Great guide mate! I'm sure it's going to be very useful to many new players. I would just add few things that I think could contribute to the video. 1. Use your hero/explorer/scout unit to scout the map. You want to look for enemy settlers trying to build a forward base to rush you. If you manage to spot them when they leave the protection of their TC and are walking towards the building location, you can switch your hero to melee attack and attack them. What this will do is snare them and they will take longer to reach the building location, which could give you some very valuable seconds to defend. 2. You want to be having a look under your enemy town center when they age up (usually about 4min 12s for most civs but less than 4min with Ottomans) so you can see what crates spawn under the enemy TC and what is your enemy doing in his base. You should check and try to confirm that you are actually being rushed! If your enemy plays as Ottomans and you prepare to defend a rush but then you see 200c and an outpost wagon appear on age up, you are most certainly not being rushed but he is fast fortressing you so you have to adapt. Instead of defending your base, try to do damage while the enemy is weak and age up yourself without over committing to Age2. 3. When defending with your town center. Try to avoid having more than 10 villagers gathered inside of it since the villagers above 10 will not provide additional damage so they will be basically useless. As much as possible, have your villagers gathering away from enemy fire. 4. This is a bit more advanced but if you confirm the rush, you can build a couple of long wall segments between your ranged units or canons and the enemy units before they arrive (you can delete the pillars so the wall only costs 10w in total). This will prevent them from getting too close so you can keep the range advantage and will help you keep your units alive if the enemy trains or ships few hussars. Sorry for the long comment. I hope it helps some new players trying to defend a rush and learning the game. Very nice pauses on the video to explain what you're doing. I think it's better this way than if the video just keeps playing and what's happening on the screen is not related to what you're talking about. Cheers! Edit: misspelling.
Yeah you literally just shift click on past the herd and then shift click on one of the animals that'll mean they automatically walk past and then double back
I wanna thank you for doing this. Im trying to get into Aoe 3 but most of the guides and build orders date back to the 2000s and there arent build order scenarios like in aoe2 yet.
Thank you so much for this very straightforward video to mix in with the specific mechanics/politicians videos. There's so much stuff to process that I'm sure I've got a number of bad habits built up over the years of playing this game, and your vids are helping break me into new ground.
Great guide! I've watched most of your videos since i'm trying to get a little bit more in to multiplayer with the DE. Keep this amazing content coming!
I’m really glad you’re hitting more of the basics! When I played this game as a 10 year old I literally just spammed musketeers and heavy canon- now that I’m reintroducing myself to this kind of RTS I’m loving the down and dirty build talks and efficiency discussions needed to compete in MP!
Amazingly helpful tips, especially the one at the end to try to get out unit shipments and production at the same time. I imagine it's not that easy to find tips and tricks to talk about that you can apply generally since all civs have differences to one another. Good job, thank you and please do more! :D
I love the new channel, you popped up out of nowhere and I gotta watch all your videos. One of the things I'm most interested in DE is all the new Revolt options, some of them seem extremely significant as opposed to the one dimensional infantry rush they used to be. Hope you cover these soon! Mexico, South Africa and Canada seem particularly interesting.
As a nice side effect, this also deals with proper earlygame in general! I'll definetely watch more of These Videos. I really like your analytical approach.
Even though i play aoe ii and dont play aoe iii i watch these vids because your content is so interesting to watch , hopefully someday ican play this game too
I played aoe3 super casually when it came out (i was like 13...) Now as an adult I've been wanting to play aoe3DE seriously, but the in-depth content is hard to find. Your video is exactly what I needed!
Hey, Aussie man. Great voice and thorough explanation. Would like to see some matches being casted by you. By matches I mean cricket matches of course. Haha anyway, interesting strategies and execution videos in full matches would be nice!
Pro tip: holding Alt key will switch off the option for "easy military drag" until you let go from the key. So you can do that instead of double clicking in the first second of the game
ah feels good watching someone be as good in aoe 3 as i was in my prime watching samurai revolution always made me uncomfortable because of how many mistakes he makes
We need more videos on these. You should make a video on each civil make a video about utilizing the most out of each civil unique abilities and starts
Ok. Wanna counter any and every Russia rush? Spam Hussars. Thats it. Focus your workers into Gold and Food, make 1-2 stables and Spam Hussars. Thats literally it. Hussars will devour the Strelets and ignore the Blockhouse dmg. The Russian eco cant support their Musks and even them, their musks are 25% weaker in HP and Dmg, therefore, Hussars wont have a problem.
