@@t3hsourcey yea i was looking for Krepost on Google, it literally means fortress but just in bulgarian. the thing is the bulagrian fortresses are not huge compared to german or frankish or teutonic castles. Reason for this is the actuall lanscape, bulgarias characteristic are huge mountains and rocky landscapes.
@STORM LORD Krepost rush is just much faster than Castle, because it's out sooner, before siege becomes involved. However, people have to consider Rams as a counter to Kreposti in their front yard.
@@t3hsourcey rams basically never work in castle age against civs with a unique unit that deals high melee attack. Just train unique unit and defend under castle/krepost fire
As a Bulgarian, I already know the answer. Didn't stop me from watching this, though. Also, that E in krepost is an E in the full sense. Like in sense. Use that E sound. Not AE, just a simple E. Krepost. As in sense. Krepost. Sense. Крепост. Means stronghold, fort... give or take.
I'd like to point out that an analysis of the villager time saved by not having to collect the 300 extra stone could be one of the deciding factors to wether go for a krepost or a castle. Those precious seconds you save could be the difference between getting map control of hill or successfully executing a Krepost drop.
Spirit should wait a bit before doing it because the 4 new civs are getting several changes (read: nerfs) in the near future. In particular, Steppe Lancers are getting a huge nerf that includes -2 damage for both regular and elite versions.
They probably also used some bricks and other materials while only some layers of prime walls are from whole stones. While much more of a castle built from whole stone so its more durable. Also one can argue that stone and gold mines are represent underground mines (as miner techs pictures imply) while sprite shows only ground top of that mines
I lost my best friend on Friday and he was my teammate in Ages; I only enjoyed playing 2v2 with a friend. These videos are what got me playing Ages again about 2 years ago and I got him to play with me after having both not played since 2000-2001 in college. It was an excuse to spend time with him online and talk while playing as we no longer lived in the same state. It was an escape for both of us, but maybe a more important one for him as he had been suffering from mental health issues since 2006 that he had struggled to beat. I wanted to get him gaming with me again as it was both a bit of a break from everything else and some nostalgia for both of us to a college era that we both thoroughly enjoyed. It’s difficult for me to watch these today, but I still am for now. Unfortunately, we only got to play one sort of trial DE game against each other before heading out to play online; gladly he won. I don’t know if I’ll play again, but just wanted to say thank you Spirit for giving me an excuse to bond with him again over the past couple of years before his passing.
Hey, I just wanted to let you know: I really enjoy your videos, I try to watch every single one because I really like your way of speaking and how you analyse and theory-craft the game. And I don't even play AoE!
@@tashakazulu8737 Well, why not? The Konnik is crazy strong with his ability to go on fighting dismounted and can be massed with Krepost rather than castles. Perhaps with cheaper dismounted Konniks it'll be a bit less OP.
that would be one sick gameplay idea, sounds amazing! Especially considering that "krepost" seems to translate to "keep" or whatnot, and a keep doesn't normally contain a stable
@@tashakazulu8737 the second argument doesnt Make sense. The dismounted konnik is in fact, called dismounted konnik. I dont see why it cant be called like that. This game isnt known for its logic, while still not being really far from reality. The dismounted konnik can get another name if people arent fine with it being called dismounted konnik. I dont think you have much time to stare at the name of the unit while playing the game, and I dont see it change much of the gameplay.
3:36 if it can be converted, then does the converted krepost allow for the creation of the other civ's UU?? I assume all the other things that are true of the krepost (like the +20 pop space) which are true for the bulgarians are true for the other civs with a converted one too
It also covers one of the most major weakness of the Unique Units: it’s easier to build lots of Kreposts than Castles. Thus, Bulgarians have a pretty nice leg up over most other Civs.
This is balanced by small creation time of many unique units, usually two times cheaper than most similar unit from barracks/stables. Yet smaller two times cheaper castle that build konniks is also a complicated way to have ability to mass konniks two times faster than their production time out of castles would be
Dear Spirit of the Law In the beginninining you say that the Krepost has a footprint of 3x3. But if you check it out with palisades or the ingame grid mod you will see, that it has the same 4x4 footprint as a castle. just the building foundation looks smaller but it still 4x4. :) It doesn't matter too much, just wanted to say it cheers mate
Great to pair with stables nearby and on top of key resourse spots faster. Supplement with a couple towers. Definitely still use normal castles in more important places like home or to solidify an advantage in a key part of the map.
