Wild Boars in Age of Empires IV!

[@Yinmaru]

I am finding it adorably fascinating, that few people I already heard talking about it, seem to be fascinated by the fact devs are paying attention to pigs being forbidden to Islamic culture. I know AoE4 is made by a different studio, but AoE3 already made all animals, but fishes uneatable for Japanese as Buddhists and Cows holy for Indians Hinduists. Anyway, nice video.

[@AgeofNoob]

Thanks Yin! Indeed, this it's great that the devs have taken cultural/religious accuracy into consideration.. Thanks for stopping by! :) Edit: My brain was fried from editing.. xD Had to edit the comment for it to make more sense.. 11

[@bharath211]

Agree Yin - AOE3 did this already. But amazingly while these animals cannot be harvested, the cows could still give XP. In AOE IV if there is Abbasid vs Rus, Rus will simply rush and kill the boar from the Abbasid guy and get that bounty. But indeed, Abbasid will eat berries faster. Its a balance of course, but early game free gold without mining camp is quite strong.

[@9pmInTokyo]

Could Ottomans hunt boars in AOE3? Can’t recall.

[@bharath211]

@@9pmInTokyo Do we have boars in AOE3? I don't think we do. I know there are Buffaloes, Cows, Deer, Capybara, Elephant, Moose... Not sure I remember boar as a hunt in Age-3. Let me check it out.

[@9pmInTokyo]

@@bharath211 - Ah, no. I’m wrong, lol. Misremembering.

[@AgeofNoob]

EDIT: Some people have mentioned that they haven't been able to carry the boar in the Technical Stress Test. While the technology Professional Scouts clearly states: "... carry animal carcasses", this means that either there's a bug in the game that should be fixed to carry the boars, or the description is incorrect and should be updated to reflect this. Thanks for the people in the comments below that pointed this out - I'll follow up once the game is released! EDIT 2: Horticulture, Fertilization, and Precision Cross Breeding may have the same issue as well. Top Khan mentioned that he's pretty sure they don't affect boar gather rates. This is inconsistent with the tooltip's description of "gathering food rate by 15%." Judging by these two things, we may have a significant tooltip accuracy problem that the devs need to address asap! The Boar in Age of Empires IV is a beast! For those of you who're new to the channel, we've just celebrated 10,000 subscribers. Here's a quick snipper of our journey so far: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3u7iHuVa9emm5I Be sure to tune in tomorrow for an important announcement - stay tuned folks!

[@Quinti22]

nice video as always, but i want to point out that i'm 99% sure that Profesional Scouts does not allow Scouts to carry boars, only deer

[@AgeofNoob]

@@Quinti22 It mentioned "animal carcasses" so I assumed all animals. I admittedly haven't tried carrying a boar myself, but if it's only deer, then they should definitely update the description of the tech. Regardless, thanks for letting me know and I'll post a comment explaining the correction! :)

[@StatedOregon5]

Let's hope the scouts have been hitting the gym before launch day then!! 😁

[@AgeofNoob]

@@StatedOregon5 New technology: Scout Gyms.. 11

[@JWonn]

Given how tough the boar is, and how much food it has, they should've just made it a bear instead.

[@twinsen1949]

Correction at 3:20: In the technical stress test I tried killing a boar with 4 scouts (making the boar run around in circles) and could not carry it anywhere. I did have the hunters thingy researched, which is why I was extremely upset when I couldnt. I was playing as the Chinese, so it wasn't because of Abbasyd stuff.

[@AgeofNoob]

Hey Twinsen - thanks for the comment. Someone else mentioned this as well. The technology Professional Scouts clearly states that "carry animal carcasses", this means that either there's a bug in the game that should be fixed to carry the boars, or the description is incorrect and should be updated to reflect this. I edited my Pinned comment to mention this so people know! :)

[@danielcao606]

@@AgeofNoobit seems the carry only applies to deer but not boar. Disappointing.

[@davidawesome4569]

5) While moving army towards the enemy, kill the boar and bring it back to your base with your scout.

[@AgeofNoob]

Ah yes, I mentioned that earlier but forgot to list it there. Thanks!

[@LarryCroft111]

Yeah!