I think it's bit easier with swedes as coin is guaranteed by torps and hence you don't have to move settlers on coin and hence there will be less on food and you may not be able to hit your batch.
thx for the vid. I got a friend who is early rushing me every damn game... I kinda defend him every time, but while he's rushing he builds up his economy and at one point he just floods my base with troops.. Gonna try this technique this evening
Great video, Could you also do a mid-game guide? I have a good early and late game but usually, I'm outplayed in the mid-game. I'm lost in the upgrades and can't arrange the priorities for the mid-game. I continue mass-produce village until the limit I got treasures I need, I focus on map control I have a decent army before upgrading them but still losing games on age 3-4
Very nice work as before. Agree with the macro, herding, tp and building placement stuff. However, there are a few bits that can be important. a)The rush must be positively identified. If the rush turns out to be an ff with a cannon timing, then the investment into a defensive standing army can backfire. b) Targeting the farthest animal is safer from a safety or directional point of view. But targeting the nearest animal actually gives more mileage in my experience. c) Infantry and cavalry have a siege range of 6. If you block that range somehow, for example by placing barriers such as walls or houses, it's even harder to siege an important building, say the outpost. d) Outposts provide a 30 damage without any garrisoning. If you combine tc and outpost using a shift click and assign a control group to the combination, you can target specific units with 120 damage(135 for cavalry). For example Russian muskets and pikemen have 120 hp( one shot) and janissaries have 210 hp( 2 shots). e)The outpost can be used as a intermediate garrison point between the tc and the mine( 2 stationary objects) and can be placed accordingly.
Hey aussie! Loving the content man. Can I make a request? I'd like to know your hotkey setup, that G hotkey tip is really useful!! Also if you would share your deck choices that'd be awesome too. Thanks!!
I particularly prefer to get the 900 food politician and use the transition wood to get lot's of torps and a market with food and wood upgrades. My first card is gold gather rate and even though i might take a beating at the beginning of the rush i've got the economy to mass produce caroleans and turn things around. The third card for Sweden comes at around the time i get my barracks up so it's not that huge a loss to not get troops on the second card.
the biggest motivation i give myself for doing all these little things is imagining my opponent is a copy of myself so every little advantage counts. hope this helps
This is such a good channel, thank you. I'm a newcomer to AOE3 thanks to DE and have been tinkering with Indians, would you recommend dropping the Agra Fort and a castle near-ish to the home base with them? Ideally near enough to another herd and/or patch of trees so that you're not losing too much map control?
Thanks for another awesome video| So, in terms of defending against a rush with Ports, maybe the quartermaster is the best choice? 400 wood to get some barracks and outpost up? Thank you
You don't need all settlers for cratrs Just 5, as they gather 100 food per tick French CDBs gather 25 each, so you need 4, German wagons gather 50 per tick, so you need 2
I think that incas have the most insane Rush. Passing with messenger Saving one shipment. In colonial age sending a military shipent and the chaski running to the enemy base. When the chaski is in the base make him shipment point and you have the fastest Rush in the game.
Playing Japan, I often get rushed at 5 minutes, which is not even enough time to age up and have a single military unit. AOE 3 DE civs are so well balanced lol
Cant wait to jump into DE. Hopefully my computer can handle it. Those who already tried it, is it massively different from the original? As in, can i just start an online game without reading everything, and expect that my previous experience trabsfers over?
Good sir, can you please do an Inca Guide? A guide for setting up your hotkeys would be fine as well. As an Age 2 player, I miss the hotkey layout of that game.
Just don't overgather gold or wood. You only need 300g + the 700g shipment and no wood until you are already aging to fortress. If you are under pressure then it´s harder.
This Video is useful for brits,dutch,swedes, need some suggestion about germans or ottoman which Doesn't BENEFITS by making many houses or buildings early.
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This is exactly the sort of quality content the aoe community needs! Great work!
This is amazing, but we wanna see an actual PvP rush and defense.
There is no because this is bullshit.
Great guide mate! I'm sure it's going to be very useful to many new players. I would just add few things that I think could contribute to the video.
1. Use your hero/explorer/scout unit to scout the map. You want to look for enemy settlers trying to build a forward base to rush you. If you manage to spot them when they leave the protection of their TC and are walking towards the building location, you can switch your hero to melee attack and attack them. What this will do is snare them and they will take longer to reach the building location, which could give you some very valuable seconds to defend.