I'm still wondering a bit about the synergistic effects of two Kreposts defending one another against siege versus one single castle defending itself. I know it's not quite "equal resources," but I wonder just how much that extra arrow fire actually contributes to the defensive power of a Krepost duo against different kinds of attacks.
As a production building for Konniks the lower stone cost could be a big plus, considering other civs with good unique units always have to consider the bottle neck from castle construction.
I think the krepost is a very interesting addition to the roster of offensive buildings. I wonder if something like a krepost rush would be more or less effective than a tower rush. Unrelated: I find it really weird that the trebuchet projectiles create these huge explosions on impact. I would've preferred a rock/debris/dust effect.
@@opretis8923in Russian Zamok is exactly Castle, Palace is Dvorets, and "Grad" is no longer used (but exist inside city names) but historically means fortified city. Or, more accurate, "fortress that have city inside". So, "gorod" = city, while all shit you build around the city to protect it - walls, towers, trenches, etc - together called "grad". Funny how meanings of the same words wonder around in kin languages
I think there's a specific synergy between the Krepost and the Bulgarians' lower stone cost TC's. Normally you have to choose between going for a castle and possibly sacrificing adding economy, or going for more TC's and not having the aggressive power a castle brings. With the cheaper Kreposts, you can put one down, start making Konnics, and still be able to add a TC or two as well. Additionally, it also makes massing Konnics a lot easier than other unique units, as you can build more Kreposts than castles, usually.
Nice video, once again :D Now, what I would love to see is the math behind the moment you should do Loom. From instantly at game start to all the way up your 3rd TC in castle age or something. Would be very helpful :D
Agreed. Although in German we have an even better word (imo at least): "Abgespeckt" which is used either for smaller or less complex versions of something or when somebody lost weight. Closest translation would be slimmed down but I like the literal translation and since "Speck" translates to bacon or, in this case more fitting, flab so to be more literal I will suggest the neologism "deflabbed".
amazing video, i just miss some of the graphs and derivatives in the middle of the video, i like how you use math and calculus to answer questions of a game. Even without it still a great content
Interesting coming here from the furture. Kreposts have been buffed a bit. Slightly higher attack and conversion proof now I believe from whats showcased here.
The word "Крепость" means a fortress, from the old Slovenian word "Крепкий" which translates as firm. However, a "Крепость" is a concept regarding a complex of defensive structures, and not just a fort. Thanks for the video.
When I learned the stats of the new civs, I felt they were all a little OP in their own ways (especially the Cumans' feudal TC and siege), but having watched a few games by Viper and T90, I don't think they're _quite_ as OP anymore. But yeah, this Krepost is still certainly a big thing. The most OP new civ, though, is the Tatars with their obsidian archers.
5:00: That's why: 1. Bulgarians don't get Hoardings. 2. Kreposti make no trebuchets so that castles are required. 3. Bulgarians get no direct economy bonuses. Definitely a forward krepost is going to be a great addition since it also supplies population. The fact it can get converted makes the importance of Heresy even bigger, because your opponents will get a bigger tower for free. Goodness gracious Bulgarians get that tech so that they can always fight back. I expect the full civ review with no patience.
It's actually hilarious the "unique unit" and "unique castle" are literally simple word translations, and it makes me think that the developers didn't do the research. Krepost literally means fortification, as in, the only difference between a castle and a fort being whether a feudal lord lives in it. In Bulgarian, the words are interchangeable and usually refer to the same structure, although krepost can refer to a fortified city as well as a fortified house (aka castle). Konnik translates to "horse rider", or cavalry rider. As in, all cavalry in AOE2 are called Konnik in Bulgarian. Pronounciations: You almost have krepost perfect. Try the "cre" as a french person would say it from the word crepe, and post, like a wooden post. Accent on first syllable. Bonus points if you can roll your "r"s ;) Konnik - you almost got it. Hard "o" instead of the american ao. Distinct 2 syllables. Kon Nik (like the nights who say Ni, but Nik) I won't go into the plurals :P
Hey, could you maybe to a video on the second cuman TC, about like how many vills you should invest there, when to build or not to build it (since the old "what a TC really costs) video is only about the castle age :)
As the SNEK proved, they work very well as a castle age version of a tower rush. Your opponent wont have heavy siege out by that time, and they wont expect the quickly built and affordable kreposts that suddenly just pop up around their base like wildfire.
