthurgortimer355]

Anyone else forgot that AoE3 existed and got excited thinking they revealed Ethiopians as another AoE4 civ?

[@aragornii507]

What i don’t like about this game is how Portuguese faction doesn’t get access to hand cannoneers and the Spanish don’t get access to conquistadors. Doesn’t make sense to fight those units with their home civ but no access to them

[@aragornii507]

@@andredepadua8799 yeah but would be nice to have them with cards or something

[@ozisponas1593]

@@aragornii507 pointless to have conquistadors when Portugal and Spain already have much better dragoons

[@aragornii507]

@@ozisponas1593 its not pointless because you should be able to call them in as cards. They fought under their damned countries and they don’t have access to them?

[@T3AMKILL]

SPIRIT can you play Age of Mythology sometime?!

[@dimitardimitrov462]

You must try Heroes of might and magic III. It's really good strategic game!

[@andyyeung0927]

Please do Hausa as well 👍

[@SuperMewKittyKatGaming]

Spirit of the MAW you should try wars of liberty for age of empires 3,is more complete than definitive

[@nathangamble125]

Yes! This! Ethiopians are so OP in WoL though. Neftenyas wreck everything unless the enemy gets a ton of cannons or grenadiers.

[@SuperMewKittyKatGaming]

@@nathangamble125 Polynesians are bugged to

[@maxmustsleep]

great video! sad to see that the AI is still completely broken. it wasn't great in regular AoE3 but i feel like it got worse in the DE alpha and they didn't fix anything for the full release. as a non-competitive player that makes me kinda sad. but i guess most people who are still playing just focus on multiplayer anyway

[@touchingisjustthefirststep]

damn age AOE 2 and 3 still getting updates

[@brendanspencer6735]

Would you please play a Japanese game in AoE 3 DE and upload that ?

[@jesusrubiomaldonado27]

Are there torsion engines?

[@kR-qj7rw]

One of the north American natives civilization has rams like aoe 2 civs, siege guys and the like. Ethiopia or the housa get European/middle eastern/ India cannons and stuff with cards or alliances It's really fun

[@10tanksonawall]

Caught the Star Wars reference at 18:59 and had to do a double take.