2. You want to be having a look under your enemy town center when they age up (usually about 4min 12s for most civs but less than 4min with Ottomans) so you can see what crates spawn under the enemy TC and what is your enemy doing in his base. You should check and try to confirm that you are actually being rushed! If your enemy plays as Ottomans and you prepare to defend a rush but then you see 200c and an outpost wagon appear on age up, you are most certainly not being rushed but he is fast fortressing you so you have to adapt. Instead of defending your base, try to do damage while the enemy is weak and age up yourself without over committing to Age2.
3. When defending with your town center. Try to avoid having more than 10 villagers gathered inside of it since the villagers above 10 will not provide additional damage so they will be basically useless. As much as possible, have your villagers gathering away from enemy fire.
4. This is a bit more advanced but if you confirm the rush, you can build a couple of long wall segments between your ranged units or canons and the enemy units before they arrive (you can delete the pillars so the wall only costs 10w in total). This will prevent them from getting too close so you can keep the range advantage and will help you keep your units alive if the enemy trains or ships few hussars.
Sorry for the long comment. I hope it helps some new players trying to defend a rush and learning the game.
Very nice pauses on the video to explain what you're doing. I think it's better this way than if the video just keeps playing and what's happening on the screen is not related to what you're talking about. Cheers!
Edit: misspelling.
You can confirm a rush using the score too. If it spikes a bunch it means they are building units. If it stays around your score they aren't.
this guy is top 10...
"How to defend any rush in AOE3DE"
*Spends first 2 minutes explaining how to make villagers gather food crates*
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Compared to AOE2, hunting in the early game in AOE3 requires a PhD in Herd Animal Behaviour and Psychology. 😂😂😂
Yeah you literally just shift click on past the herd and then shift click on one of the animals that'll mean they automatically walk past and then double back
@@kingstarscream3807 hahaha true 😂
As an absolute beginner I wasn't expecting such a thorough guide! Appreciated!
I wanna thank you for doing this. Im trying to get into Aoe 3 but most of the guides and build orders date back to the 2000s and there arent build order scenarios like in aoe2 yet.
Do you come from a land down under?
You better run, you better take cover
Anyone else looking forward to Aussie_Drongo doing a 30 minute deep dive on the Surströmming card?
Maybe finishing with a IRL tasting? MOWAHHAHAHAH =P
Never even heard of that card lol
@@Dili832 Sweden got it. Lets you send cans of fish that ferment giving you more food to harvest the longer they putter.
@@GreatgoatonFire It is certainly a unique piece of cuisine.
@@UnDeaDCyBorg I'd go with tasty but yeah, surströmming is pretty wild.
The reference is funny but the card is pretty useless atm imho.
I really appreciate how in-depth you go with your explanations. It’s very educational and easy to follow.
Thank you so much for this very straightforward video to mix in with the specific mechanics/politicians videos. There's so much stuff to process that I'm sure I've got a number of bad habits built up over the years of playing this game, and your vids are helping break me into new ground.
Great guide! I've watched most of your videos since i'm trying to get a little bit more in to multiplayer with the DE. Keep this amazing content coming!
I’m really glad you’re hitting more of the basics! When I played this game as a 10 year old I literally just spammed musketeers and heavy canon- now that I’m reintroducing myself to this kind of RTS I’m loving the down and dirty build talks and efficiency discussions needed to compete in MP!
loving all these great AoE3 vids m8 keep it up!
The micro aspect of the video is a big plus. Great vid :-)
Amazingly helpful tips, especially the one at the end to try to get out unit shipments and production at the same time. I imagine it's not that easy to find tips and tricks to talk about that you can apply generally since all civs have differences to one another. Good job, thank you and please do more! :D
You're quickly becoming one of my favorite AoE III youtubers, keep it up!
I'm glad to have found this channel. Keep up the great work.
Thank you mate, not only was this great fun to watch but also helps me stay alive in team games with my pals. I've subbed ya legend :)
I've seen a lot of your videos, and this is the best one I've seen. Well done. Very useful content.
keep going brother, ur content is really comprehensive and helpful, even for vets.. just subbed now👍🏻👍🏻
best aoe3 content I have seen keep it up mate
This is really good, this man is a true expert. Thanks for sharing!
Loving the detailed content, keep it up!
Oh my god. This constant stop-and-go insane granularity is incredible. Thank you!
4:00 don't worry about pausing, while describing and adding information to a direct situation. it helps people learn too!
AoE3DE Art of War narrated by an Aussie in a very competent and thorough way? Flawless victory! Cheers for the amazing content mate!
I love the new channel, you popped up out of nowhere and I gotta watch all your videos. One of the things I'm most interested in DE is all the new Revolt options, some of them seem extremely significant as opposed to the one dimensional infantry rush they used to be. Hope you cover these soon! Mexico, South Africa and Canada seem particularly interesting.