Holy shit... wow, I've been watching a few videoes from a British linguist. And he's been on about a few points between Americanised pronunciation & British forms of it - it'd be nice for him to detail other accent's minutiae, but alas these are his focusses. Cree-Post is just hitting me so hard after watching those barely an hour ago!
So from what I gather from this vid (and I'm not aware of updates) and compare 2 castles vs 3 krepost. The krepost do more damage, have more tile coverage (unless overlap which leads to even more damage in a smaller are), are 20% cheaper, cost 50 seconds longer to construct, give 60 more pop space, less hp and train more units in a given time. About the pop space. If you add the building time needed to build 12 houses to the castles, then you need 55% more time for the castles + houses. It would add a 300 wood cost as well. So aside from 1 castle to research stuff with and build some trebs I don't really see why I would build more. The krepost outperforms the castle everywhere in cost efficiency except hp, while being significant cheaper.
Two things: How do they compare to towers, that's what would interest me more! Is a Krepost-rush better than a tower-rush now, especially after the nerf? They don't cost wood, probably have better range/attack/HP AND they can produce a unit! Second, isn't the Konnik produced slower in the Krepost? By how much? Does conscription help with that? Is it a viable tactic to getting the Konnik out faster i.e. better massing? I guess it comes down to "Krepost = anti-raiding + rush" and "Castle = techs + anti-trebs". I guess one castle in the CA for the techs and rest Krepost-rush will be extremely OP while they lose their edge in the IA?
is the perfect response for when you want to build a castle for defensive prupose... but also don't want to rely on towers to buy some time..and lose some resourves in the process
When seeing you or T90 first use it, I instantly noticed it is basically a "super tower" with stable functions. Their firepower over HP side. The quick building. Their vulnerability to siege. The smaller footprint. Relatively cheap cost. All hallmarks of a anti-raiding defense or tower rush - not a mainline defense. So it actually feels a bit wrong to compare it to the castle. It is more a super tower/stable hybrid.
Spirit, others might have said it already but when it comes to prononciation you say it more like a Cray-post where it should be a Kre-post. The same sound as in Crenellations. And on that note Konnik (which literally means "horseman") has that long "n" sound, so as if it was two separate words: kon-nik, which I'm struggling to think of an example for in English.
Defense doesn't really matter, if you build 2 kreposts, you get nearly double the attack, +-same health and larger range for almost the same price as the castle.
I'm interested in it's delay power. Sometimes if one side is pushing fast and my side is dying, I just try to delay as long as possible by building castles and repairing them. Is the Krepost with the same amount of repair villagers a better stone investment than castles? It seems like it is.
i like how new civs have unique buildings and stuff, but the only unit that i can think of that has not been used as an unique unit is the monk.. i mean sure the spanish have missionary, but there is no civ that has just a monk as a unique unit.. it could have a bit of attack together with buffed monk stats.. or conversion/healing a small group at once.. maybe he can convert/summon gaia units or buildings like castles and towncenters. or even wackier, ha reduces the accuracy of a treb (probably kind of useless unless it gets so bad it even misses a castle).
it's either that or some kind of epic siege unit, like a treb that shoots multiple projectiles, this would give it a use against groups of enemies. or a siege tower that has a ram built in, so that you can attack a wall while also hopping your units over at the cost of micro management.
hey SotL as a video request, could you make a video like "the best ranged non-siege, siege unit" ? what i mean is units like gbeto, mayan archer line with obsidian arrows, throwing axemen, arambai, elephant archers etc. etc. basically any unit that is actually decent at destroying buildings at range that isn't a siege unit.
+1 but why "at range"? a ram is also clearly a siege unit but without range. I suggest comparing building destruction ability to compare from any unit in the game. Where range might be useful as one of the parameters to know if it scales to build more of them. If you send in 100 units, without any range only a handful of them will actually attack the building, the other's are stuck in pathfinding instead, yet I wouldn't underestimate 50 paladins in a base trade situation ...
I like it. I’ve heard some people think it should be nerfed but I don’t think so. If they do nerf it I think it should just be like add 200 wood to the cost or something.
So 2 krepost is 700 stone while a castle is 650, i would consider that having 2 krepost are like one castle, when we are talking about defense and attack, i think you shoul compare situations like that, like havin a cap ram agains 2 krepost and compare how much damage output does, compared to the castle, because 2 have more damage that 1 castle ( i think ) so outcomes of hp left could be even better if you calculate on %. Im sorry if there are mistakes spirit english is not my normal language.
