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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:06 Characters
2:47 Campaign
5:38 Dol Amroth Start
6:15 Gondor Start
6:48 Tharbad Start
7:26 Other Starts
10:47 Battlemap
13:05 Infantry
20:57 Archers
27:17 Bodyguard & Elites
31:40 Upcoming Factions & Battle - เกม
You can play this faction several times & have a completely different experience everytime. So many cool options. Nice move starting the overview on turn 2, thanks again for the overviews Augimund!
The AA are honestly one the best factions aesthetic wise at least.Nice video by the way keep up the good work 👍
As much as I like these aesthetics, I also miss some of the older models.
@@lymeregis4354 Maybe the lower tier units? Though the texture quality is stellar here I think the 4.6 t1 units had a bit more... personality, maybe? Hard to say.
Though I can't say I'm a fan of the big shields on the axeman and greatswords.
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The Rozadan units used to have a turban helmet (shaped like the upper half of an onion). It gave them an exotic touch, denoting the faction's starting point in the very south. The Rozadan halberdiers usually formed the backbone of my armies and during my conquests I grew to like them.
The current roster has an overarching design theme, featuring majestic burgundy colours and intricate ornaments. But overall, although it sounds strange, it looks a little too European to my eye.
@@lymeregis4354 Plus the new armors dont carry that same dread the way the old Elite armor sets brought to the field. The elite units like the Faithful and Armsmen were fun to finally let loose on the battlefield, coupled with their voice lines, the intimidation factor was on another level.
I'm on the fence about the aesthetic changes....For on the one hand I really appreciate how units armor look etc Mid tier units is a huge improvement- However I strongly dislike that the look of the troops is very uniform between units to the point of being nonniticeable from early to mid tier, there is no sense of progression to the visual of your units (on map and in unit card) from early to late tier because early tier units already 'look' very late tier(with low tier stat)-I don't like that, and secondly we lost the iconic Golden Boys which is really sad as they really were noticeable and unique in that way as an uber tier unit, yes there are 'traces' of gold on the armor for those units but it's not the same feel to me they still look very similar to other units in the roster....if it were me I would have made mid to late tier all look Golden to represent remnants of old Numenorean units----Am I the only one that feels that way?
I don’t think any of their roster is really early tier besides Corsairs tbh. Their early tier units are meant to be the conscript troops from either Harad or Gondor.
Nope, you're not the only one.
While I do appreciate the new look and the amount of work it took to make, I miss the old designs. The Armsmen and Faithful were really intimidating looking units with fantastic unique armor sets that to me fit the dread like presence the Ar Adunaim bring to the field.
The old armor sets for the elite units really shined when I played as them conquering Enedwaith, like a glimpse into the past when the first Numenoreans landed in the 2nd age and scattered the free people who already lived there. The new look, eh, they look to fragile to me.
Good morning. Would it be possible to load the old Ar-Adunaim unit appearances, or make it look more like the Numenorean unit. Sincerely.
@@69-XNXX-69 I’m not sure you can load it on V5- If you find the versions with the old units which I think was V2 etc then you can install that instead though obviously will change a lot of other stuff.
Hey thanks for doing these overviews. Very nice to get the basics and a rundown of stuff
I appreciate the overview and especially the gameplay tips. I don't know if there's many resources on like "how to micro" or "DAC tactics," so that is appreciated! like shield wall vs archers :) i will try that out
I still like the ardunaim, but i hope they reverse some of the decisions to remove the units they did from the regional recruitment barracks. I'd actually like to see them be able to recruit the same units as the Reunited Kingdom, seeing as theyre the dark mirror of them.
AA are probably my favourite faction, is there a chance in future overviews we could be quickly shown on screen the custom battle maps for that faction? Eg dol amroth with their new custom map. Also I’m finding myself wanting to start a new campaign for the most recent faction that’s had an overview 😂
I feel terrible saying this, but I have to say I honestly preferred the v4.6 look for AA.
I mean, the new look is of very good quality, and I'm sure it took a hell of a lot of work; thematically all of the units are super cohesive, as well, which is not always true and I certainly respect that. My hang-up is that they almost look TOO sleek now, and I have to admit I'm really not too keen on the bird theme.
I feel like kind of an absolute bell-end knowing how much work clearly went into the redesign.
I am curious: What did you like about the previous design? The high tier units used to look very roman and greek, which, though I like classical antiquity, I found overdone and uninspired.
Honestly, I absolutely see your point. What I think the 4.6 design did well was to clearly communicate a level of very obvious, yet clearly refined, threat in its visual bulk. Incidentally, this is something that I feel the new shields in many of the AA models reinforce, but from which the core armor design seems to have deviated substantially.
