Man gotta say it, your video intro is stellar. TLDR in the first 60 seconds for anyone who already has an idea, an epic intro that zooms in on action, with a segment that specifically shows off the town and what you were describing fast forwarded so we can actually see it in practice in a short amount of time. Really great job!
Fantastic review. I really benefited from your breakdown of what to do in different situations as I've just started playing scouts. Also I like your take on selling food at the bottomed out prices.
Great video Surv. An idea for another that many people (including you) have touched on but I haven't seen in depth is "How to choose which opening to go for", assuming your civ doesn't obviously shunt you in one direction. I reckon all the considerations re. open maps, civ match up, position of resources, defence Vs offence, wall timing, late game composition, and more would make for very useful content.
This is actually a sick idea. How to properly take into account civ matchup, scouting info, etc and how early to try to go. Ex you're against Mongols or Franks but you see them on gold, try to go up at 20 or 21 and get a fast range maybe? But then what? This kinda stuff
Maybe at least one limitied to just map factors. The number of time I have heard a pro say something like "oh my map is great for archers, MAA, scouts etc." With no idea what map factors lead them to think that is a very high number
@@alanmillis6998 At a basic level I think it's: if back berries --> scouts, if back gold --> archers...but what if both are back, or both forwards, or if you have front berries but it's easy to wall?
Is that the middle eastern light cav line in the thumbnail? I'm really happy my artwork reachs beyond a reddit post. Thank you for having it there. It may seems something minor but it means a lot to me.
Great video! One small detail, I don't know if it's just on my end, but the volume balance between the music sections and the speaking sections is a bit off, the music is too loud.
sometimes i go also LC with hindustanis or bengalis as a replacement for kts. maybe even with dravidians, but without bloodlines it is just a very desperate need for cavalry
Raiding unit go brrrrrr. Also, to anyone wondering, conversions aren’t so RNG anymore. Don’t worry about losing Scouts to conversion early into wololo.
Not sure when you made this but I feel Hindustanis deserve a mention here for viable light cav against walls with the attack bonus on stable units and cheap villagers
@@alanmillis6998 If the game plays out where you have a lot of scouts in feudal age, then it's fine to go light cav. It's definitely not standard play though. Adding scouts delays castle age too much usually.
I am not so sure that light cav loses to crossbow and hussar loses to arbalest. In situations where the enemy has a relatively small mass of archers, they can trade quite cost effectively with equal rss and an open field. For example, in castle age, if the enemy has around 25 crossbows without thumb ring(which is a reasonable amount) , you can be almost sure you will clear them with ~20 light cavs. The reason knights are better is just because it's easier to reach the required mass considering it's easier getting 1000 food and 1000 gold in castle age compared to 2000 food. The enemy also needs more archers to one shot a knight and reduce your damage output and in a tight spot, 5 knights hitting is a lot more damage than 5 light cav hitting the archers. So basically I agree with your conclusion about using knights, it's just that the reason is a bit more complex than "light cav lose to crossbows".
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I'm an expert at dying to TCs with my dark age scout. It's good to be a master of at least one of its capabilities.
Fast feudal scout rush into TC and GG is unbeatable
Man gotta say it, your video intro is stellar.
TLDR in the first 60 seconds for anyone who already has an idea, an epic intro that zooms in on action, with a segment that specifically shows off the town and what you were describing fast forwarded so we can actually see it in practice in a short amount of time.
Really great job!
damn, your video-editing is really top notch. And now even in 4k, love it!
Thank www.youtube.com/@Hjoerleif for the editing in this one.
Fantastic review. I really benefited from your breakdown of what to do in different situations as I've just started playing scouts. Also I like your take on selling food at the bottomed out prices.
Great video Surv. An idea for another that many people (including you) have touched on but I haven't seen in depth is "How to choose which opening to go for", assuming your civ doesn't obviously shunt you in one direction. I reckon all the considerations re. open maps, civ match up, position of resources, defence Vs offence, wall timing, late game composition, and more would make for very useful content.