![Beginners guide to countering every Unique Unit [AoE2]](/img/n.gif)
4:25 We need that sheep
But Sir we're under siege
I told the sheep first!
King: What sheep? I MEANT THE RAM, YOU FOOL! THE BATTERING RAM AT THE FOOT OF OUR KREPOST, NOT THE MALE SHEEP IN THE DISTANCE!
"General Sheepfucker, we need to-"
"No. Sheep first. For... strategy and stuff."
Omg! That's SUCH a great detail! :D
@@varunmanjunath9123 I'm feeling bad as very few people got the joke.
0:17 It's just the classic Bulgarian efficiency
Good to know that Shaggy from Scooby Doo plays AOE2
@@himurakenshin5380 He only needs 0.2% of his power to maintain a high rank on Voobly
Eheheheh, it's not efficiency, it's just that the location itself is so defendable, that you don't need a huge ass castle to act as all the defense.
@@himurakenshin5380 Like, zoinks!
@@t3hsourcey yea i was looking for Krepost on Google, it literally means fortress but just in bulgarian. the thing is the bulagrian fortresses are not huge compared to german or frankish or teutonic castles. Reason for this is the actuall lanscape, bulgarias characteristic are huge mountains and rocky landscapes.
Bulgarians: Starts building tons of kreposts around the Franks Town center.
Franks: *Why do I hear boss music?*
@STORM LORD Krepost rush is just much faster than Castle, because it's out sooner, before siege becomes involved. However, people have to consider Rams as a counter to Kreposti in their front yard.
@@t3hsourcey rams basically never work in castle age against civs with a unique unit that deals high melee attack. Just train unique unit and defend under castle/krepost fire
@@t3hsourcey
Cumans will get rams since Feudal Age which makes them practically unbeatable by any strategy Bulgarians have.
@@t3hsourcey Is that a typo or is the plural of Krepost really Kreposti?
@@shahraihan4738 One - Krepost, many - Kreposti
"Thanks for watching, and I'll see you next time."
...How can he see me?!
He calculates your position.
Put tape over your webcam! Then he won't know who's watching his videos
He's already researched spies
Trust me, you don't want to know it
He’s got a scout in your base. Gotta chase him out before he sees your build order.
Man, you always make me want to get back into this game
You should
get xbox game pass first month is only $1.
Me too
Mah-dry-bread should do a Age of Empires 2 challenge run. All senario play completed with out losing a unit.
Ngl I literally came back to the game after watching his videos
The trebuchet ball hitting buildings animation is amazing
Alison Sanches Krinski
I dont think its explosion ,it’s just dust from stone crashing
@Alison Sanches Krinski is there a problem? too much contrast with the larger-than-houses horses?
@Alison Sanches Krinski Micheal bay trebuchet.
Alison Sanches Krinski exploding javelins? I dont remember that. Are you talking about the javelin impact effect on terrain?
@@difficultbastard Trebubay
Is it half a castle or is it double a tower?
Yes
is the glass half empty or half full?
It is
fortress in Bulgarian
definitive edition making you ask the philosophical questions of life
@@Hellspooned2 Ok
As a Bulgarian, I already know the answer. Didn't stop me from watching this, though.
Also, that E in krepost is an E in the full sense. Like in sense. Use that E sound. Not AE, just a simple E. Krepost. As in sense. Krepost. Sense. Крепост. Means stronghold, fort... give or take.
Ето този коментар търсих. Респект!
@@ILasaroff каво
@@wakeup3018 Почему у болгар есть крепость, а у нас нет(((
@@Kyli4 У славян есть "дружина", а у болгар нет.
Sirtael Ellevalerie но крепость то и у нас есть
I'd like to point out that an analysis of the villager time saved by not having to collect the 300 extra stone could be one of the deciding factors to wether go for a krepost or a castle. Those precious seconds you save could be the difference between getting map control of hill or successfully executing a Krepost drop.
From my experience these are best in early castle for map control + massing konniks
I kinda miss some things, like how much damage a krepost can do to a castle foundation. Or if a krepost can win with an elevation bonus
Can't wait for Bulgarians civ overview
Yeah
Spirit should wait a bit before doing it because the 4 new civs are getting several changes (read: nerfs) in the near future.
In particular, Steppe Lancers are getting a huge nerf that includes -2 damage for both regular and elite versions.
@@darkdill oof, that gonna hurt
Krepost literally means “castle” btw. Or keep if you prefer.