You are the best Age 3 youtuber hands down
As a nice side effect, this also deals with proper earlygame in general! I'll definetely watch more of These Videos. I really like your analytical approach.
Very useful and informative video, hoping to see more like it! Subscribed
Man, this is actually some good content
You are a nice teacher. Thank you for this video!!
high quality stuff ! you won a sub ;D
Even though i play aoe ii and dont play aoe iii i watch these vids because your content is so interesting to watch , hopefully someday ican play this game too
your guides are amazing keep it up dude :)
Thanks a ton!
I played aoe3 super casually when it came out (i was like 13...) Now as an adult I've been wanting to play aoe3DE seriously, but the in-depth content is hard to find. Your video is exactly what I needed!
Great video mate , really love your content keep it going , cheers.
Cheers mate
That content is AMAZING. Thank you bro!
Keep it up drongo!
You are doing a great job bro
Realy like your content :)
Thanks for this, good shit. Subscribed.
New best AOE content!
Hey, Aussie man. Great voice and thorough explanation. Would like to see some matches being casted by you. By matches I mean cricket matches of course.
Haha anyway, interesting strategies and execution videos in full matches would be nice!
Thank you for the useful content again 😊
No worries at all :)
MIND IS BLOWWWWN! Thank you!
Great content man. Please do a version of this for Japan or Aztecs. Keep up the good work :)
Pro tip: holding Alt key will switch off the option for "easy military drag" until you let go from the key. So you can do that instead of double clicking in the first second of the game
That timing tip at the end was dope
Loving your vídeos. And waiting for you to post the Logistician - House of Bragança Rush which is a game changer for Portuguese.
Good vidéo, I was expected to have more info and timming about how to build wall efficiently.
ah feels good watching someone be as good in aoe 3 as i was in my prime
watching samurai revolution always made me uncomfortable because of how many mistakes he makes
Subbed before you got 100k subscribers!
You're the spirit of the law for aoe 3 lol
damn you the best aoe 3 de content creator on here by far
Thank you so much! much appreciated :)
so helpful. thank you
fair shake of the lambs tail sunny jim
you're growing fast my guy
i appreciate the pausing btw, helps to let it all sink in
Would love to see an inca guide, I've no idea where to start with this civ
We need more videos on these. You should make a video on each civil make a video about utilizing the most out of each civil unique abilities and starts
'Should be able to hold off most rushes'
Russia - are you sure about that?
ez
Ok. Wanna counter any and every Russia rush? Spam Hussars. Thats it. Focus your workers into Gold and Food, make 1-2 stables and Spam Hussars. Thats literally it. Hussars will devour the Strelets and ignore the Blockhouse dmg. The Russian eco cant support their Musks and even them, their musks are 25% weaker in HP and Dmg, therefore, Hussars wont have a problem.
@@nasser314 exactly so ez to counter russian rush
@@nasser314 It's a decent strat but certainly not guaranteed vs Russia, like to see you huss spam with 5 Coss in your base at 5:15 XD
@@lionheart233 I have not lost to a Russian rush yet
I think it's bit easier with swedes as coin is guaranteed by torps and hence you don't have to move settlers on coin and hence there will be less on food and you may not be able to hit your batch.
thx for the vid. I got a friend who is early rushing me every damn game... I kinda defend him every time, but while he's rushing he builds up his economy and at one point he just floods my base with troops.. Gonna try this technique this evening
Great video, Could you also do a mid-game guide? I have a good early and late game but usually, I'm outplayed in the mid-game. I'm lost in the upgrades and can't arrange the priorities for the mid-game. I continue mass-produce village until the limit I got treasures I need, I focus on map control I have a decent army before upgrading them but still losing games on age 3-4
I agree, a general overview would be very helpful for me as well, but I think it would vary greatly on the civ / scenario you find yourself in.
@@najarvis Yes, that's correct. Still, a general mindset would be helpful so we can adapt it to different civs
Perfect. Thank you for this infos. I hope you put videos about my favourite civ, Portuguese. ^^
I would like to but they are currently bugged and need to be patched (they get 5% food gather rate)
@@AussieDrongo is it bugged or is it calibrated like that?