This is actually a sick idea. How to properly take into account civ matchup, scouting info, etc and how early to try to go. Ex you're against Mongols or Franks but you see them on gold, try to go up at 20 or 21 and get a fast range maybe? But then what? This kinda stuff
Really complicated topic, but could be worth coming up with a way to present this information.
Maybe at least one limitied to just map factors. The number of time I have heard a pro say something like "oh my map is great for archers, MAA, scouts etc." With no idea what map factors lead them to think that is a very high number
@@alanmillis6998 At a basic level I think it's: if back berries --> scouts, if back gold --> archers...but what if both are back, or both forwards, or if you have front berries but it's easy to wall?
So many options, I think I will choose "Die to TC"
Is that the middle eastern light cav line in the thumbnail?
I'm really happy my artwork reachs beyond a reddit post. Thank you for having it there. It may seems something minor but it means a lot to me.
You left off one important thing about hussar: They look cool; one of the most important stats is cool-lookingness.
between top player videos and SOTL, you really fill that gap by doing deep dives into the strategy of certain plays. thanks a lot!
Great video! One small detail, I don't know if it's just on my end, but the volume balance between the music sections and the speaking sections is a bit off, the music is too loud.
That got past me. I'll keep it in mind next time! Cheers
Thank you! Now if only I had even a faintest chance of applying this knowledge :D
I've been playing for years and I'm surprised I'm just now finding Survivalist lol.
thanks @Survivalist for a great video
one little adding fact for the winged hussar: he is besides the condosteri the only unit in the game with anti gunpowder dmg
Once again awesome video for community love it !
I have perfected the "dying to tc" option in dark age
This is a great idea for a video series!
sometimes i go also LC with hindustanis or bengalis as a replacement for kts.
maybe even with dravidians, but without bloodlines it is just a very desperate need for cavalry
Amazing video!
The Scout Line: Best units to commit AoE warcrimes!
Your videos have excellent production quality.
excellent video !!!
Love it
Dying to tc - i knew at least one use case applied to my games 😅
“Dying to TC” 😂😂
My opening scout excels at dying to the TC 11
4:53 and mongols?
Raiding unit go brrrrrr.
Also, to anyone wondering, conversions aren’t so RNG anymore. Don’t worry about losing Scouts to conversion early into wololo.
When are You coming back to twitch?
Today
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Not sure when you made this but I feel Hindustanis deserve a mention here for viable light cav against walls with the attack bonus on stable units and cheap villagers
You're still probably better off doing camels though and then going into ghulam later though.
@@SurvivalistAoE even if you added the wxtra scouts in fuedal?
@@alanmillis6998 If the game plays out where you have a lot of scouts in feudal age, then it's fine to go light cav. It's definitely not standard play though. Adding scouts delays castle age too much usually.
Nice Video ! Sub & Big Like ! Nice sharing !!
ありがとうございました。日本のチャンネルですか？実は一か月に日本に行った旅行から戻りまして、すごく楽しかったです。
@@SurvivalistAoE はい！日本のチャンネルです☆日本に来ていただいて、楽しかったと言ってもらえてとてもうれしいです(^0^)
I am not so sure that light cav loses to crossbow and hussar loses to arbalest. In situations where the enemy has a relatively small mass of archers, they can trade quite cost effectively with equal rss and an open field. For example, in castle age, if the enemy has around 25 crossbows without thumb ring(which is a reasonable amount) , you can be almost sure you will clear them with ~20 light cavs. The reason knights are better is just because it's easier to reach the required mass considering it's easier getting 1000 food and 1000 gold in castle age compared to 2000 food. The enemy also needs more archers to one shot a knight and reduce your damage output and in a tight spot, 5 knights hitting is a lot more damage than 5 light cav hitting the archers. So basically I agree with your conclusion about using knights, it's just that the reason is a bit more complex than "light cav lose to crossbows".
Unless there’s some pointy stick boys around to ruin the fun
good visuals