P.S. Yes "zamok" is more literal word for castle but Krepost also means roughly the same.
In turkish or in bulgarian?
Krepost is more like 'Fortress' or like you said 'Keep'.
Zamok is the word for castle
In Russian - Krepost = Крепость, Сastle = Замок.
Actually it means fortress.
@@КланЭшин thats the same only in kyrill
Man, those buildings are just gorgeous. I want to be able to make something like this someday.
The Virgin Fast Castle VS The Chad Quick Krepost
Vs the incel instant towncenter
Man fuck the Nazis! All my homines hate the Nazis.
@@antonio-onism9814 Lol, what?
@@Jonas-ij4td nah watch tower
Krepost-haste!
0:17
1785 : *Law of Conservation of Mass discovered*
This games time frame: 3rd- 16th century.......
There you go
Yeah... I wish they had never "discovered" (invented!) that law. 😟
They probably also used some bricks and other materials while only some layers of prime walls are from whole stones. While much more of a castle built from whole stone so its more durable.
Also one can argue that stone and gold mines are represent underground mines (as miner techs pictures imply) while sprite shows only ground top of that mines
I lost my best friend on Friday and he was my teammate in Ages; I only enjoyed playing 2v2 with a friend. These videos are what got me playing Ages again about 2 years ago and I got him to play with me after having both not played since 2000-2001 in college. It was an excuse to spend time with him online and talk while playing as we no longer lived in the same state. It was an escape for both of us, but maybe a more important one for him as he had been suffering from mental health issues since 2006 that he had struggled to beat. I wanted to get him gaming with me again as it was both a bit of a break from everything else and some nostalgia for both of us to a college era that we both thoroughly enjoyed. It’s difficult for me to watch these today, but I still am for now. Unfortunately, we only got to play one sort of trial DE game against each other before heading out to play online; gladly he won. I don’t know if I’ll play again, but just wanted to say thank you Spirit for giving me an excuse to bond with him again over the past couple of years before his passing.
These new videos and consistent daily uploads are great and all but when are we getting the Definitive Edition of your intro song???
Hey, I just wanted to let you know: I really enjoy your videos, I try to watch every single one because I really like your way of speaking and how you analyse and theory-craft the game. And I don't even play AoE!
Kinda wished these would train dismounted konniks instead if mounted ones
that makes less than zero sense
@@tashakazulu8737 Well, why not? The Konnik is crazy strong with his ability to go on fighting dismounted and can be massed with Krepost rather than castles. Perhaps with cheaper dismounted Konniks it'll be a bit less OP.
@@EorldeJonge 1st you are crying something is op without even trying it in action.
2nd konnik means horseman
that would be one sick gameplay idea, sounds amazing! Especially considering that "krepost" seems to translate to "keep" or whatnot, and a keep doesn't normally contain a stable
@@tashakazulu8737 the second argument doesnt Make sense. The dismounted konnik is in fact, called dismounted konnik. I dont see why it cant be called like that. This game isnt known for its logic, while still not being really far from reality. The dismounted konnik can get another name if people arent fine with it being called dismounted konnik. I dont think you have much time to stare at the name of the unit while playing the game, and I dont see it change much of the gameplay.
3:36 if it can be converted, then does the converted krepost allow for the creation of the other civ's UU??
I assume all the other things that are true of the krepost (like the +20 pop space) which are true for the bulgarians are true for the other civs with a converted one too
Can't wait for the new civ overviews!
The best thing about aoe2 DE is that we get more spirit of La Hire videos
Ahh my SOTL video I can finally start my day
It also covers one of the most major weakness of the Unique Units: it’s easier to build lots of Kreposts than Castles. Thus, Bulgarians have a pretty nice leg up over most other Civs.
This is balanced by small creation time of many unique units, usually two times cheaper than most similar unit from barracks/stables. Yet smaller two times cheaper castle that build konniks is also a complicated way to have ability to mass konniks two times faster than their production time out of castles would be
Please do conprehensive civ reviews for the new civs like you did for the earlier ones. Your analisys is the best!
0:28 when the villager having contructed the Krepost is about to help his mate build the castle but is stopped.
I wonder when I'll hear someone finally say Kreh-post and not Kray-post, awesome video nonetheless.
Still, better Kray-post than Kree-post.