[@TopKhan]

I think we will see a lot more people going early boars. You can use your scout to tank a boar while vills kill it. The boar gives such a massive amount more food/minute gathering from it compared to sheep that it is worth it if it's close. Most maps we saw in the stress test the boar was super far away though. Professional scouts in the stress test were not able to pick up Boar. So it might not work to do that either. It seems like a strange thing to count out. Horticulture and upgrades in that line of tech also do not effect hunted gather rates. (Althought they make no mention of it in their tooltips) I tested it a lot and 100% am sure that it didnt increase the rates in the stress test. They only worked for Farming and sheep as far as I could tell.

[@AgeofNoob]

I think so too. We don't know the meta yet - hence why I put a note that a patch or meta can change this and boars could be picked up in the dark age. Regarding picking up Boars, I edited my pinned comment to answer that! :) Thanks for letting me know about the Horticulture, etc techs not affecting the boar as well! Given this info, there seems to be a very clear (and quite frankly worrying) problem with tooltips then.. it clearly states "gathering rate for food" for heaven's sake. People are of course going to assume all food sources if you don't qualify which it is for.

[@TopKhan]

@@AgeofNoob Yeah plenty of people I know had reported it as a bug in Closed Beta, but there was never any reply from Devs and they never updated it between the tests. So I'm also confused by it to be honest

[@AgeofNoob]

@@TopKhan I guess the Devs are consistent with their communication regarding these bugs.. i.e. non-existent.. 11 Thanks for the context mate, I wasn't aware this was a bug, as I didn't try to pick it up myself and just assumed based on the description being accurate..

[@alexmed2646]

Top Khan, vigilent as always. Waiting for your Delhi Sultanate review :D

[@tdbbe]

2:36 awesome choice of soundtrack

[@Marth667]

Such a well put together video explaining the nuance of boars. Skyrim music was an awesome touch too.

[@baranpourtahmaseb-sasi1421]

I'd call this a great video, but with this level of info and insight, I'd say "boaring" is more appropriate!

[@AgeofNoob]

Boaring video is good enough! :D

[@raxnn]

a great video until you realize that scout cant pick up boar.... this guy has no idea.

[@fercho3091]

These small details are very important to know, glad to know we have an amazing AoE Teacher, tnks! I love watching your AoE4 content.

[@Amadeus8484]

Sheriff of Rottingham: "That's a wild boar!" Robin Hood: "No that's a wild pig (gestures to Prince John) THAT is a wild boar."

[@safuwanfauzi5014]

AoEIV need to add chicken and duck, it very popular in medieval ages

[@golgo4780]

not just that, they need to add a lot of animals, im tired of seen deers, boards and sheeps

[@safuwanfauzi5014]

@@golgo4780 you right, deer, board, sheep are too common, need goat, geese, Swan, Guinea fowl, and exotic too like peacock. predator like Asiatic lion, tiger, bear, leopard, hyena. crab, lobster these animal are hunt in medieval.

[@Stelphy876]

I actually have an idea how to lure a boar. Is it possible to wall it in? You probably have to make two walls on the side. Attack with one villager and build a wall behind the boar. and if you can lure it further then you could wall it further and further.

[@AgeofNoob]

You cannot lure boars in Age of Empires 4. You simply need to mill it with quite a few villagers to harvest its food.

[@hakki1098]

name of the song at 3:00? and at 6:30

[@AgeofNoob]

The Streets of Whiterun and Ancient Stones from Skyrim :)

[@GeNN18192]

Whats the background music at 3:00? Reminds me a little of Skyrim or so.

[@Kwambomb23]

Great video, well presented content!

[@AgeofNoob]

Glad you liked it!

[@Kwambomb23]

@@AgeofNoob yea always nice to see those stats units in game. AOE4 is fun, I'm excited for the new Civs

[@Trubripes]

As France, would it make sense to rush out a knight to kill the boar, then use him to raid ?

[@monsieurmoutarde8779]

2:38 Cheeky song... Now realizing that in only a couple of weeks Skyrim will be 10 years old...

[@matercheff]

hey any updates on any ideas for a mod to fix the icons and ui I really hope you have plans to create one the stock aoe4 icons and ui looks so bad

[@AgeofNoob]

Once mod support becomes available, I will be making a video about that - rest assured!