I do see the shift in design in v5 to a more thematic stylization as the black-and-gold bird of prey in contrast to the Faithful factions' ubiquitous sea bird motifs, and I think it's a great move. Where I think it doesn't necessarily land as intended is in how sleek and trim much of the armor for the non-royal troops is; I daresay it reminds me more of modern superhero get ups than even a design with anachronistic roots in much later-period armor.
I suppose, in simplest terms, the v5 iteration of the armor design it feels like a case study in form-over-function design where the thematic concept was the main principle, rather than the function-before-form design philosophy that seems to have been at the core of most other concepts in visualization of the peoples of Middle-Earth. I say this with the greatest respect intended towards the artist or artists who did the work for v5. It's very impressive work in its own right. I can see the thematic inspiration. Personally, I don't feel like it fits in with the world as it's been presented.
LATE EDIT: The more I consider my opinion, the more I'm questioning its basis. I need to have another look at the units in their best available armor; it occurs to me that my assessment is so strongly rooted in the early tiers (where the superhero-esque "helmet and pajamas" impression first struck me") that I may well have not given the various designs a fair shake in their fully-realized state.
@@ulfgard4734 AA in 4.6 looked terrible
@@davidecampinotti5361 I played 4.6 as well. I know what they looked like; I also realize that I'm in the minority opinion, but v5 is worse imo.
I loved the neo-roman/neo-greek look and I'm feeling the same way; much preferred the look from 4.6.
Another pro tip, if you board your army and want to make your navy travel further click on the ships pictures so that they all highlight with army onboard. Then move their max, then once moved and the ships are still selected it should give you additional movement points. Its a crusading ship glitch mechanic.
The new look is a great improvement: more intimidating, more original, "more Numenorean" almost like Gondor in black. One of the best looking factions.
What about the Ardunaim when they conscripted to other human nations? What unit that ardunaim can and can't recruit?
It took a while, but I set myself in fuirost, would you believe it. Just massacred several Angmar armies then took whatever settlement was there. Managed to get some good deals with ND and Ered Luin. Bree is going ham on Dunland, and that’s the gist
Do you know why developers decided not to make playable the southernmost region in the map as well as Forodwaith? would appreciate an answer, great content
The southern region is actually apart of Forodwaith but it's just there to give the map a border because it's impossible to do otherwise.
ar pharazons faithful feel a bit weak for a elite late game pike unit, especially compared to isengard pikes and tharbad royal guard. i feel like they should at least be on par with them
also since theyre numenoreans shouldnt nardubawib have steel bows or increase range to reflect the massive longbows?
best faction aesthetically if you ask me no contest hands down etc etc
Good to see my favourite nation got some reworks but honestly in my opinion AGO did it better. I mean, the visuals are from the same source but their rework of mid tier, bodyguard and changing Beruthiel's watch to a steelbow unit feels better for me. Also, the rangers were sadly missing in the unit overview section.
I edited the files fam and used the highest tier new unit skins for the aduniac plate tier 5 and used the old skins which are still in the game for everything else.
Imma tell you. They look amazing. It feels like you pulled up some boys from the south and scrambled them together then to get your tier 5 plate and look like a solid numenorean army with that black prince feel is so satisfying.
Best of both worlds for real.
AA always my best faction so much flexibility though only two problems i have. I think it needs a campaign to match the flexability. Such as one where you are given the chance to either join sauron and follow through your old grudge agaisnt gondor, stay neutral or potentially reclaim your numenorian heritage and join/help gondor. The other problem was the armor model change that came to Beruthiels watch. They looked so good in third age total war when they looked like crossbow rangers with a black cloak.
Does anyone know if umbar has a custom battlemap?
why the barrack event don´t exist anymore ?
Easiest start taking carn dum you get angmars full men roster!
No more buruthials watchmen?
Next was Arnor ? 👀
They will be bundled with the reunited kingdom under the Dunedain overview
I think the two corsair units should be merged into one
That’s a great idea. Make them sort of like beast slayers, but just a goblin-style trash unit that can be flexible in roles, as well as be a menace in mass. Great idea.
Why not cover the conscription units at least a little bit in the campaign and battle map part. They are a essential part of this faction and unless i remember incorrectly, there are Gondor and/or Dol Amroth units with Ar Adunaim coloured armor.
I don't want to be a downer, this faction preview came across to me as quite uninspired and bare minimum effort.
I see where you are coming from. I can do an addendum video for the conscription units as there are quite a few of them, and I feel now after reading your response that it would be best to cover which units are granted from each faction. Admittedly that should have been done alongside this video and for that I apologize.
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If you do that video, please also include Beruthiel's watch, a unit that was not present in this army composition.
Thank you for your humble response, we appreciate your dedication.
@@lymeregis4354 Yes, I will include them also.