I think its also not entirely unimportant that the difference in durability can be offset by walls (at least against anything short of trebs)
Dear Spirit of the Law
In the beginninining you say that the Krepost has a footprint of 3x3. But if you check it out with palisades or the ingame grid mod you will see, that it has the same 4x4 footprint as a castle. just the building foundation looks smaller but it still 4x4. :) It doesn't matter too much, just wanted to say it
cheers mate
Thinkinize it’s 3x3 now, after the update.
@@LordVelari Yes I know... but at the time of the release it wasnt, thats why i postet it :)
@@thinkinize5530 I see.. anyway I'm quite happy that they made it smaller. Just much better looking and makes more sense.
Great to pair with stables nearby and on top of key resourse spots faster. Supplement with a couple towers. Definitely still use normal castles in more important places like home or to solidify an advantage in a key part of the map.
Now we need a Bulgarian civ overview.
But more than half castle, but less than twice a unit - very fascinating civ!
I'm still wondering a bit about the synergistic effects of two Kreposts defending one another against siege versus one single castle defending itself. I know it's not quite "equal resources," but I wonder just how much that extra arrow fire actually contributes to the defensive power of a Krepost duo against different kinds of attacks.
As a production building for Konniks the lower stone cost could be a big plus, considering other civs with good unique units always have to consider the bottle neck from castle construction.
Very close to that 200k!! KEEP UP
i Really miss that arrows don't stick in the ground anymore after a shot is missed.
Franks Castle vs Bulgarians Krepost when?
Answer: Frank castle is better in every way. Hence their #1 win rate on Voobly
Lucas Jeffrey now what if in same cost comparison
@@Lucas_Jeffrey Krepost were not used on voobly so we don't know. They have that rush ability that regullar castles lack.
When? I would suggest building Frankish castles when you play with Franks and Kreposti when you play as Bulgarians. ;)
I think the krepost is a very interesting addition to the roster of offensive buildings. I wonder if something like a krepost rush would be more or less effective than a tower rush.
Unrelated:
I find it really weird that the trebuchet projectiles create these huge explosions on impact. I would've preferred a rock/debris/dust effect.
We love ur upload rate right now spirit :)
im still messed up with the ivaylo campaign ending, and i watched that 1 week ago...
He got Jon Snow'd
God I love your videos, please keep them coming we'll watch every one.
I came early. Is this a gift from the gods? Great video Spirit.
I guess you can say
* puts on glasses *
he makes really good videos
@@ImperialDiecast Really good videos actually. Omg i hav 12 likes, i'm dying. :o
“Krepost” means “stronghold”
“Zamok” means “Castle”
In Slavic speaking countries.
not exactly, Zamok (Zámok, Zámek etc) is more like Palace...Castle is for example in Czechia "Hrad".
We say "zamak" in my country but the precious post is right too.
@@opretis8923 In Polish, Zamek means Castle, while Pałac means Palace
@@opretis8923in Russian Zamok is exactly Castle, Palace is Dvorets, and "Grad" is no longer used (but exist inside city names) but historically means fortified city. Or, more accurate, "fortress that have city inside". So, "gorod" = city, while all shit you build around the city to protect it - walls, towers, trenches, etc - together called "grad".
Funny how meanings of the same words wonder around in kin languages
So mamy uploads I LOVE IT
I think there's a specific synergy between the Krepost and the Bulgarians' lower stone cost TC's. Normally you have to choose between going for a castle and possibly sacrificing adding economy, or going for more TC's and not having the aggressive power a castle brings. With the cheaper Kreposts, you can put one down, start making Konnics, and still be able to add a TC or two as well. Additionally, it also makes massing Konnics a lot easier than other unique units, as you can build more Kreposts than castles, usually.
I really miss the old intro!
Thanks for posting this.
Nice video, once again :D
Now, what I would love to see is the math behind the moment you should do Loom. From instantly at game start to all the way up your 3rd TC in castle age or something. Would be very helpful :D
~30 seconds before the first otherwise deadly attack on one of your villagers, obviously. 😛
Excellent Choice!
"Diet Castle" lmao gonna steal that!
Agreed. Although in German we have an even better word (imo at least): "Abgespeckt" which is used either for smaller or less complex versions of something or when somebody lost weight. Closest translation would be slimmed down but I like the literal translation and since "Speck" translates to bacon or, in this case more fitting, flab so to be more literal I will suggest the neologism "deflabbed".
amazing video, i just miss some of the graphs and derivatives in the middle of the video, i like how you use math and calculus to answer questions of a game. Even without it still a great content
I feel the same
@Spiritofthelaw What about a video showcasing all of the civ architectures in DE?