[@StatedOregon5]

Really glad I found this channel. Love how it seems there will be a lot of options when it comes to looking for videos on strategies and things like that

[@bakazura2442]

7:24 is no food decay applicable for all animals? If so we may never get exploding kings/ nuketown for age4....

[@Jurigag]

It would be also to add if there is some difference in gathering speed of boar compared to farms/sheeps/deers etc, not sure if there is any?

[@jeromethy]

There is. Gather rates are higher in hunted animals than farms

[@McSniffle]

I hope that when you use scouts to right-click hunt, they auto pick them up and return to nearest mill/tc then go back out to get more as if they're a vil until you click them to another task. It's honestly oddly micro-intensive to use professional scouts.

[@AgeofNoob]

I believe shift-clicking should work for this as well..

[@marcomongke3116]

I hear that fantasy music mod tune from Skyrim. Reminds me of my snesk archer dragonborn days.

[@someninjaname9356]

See? This is what I want to know about this game. The boaring details. The Camels shall purge many with this knowledge.

[@AgeofNoob]

More boaring details on the way!

[@babbuini1234babbuini]

In the stress test professional scouts didn't let you pick up boars

[@AgeofNoob]

Just edited my pinned comment to answer this. :)

[@babbuini1234babbuini]

@@AgeofNoob Sry did not read all the comments just wanted to share some info, love your videos :D

[@donaldkender4235]

I never tried in the stress test, but I read on Reddit that Prof Scouts can't carry the boar carcass. I didn't see an B-roll of you picking one up. Did you ever do it, or see anyone do it?

[@AgeofNoob]

Just edited my pinned comment to answer this. :)

[@SamuraiHonor]

I feel that to: how essential it is to core gameplay / plan Is answered by: enough for the devs to give the Muslim civs drastic bonusses to make up for not being able to use it.

[@JohnPap21]

4:21 Looks like the noobs who made the new AOE played against an old school player and single-handedly defeated by his scout.

[@AgeofNoob]

We have too much PTSD from AoE2.. 11

[@vmox7453]

what?

[@santiagoposse9217]

Cool video, but there's something that im pretty sure is just plain wrong... You cannot use your scout to bring the boar's carcass to your TC, not even with Professional Scouts, that only works on deer.

[@AgeofNoob]

Just edited my pinned comment to answer this. :)

[@HarryLangers]

Thanks for making these videos, not long until release!

[@yz8520]

Would love to see an episode on sheep and deer as well!

[@randomdude6719]

9:36 did anyone else stop to google if it’s wheelbarrow or wheelbarrel?

[@beedykh2235]

This is the content I subscribed for

[@AgeofNoob]

Good to see you again Beedy!

[@lysergicashes1538]

I like this cuz I think you would have to use trained knights to kill a boar back in the day? Like I don't think random villagers could just casually kill a boar in between their other errands like in aoe2 so that's kinda cool

[@octapusxft]

I thought that the scout needed to make the kill himself to be able to pick it up

[@weylin6]

I understand that maybe the boar carcass is too big for the scout to carry with PS, but they should at least hack off 500 food and be able to carry that back, so 4 scouts can accomplish it

[@LokirofRoriksted]

I'm pretty sure you can't carry the boar with professional scouts. I tried back in closed beta, but didnt try in stress test... if that's true, it makes boars pointless, since no sane person will camp a boar with 10+ undefended villagers extremely far from the base

[@TopKhan]

I would do it because they have the highest gather rate in the game, as well only a max of 8 can gather from it at one time. Place an outpost on top of it, especially as Rus because theirs can garrison 8 units. And ur also correct about the professional scouts thing.

[@AgeofNoob]

Just edited my pinned comment to answer this. :)

[@jeromethy]

Not really, boars now are more dependent on map control. It's worth it to put up a mill just to harvest the boar due to the insane gather speed and high food amount

[@marcelllakatos3586]

They really care about the details. Boars were generally hunted with boar spears. It’s a really nice touch

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

Boar spears? There were specially made spears just for killing boars? O.o

[@marcelllakatos3586]

@@ArawnOfAnnwn yeah🙂 it was specifically made in a way that when the hunter jabs it in the boar, two iron hinges prevent the boar from reaching the hunter. Or something like that.