@@Augimund we need the one guy back with the old views
@@hippokrates4494Galu, 'the old one', quit YT over a year ago. Be grateful someone who has in depth knowledge of the mod is doing them now, free of charge.
To be honest I strongly prefer the look of the battle map units and unit cards of 4.5 for the AA.... i feel that many unit cards were more than just fine and you guys just changed them for the sake of change
God they look terrible and so hard to tell between them in game
why the units look all the same the old ones were good
I actually really love this aesthetic for the Ar-Adunaim units compared to the older ones. I'm biased cuz I prefer the late medieval look over the Greco-Roman inspiration, but I agree with the complaints that the units might be a bit too dark and it affects readability.
I actually don't like the new AA models. The red is too dark, and the helmets are too narrow and don't really look all that different across the units. Its VERY difficult to tell units apart.
I understand the argument that 4.6 AA looked like a Greek/Roman faction and therefore felt unoriginal, but V5 AA looks like a combination of grey aliens and Gondor armor knockoffs.
I'm myself on the fence about the aesthetic changes....For on the one hand I really appreciate how units armor look low tier units is an improvement to the rozadan of 4.6 that looked a bit naked lol - However I strongly dislike that the look of the troops is very uniform between units to the point of being nonniticeable from early to mid tier, there is no sense of progression to the visual of your units (on map and in unit card) from early to late tier because early tier units already supposed to 'look' very late tier(with low tier stat)-I don't like that, and secondly we lost the iconic Golden Boys which is really sad as they really were noticeable and unique in that way as an uber tier unit, yes there are 'traces' of gold on the armor for those units but it's not the same feel to me they still look very similar to other units in the roster....if it were me I would have made mid to late tier all look Golden to represent remnants of old Numenorean units----
I wish they did a mix, keep the higher tier units like the Armsmen and Faithful with their original armor sets and upgrade the lower tier units to what we have now, I do like the new designs but they all seem way to similar to distinguish in combat and status of rank.
Why did you do ar pharazons faithful dirty like that. That unit take so long to get and costs soo much. Now they're middle of the pack pikemen? Other than that looks good, but seriously 5 attack? (Especially for a faction of numenorean descendants, that specializes in heavy infantry why sooo weak (and now pointless), just keep training southron pike or other pikes almost as good for 1/4 the cost)
They do come with a significantly higher defense than the southern pikemen, and a low pike attack is not truly indicative of their actual damage output. Though admittedly I do see where you are coming from, 5 is somewhat low compared to other elite pikes.
@Augimund I hear you. The higher armor and defense definitely make them better than most of their conscripted pikemen (and with pike animation attack is more like 15). However, being dark dunedain and focused on heavy infantry, they should probably (imo) be better than or at least equal to Tharbad royal guards. Especially with the fact that due to culture, they won't be as readily available as other units anywhere outside of your first few settlements(at least not for a long time). But that's just my opinion. Units look great, and thanks for doing overview. I can't wait to play v5 (just finishing up a few campaigns in 4.6 first). * Also, my fault, I just looked back and saw that AR pharazons faithful have been at 5 attack (I thought they were 6, at least (in previousversions), but I was wrong). I still think that's too low all things considered (but it's been that way, so again, my bad on that one.
@@craigw6923 the AA get melee weapon bonuses through their worship building. In my current campaign in 4.6 they are training with an 8 attack if I'm not mistaken.
@JL Chev yeah, for me too.Thats why I thought they lowered them in this video 😆. Although I still think the base attack should be closer to fountain guard (given they are also dunedain and all the culture disadvantages they have(in conqueredsettlements), and how much they cost, as well as the fact they are heavy infantry focused faction) but the guild/or whatever bonus they do get for mele makes them better
Good morning. Would it be possible to load the old Ar-Adunaim unit appearances, or make it look more like the Numenorean unit. Sincerely.
AA best start, besiege Minas Tirith 🤣
Wonder how Mordor would react ahah
I did a minas morgul run once but boi, it was hard xd. Prepare to be stuck for 50 turns.
With every new versrion, this faction has uglier and uglier unit models. The most beautiful were in 2.2, 4 also acceptable.
Just a pro top: i know it's late but you can speed up cultural spread with your spies
What ? Like putting spy in my city ?
@@matejcepel2912 yes, they merged the priest and spy
Despite all the care that clearly went into this baroque roster, I kinda dislike these new looks, except the azrazair units. I liked the old black and gold greco-roman better. It's a bit more sober and less out of place in Middle Earth
AA was my favorite faction, but the new units look like shit, they made me stop playing that faction.
i think i change to 4.6 again
Anyone else think this faction is just borderline deviantart OC garbage? They're immensely annoying because you're forced to fight doomstacks if you play as the High Elves. And if you destroy them early as Harad they just magic themselves back into existence because the devs precious OC Donut Steel faction isn't allowed to lose?