Nice video, very interesting!
Today I finally managed to beat Honfoglalás at hard difficulty !
I've always loved that scenario, since the forgotten expansion
Man I love these videos
Interesting coming here from the furture. Kreposts have been buffed a bit. Slightly higher attack and conversion proof now I believe from whats showcased here.
The word "Крепость" means a fortress, from the old Slovenian word "Крепкий" which translates as firm. However, a "Крепость" is a concept regarding a complex of defensive structures, and not just a fort. Thanks for the video.
Can you please do overviews of the new civilizations?
When you choose Spirit of the Law Videos over other new posted Videos
When I learned the stats of the new civs, I felt they were all a little OP in their own ways (especially the Cumans' feudal TC and siege), but having watched a few games by Viper and T90, I don't think they're _quite_ as OP anymore. But yeah, this Krepost is still certainly a big thing.
The most OP new civ, though, is the Tatars with their obsidian archers.
You wot mate? Nothing about the Tatars makes their archers any more obsidian than any other. The Saracens on the other hand...
@@AlphaSquadZero oops, yeah, derp. :-P
Saracen archers were massively buffed.
5:00: That's why:
1. Bulgarians don't get Hoardings.
2. Kreposti make no trebuchets so that castles are required.
3. Bulgarians get no direct economy bonuses.
Definitely a forward krepost is going to be a great addition since it also supplies population. The fact it can get converted makes the importance of Heresy even bigger, because your opponents will get a bigger tower for free. Goodness gracious Bulgarians get that tech so that they can always fight back. I expect the full civ review with no patience.
I love it, highly interesting, I am yet to take the Bulgarian army to battle and it will be intriguing to have this lesser castle at your disposal.
Is it just me or does the krepost just look nice as hell ?? like it would be super fun to just look at it, watch it being build and used ?
2:48 You Kreposted in the wrong neighbourhood!
It's actually hilarious the "unique unit" and "unique castle" are literally simple word translations, and it makes me think that the developers didn't do the research.
Krepost literally means fortification, as in, the only difference between a castle and a fort being whether a feudal lord lives in it. In Bulgarian, the words are interchangeable and usually refer to the same structure, although krepost can refer to a fortified city as well as a fortified house (aka castle).
Konnik translates to "horse rider", or cavalry rider. As in, all cavalry in AOE2 are called Konnik in Bulgarian.
Pronounciations:
You almost have krepost perfect. Try the "cre" as a french person would say it from the word crepe, and post, like a wooden post. Accent on first syllable. Bonus points if you can roll your "r"s ;)
Konnik - you almost got it. Hard "o" instead of the american ao. Distinct 2 syllables. Kon Nik (like the nights who say Ni, but Nik)
I won't go into the plurals :P
Nice post man! I was thinking the same thing.
Креростй
Hey, could you maybe to a video on the second cuman TC, about like how many vills you should invest there, when to build or not to build it (since the old "what a TC really costs) video is only about the castle age :)
As the SNEK proved, they work very well as a castle age version of a tower rush. Your opponent wont have heavy siege out by that time, and they wont expect the quickly built and affordable kreposts that suddenly just pop up around their base like wildfire.
4:25 Gotta get that sheep first. Priorities.
Holy shit... wow, I've been watching a few videoes from a British linguist. And he's been on about a few points between Americanised pronunciation & British forms of it - it'd be nice for him to detail other accent's minutiae, but alas these are his focusses.
Cree-Post is just hitting me so hard after watching those barely an hour ago!
we need a video on steppe lancers
great vid as usual
Feel good to see you civilization in age of empires
I don't even play AoE, but I love watching these videos
So from what I gather from this vid (and I'm not aware of updates) and compare 2 castles vs 3 krepost. The krepost do more damage, have more tile coverage (unless overlap which leads to even more damage in a smaller are), are 20% cheaper, cost 50 seconds longer to construct, give 60 more pop space, less hp and train more units in a given time.
About the pop space. If you add the building time needed to build 12 houses to the castles, then you need 55% more time for the castles + houses. It would add a 300 wood cost as well.
So aside from 1 castle to research stuff with and build some trebs I don't really see why I would build more. The krepost outperforms the castle everywhere in cost efficiency except hp, while being significant cheaper.
Two things:
How do they compare to towers, that's what would interest me more! Is a Krepost-rush better than a tower-rush now, especially after the nerf? They don't cost wood, probably have better range/attack/HP AND they can produce a unit!