Very nice work as before. Agree with the macro, herding, tp and building placement stuff. However, there are a few bits that can be important. a)The rush must be positively identified. If the rush turns out to be an ff with a cannon timing, then the investment into a defensive standing army can backfire. b) Targeting the farthest animal is safer from a safety or directional point of view. But targeting the nearest animal actually gives more mileage in my experience. c) Infantry and cavalry have a siege range of 6. If you block that range somehow, for example by placing barriers such as walls or houses, it's even harder to siege an important building, say the outpost. d) Outposts provide a 30 damage without any garrisoning. If you combine tc and outpost using a shift click and assign a control group to the combination, you can target specific units with 120 damage(135 for cavalry). For example Russian muskets and pikemen have 120 hp( one shot) and janissaries have 210 hp( 2 shots). e)The outpost can be used as a intermediate garrison point between the tc and the mine( 2 stationary objects) and can be placed accordingly.
Hey aussie! Loving the content man. Can I make a request? I'd like to know your hotkey setup, that G hotkey tip is really useful!! Also if you would share your deck choices that'd be awesome too. Thanks!!
I particularly prefer to get the 900 food politician and use the transition wood to get lot's of torps and a market with food and wood upgrades. My first card is gold gather rate and even though i might take a beating at the beginning of the rush i've got the economy to mass produce caroleans and turn things around. The third card for Sweden comes at around the time i get my barracks up so it's not that huge a loss to not get troops on the second card.
the biggest motivation i give myself for doing all these little things is imagining my opponent is a copy of myself so every little advantage counts. hope this helps
Snipin's a good job mate
Great stuff for newcomers like me! Thanks for the video. Liked and Subbd!
I'm sending every beginner and noob to your channel, so that hopefully one day we can play 3v3s instead of 3v1s 🤞
This is such a good channel, thank you. I'm a newcomer to AOE3 thanks to DE and have been tinkering with Indians, would you recommend dropping the Agra Fort and a castle near-ish to the home base with them? Ideally near enough to another herd and/or patch of trees so that you're not losing too much map control?
amazing thank you so much
Thanks a lot!
Great content! Should start making guides for each civs (dutch would be appreciated)
That's the plan :)
Thanks for another awesome video| So, in terms of defending against a rush with Ports, maybe the quartermaster is the best choice? 400 wood to get some barracks and outpost up? Thank you
You don't need all settlers for cratrs
Just 5, as they gather 100 food per tick
French CDBs gather 25 each, so you need 4, German wagons gather 50 per tick, so you need 2
Can you post a video of a full online ranked game or competitive match? Love the content, keep that shit up!!
Thanks for the helpful quality content! May I ask if you're planning to make any additional Inca vids soon?
Man these keep getting better. Any chance you will look through the unique swedish cards?
I'll be doing a deck guide in the next 24 hours, hold tight
I think that incas have the most insane Rush. Passing with messenger Saving one shipment. In colonial age sending a military shipent and the chaski running to the enemy base. When the chaski is in the base make him shipment point and you have the fastest Rush in the game.
Playing Japan, I often get rushed at 5 minutes, which is not even enough time to age up and have a single military unit. AOE 3 DE civs are so well balanced lol
Cant wait to jump into DE. Hopefully my computer can handle it.
Those who already tried it, is it massively different from the original? As in, can i just start an online game without reading everything, and expect that my previous experience trabsfers over?
it is not. sure there are some things, but you'll get used to it pretty fast. It s similar to the transiition Vanilla > Tad
he really does sound like a calm zuckles
could u make a guide about using Formations especailly now that ships can also use them?
Hey you’re the smartest person I know of when it comes to this game, overall which faction do you think has the strongest navy overall ?
High quality content here! Voice rocks too!
Btw you experience the game crashing?
Good sir, can you please do an Inca Guide?
A guide for setting up your hotkeys would be fine as well. As an Age 2 player, I miss the hotkey layout of that game.
The DE made the hot keys more of a grid like system which is very similar to AoE2 but there's still an option for the original hotkeys
Do you ever make a market if you expect to be rushed? Is building a market age 1 even good? Maybe if you get enough treasures to get the hunting dogs?
thanks !!
Can you do something for the Chinese civ? Would be nice to hear some advice on how to age up quickly while keeping the town center busy
Just don't overgather gold or wood. You only need 300g + the 700g shipment and no wood until you are already aging to fortress. If you are under pressure then it´s harder.
do you think you could do some guides for deck building?
My friend's been rushing me every time we 1v1, gonna pull out some of these moves later today
This Video is useful for brits,dutch,swedes, need some suggestion about germans or ottoman which Doesn't BENEFITS by making many houses or buildings early.
U really took the name "strategy game" to a whole new level bruh 😭
Actually great fcking guide... Rly helpful ^^