[@marcelllakatos3586]

Or maybe in the game, they reuse the spear texture from spearmen.Though I would not be surprised if they made custom spears for just hunting boars

[@JonatasAdoM]

Actually I never knew of the boar. I mean, yes it was aggressive, strong and annoying but I considered that a natural barrier between me and my opponent. Where I know boar is from all the ELO players that would get both their boar and mine.

[@enigma8301]

Do I have to be that guy? Come on now. Boars should have 0 armor. They're animals.

[@AgeofNoob]

I suppose they could've simply gone for a higher HP and removed the armor - would've been the same thing since both armor values are 4.. :)

[@enigma8301]

@@AgeofNoob My thoughts exactly :D

[@enigma8301]

@@AgeofNoob Or some hidden bonuses like they always do anyway

[@Ashadowtotheworld]

Also whats the name of the technology that makes the Rus scout's horse shoot arrows from his head while the rider looks up to the sky and prays to the gods? 🤣🤣🤣

[@JonatasAdoM]

Nice choice of soundtrack : )

[@Ashadowtotheworld]

So the boar in AOE4 get plate mail armour from the blacksmith? 😄😄😄

[@jjforcebreaker]

Very good, informative analysis, AoN!

[@jetroladale8726]

Subtitle said i have to : "move out with 4-10 villagers, construct a girl next to it, harvest all the food, and then relocate the girl." XDDDDDDDDDDD 11:07

[@jolotabani]

WHAT ABOUT AOE3DEAR??

[@jolotabani]

Age of Empires 3 Definitive Edition African Royals.

[@kamekazi1123]

I feel like for Rus getting boar is easy and perfect for the faction. You already will be getting professional scouts to take deer but also you most likely will be making Early Knights for harass and if so you can use them to kill enemy boar and take it back to your base.

[@_Molecule]

unfortunately the scout cant carry boar

[@kamekazi1123]

@@_Molecule Damn thats a shame but makes sense i guess, would probably be broken

[@indraallian6371]

Well done and Informative!

[@hybralisk]

This is good info, thank you for making this.

[@tomasz8330]

wow, didn't know you can talk for 12mins about the boar :D well done

[@saadkhan5623]

Just because Abbasid or Dehli can’t consume boar, does it still mean you can’t kill your enemy boars and hide them in a corner? 😉 #AgeofNoobGiveaway

[@beedykh2235]

Alhamdulillah No boar, stay Halal 😄🌳🍒🍎🐑🦌

[@AgeofNoob]

No more haram Saracens from AoE2.. 11

[@beedykh2235]

@@AgeofNoob LOL

[@DeutscherDummer]

Wild boars never lose it, wild boars never chose this way, wild boars never close their eyes, wild boars ALWAYS

[@JonatasAdoM]

Ugh, I didn't notice the skin the animals. I mean, it is realistic, but at the same time I wouldn't skin and harvest an animal on the ground.

[@swarnendu2007]

Is that Skyrim music?

[@AgeofNoob]

Indeed :)

[@sanethoughtspreader]

The no carcass decay thing is clearly because of the Rus and fear of laming, but it's pretty awful to me. Also, the Rus getting money for slaughtering all animals is pretty messed up lol. Couldn't they tweak it to be based on how many animals they fully collected from?

[@McSniffle]

The lore for it is that essentially they sell the pelt for gold, so just killing it counts as getting the pelt.

[@AgeofNoob]

As McSniffle said, it's an homage to their practices back then :)

[@davidnovak3072]

You can't carry boars! This is important!

[@FrostRare]

Bestial video!

[@fabiotaranto6379]

Great content

[@davidquezada50]

Didn't make them buffer graphics wise haha

[@mandyjuarezful]

ive been playing abasid since the game release and i keep wondering why the boar go missing evertime i kill it HAHA

[@jacpast7973]

Professional scouts and a very dedicated player will make for the ultimate trolling experience. Hey buddy, i noticed you just killed 4 deers and milled them...it would be a shame if a party of scouts was to scoop them up and bring them away, eh?

[@jeromethy]

This actually happened and was encouraged on the first showmatch Rus Vs HRE

[@jacpast7973]

@@jeromethy Nice!