Second, isn't the Konnik produced slower in the Krepost? By how much? Does conscription help with that? Is it a viable tactic to getting the Konnik out faster i.e. better massing?
I guess it comes down to "Krepost = anti-raiding + rush" and "Castle = techs + anti-trebs". I guess one castle in the CA for the techs and rest Krepost-rush will be extremely OP while they lose their edge in the IA?
When are we going to a top 5 best gold producing civs or other economic activities
We really needs full new civilization profiles please
love the content buddy
is the perfect response for when you want to build a castle for defensive prupose... but also don't want to rely on towers to buy some time..and lose some resourves in the process
I miss your old intro
La Hire’s sword would make a quick work of this demi-portion of a château!
When seeing you or T90 first use it, I instantly noticed it is basically a "super tower" with stable functions.
Their firepower over HP side. The quick building. Their vulnerability to siege. The smaller footprint. Relatively cheap cost. All hallmarks of a anti-raiding defense or tower rush - not a mainline defense.
So it actually feels a bit wrong to compare it to the castle. It is more a super tower/stable hybrid.
Yes inject more of this daily uploads in my veins
Waiting for your civ review, when is it coming
Spirit, others might have said it already but when it comes to prononciation you say it more like a Cray-post where it should be a Kre-post. The same sound as in Crenellations. And on that note Konnik (which literally means "horseman") has that long "n" sound, so as if it was two separate words: kon-nik, which I'm struggling to think of an example for in English.
I was today years old when I learned that it isn't Krebpost. How I've missed this for so long, I cannot say.
Defense doesn't really matter, if you build 2 kreposts, you get nearly double the attack, +-same health and larger range for almost the same price as the castle.
Very little mention of the size...
Being smaller, you can fit it better in both offense and defense situations
I'm interested in it's delay power. Sometimes if one side is pushing fast and my side is dying, I just try to delay as long as possible by building castles and repairing them. Is the Krepost with the same amount of repair villagers a better stone investment than castles? It seems like it is.
i like how new civs have unique buildings and stuff, but the only unit that i can think of that has not been used as an unique unit is the monk.. i mean sure the spanish have missionary, but there is no civ that has just a monk as a unique unit.. it could have a bit of attack together with buffed monk stats.. or conversion/healing a small group at once.. maybe he can convert/summon gaia units or buildings like castles and towncenters. or even wackier, ha reduces the accuracy of a treb (probably kind of useless unless it gets so bad it even misses a castle).
it's either that or some kind of epic siege unit, like a treb that shoots multiple projectiles, this would give it a use against groups of enemies. or a siege tower that has a ram built in, so that you can attack a wall while also hopping your units over at the cost of micro management.
I’d like to see an analysis on how fast Bulgarians can fast imp using krepost. Which civ can imp fastest?
hey SotL
as a video request, could you make a video like "the best ranged non-siege, siege unit" ?
what i mean is units like gbeto, mayan archer line with obsidian arrows, throwing axemen, arambai, elephant archers etc. etc.
basically any unit that is actually decent at destroying buildings at range that isn't a siege unit.
+1 but why "at range"? a ram is also clearly a siege unit but without range. I suggest comparing building destruction ability to compare from any unit in the game. Where range might be useful as one of the parameters to know if it scales to build more of them. If you send in 100 units, without any range only a handful of them will actually attack the building, the other's are stuck in pathfinding instead, yet I wouldn't underestimate 50 paladins in a base trade situation ...
Awesome!!
Also It may be time to update the outro with all eyecady from DE!!
just saying
I like it. I’ve heard some people think it should be nerfed but I don’t think so. If they do nerf it I think it should just be like add 200 wood to the cost or something.
Българите са страхотни!
Nice
They just made the most op castle rush civ in history. Pretty sure we will see people building siege in castle age much earlier from now.
So 2 krepost is 700 stone while a castle is 650, i would consider that having 2 krepost are like one castle, when we are talking about defense and attack, i think you shoul compare situations like that, like havin a cap ram agains 2 krepost and compare how much damage output does, compared to the castle, because 2 have more damage that 1 castle ( i think ) so outcomes of hp left could be even better if you calculate on %.
Im sorry if there are mistakes spirit english is not my normal language.
Nice to build around your economy at home [especially for newer players] however castle is still preferable for offensive placements
Надо будет протестировать крепость, полезное видео.