[@g0lgrim1]

Yeah... i mean its common knowledge that boar hunting is done with spears... :D

[@g0zertjuh]

what the hell is that stress test thing

[@AgeofNoob]

It was the Public Beta of the game that we were all able to play before the game released on October 28th. :)

[@adventuresofavalon2477]

Tbh the aoe2 de boars look way stronger

[@Viciousotk1]

The virgin aoe2 boar vs the chad aoe4 boar

[@raxnn]

age of noob is right, guy is just making videos with out doing testing or research. FYI the scouts cant pick up boar carcass.

[@CasualGamerNoob]

ive watched a boar kill a plethora of vils lol

[@ObiwanNekody]

Mongol drop TC next to boat, kills boat with tc...

[@roberts3423]

Too bad they removed the ability to carry boar carcasses with scouts, don't see much of a point hunting boars when you can just farm or hunt sheeps.

[@timepaintertunebird8160]

Another way to lame food in aoe4 is to build buildings on the carcass. I know this works with mills, but if the delhi can do it with spearmen building walls that could be quite an effective lame.

[@blackdragoncyrus]

"Beefy Boy"? Don't you mean... "Porky Boy"?

[@CryoCare]

5 minutes in I learned the first 5 minutes was wrong.

[@7PlayingWithFire7]

You can't carry the boar I'm pretty sure

[@AgeofNoob]

Just edited my pinned comment to answer this. :)

[@asgeirsoe]

Large trees in aoe2. Savage 😛

[@FeriandyRaynandoSembiring]

Abbasid Dynasty should never hunt wild boar because they are Islamic faction, but how about Delhi Sultanate?

[@AgeofNoob]

The folks in the Delhi Sultanate were predominantly Muslims as well.. :)

[@mementomori1483]

The use of "sultan" is restricted to Muslim countries, where the title carries religious significance,[2][3] contrasting the more secular king, which is used in both Muslim and non-Muslim countries. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan

[@atharvanayak3880]

@@AgeofNoob That's historically inaccurate DS, ruled over a diverse group of people. India is like Europe with many distinct cultures. The Devs have just put everything under one umbrella. Infact there are places in India where even beef is consumed. It feels as if like always Asian civilizations are not researched well.

[@AgeofNoob]

@@atharvanayak3880 Yes, but they didn't call it India or Indians - they called it the Delhi Sultanate. Now, I'm not sure why they chose such a specific civilization from the area, especially since we only have 8 Civs, but the Delhi Sultanate was predominantly Muslim as far as I know. There is merit in questioning whether the Delhi Sultanate fits within the 8 Civs or not, but that's a tricky topic tbh..

[@atharvanayak3880]

@@AgeofNoob Considering it was the largest power in the subcontinent during that time period it makes sense. But their representation is wrong, they were not predominantly Muslim, only the nobles which were a small percentage were Muslims who ruled over a majority Hindu population (Like Norman England). That's why the choice to use Persian for DS is also wrong because most of the populace would have spoken an older version of Hindi not Persian. The architecture was also not islamic, DS had their own distinct architecture along with existing Hindu architecture. They haven't put in the effort to study this part of the world and it's disappointing.

[@ahbraveconscript997]

I NO PIG

[@AgeofNoob]

Gold Comment.. 11

[@_Molecule]

the scout cant carry boar

[@AlphaSections]

Urraaugghh! This is BOARING!!!!

[@callendeer]

its kinda funny that we try to make aoe 3 never exist

[@alexanderbrown2187]

Why compare against Age 2..? It's a different game, unless you're planning on comparing this with starcraft etc? It makes zero sense

[@odiagam5755]

No armor 😂

[@Xeanorth95]

aksanın daha iyi sanki baba devam

[@SignumImperativ]

I no pig!

[@rustie_liyu]

#AgeofNoobGiveaway

[@chrisroberts4037]

How boaring 😉

[@AgeofNoob]

Boaring indeed! :D

[@ivanstrydom8417]

Wow the bore moving back to the origin location and immediately regening sounds exactly like the shit mechanics of Elder Scrolls online. What a shit game that was. No decay sucks ass. Don't you just love hand holding of modern games? Why would you need skill if the game can be made as easy as possible. I loath that people just was everything to be automatic and as brainless as possible.