I played AoE 1, AoE 2, AoM all in succession. I enjoyed them all tremendously. I'm not really sure what happened, but I never played AoE 3. World of Warcraft had taken over PC gaming in 2005, and AoE 3 was not on most gamer's radars.

AoE 3 is considered the black sheep of the Age franchise. That's just the way it is. However, I've never played it, and I have no idea how good it really is. The graphics were definitely an upgrade over AoM back in 2005, but I'm convinced that the colonial setting of the game deterred many players from checking it out.

Then there is this thing about cards or cities? This I found baffling back in the day. I remember reading on a forum that you had to collect these cards in order to be competitive. It was just a major turn off coming from somebody who already found the other Age games confusing at times.

Even with thousands of people playing this game on steam everyday, Age of Empire 3 has always been overshadowed. What is special about this game, and in what ways is it different or even better from prior Age games? I am trying to approach this with as much open mindedness as I can. I've been watching some replays to get started.

I am looking for a way to use custom scenario to test different units in battles. Currently I am able to spawn army’s and fight them but I’d like to be able to choose this while playing. This is so I can build an army then trigger different enemy units to spawn and fight against. I envision this as using chat conditions to trigger different events but when I’ve tried chat conditions, the trigger wouldn’t happen. I’ve also tried the multiple choice dialog option to present to the player and that never pops up either. Is there something I’m missing?

Hello Reddit Community ! I play Age of Empires III -the Complete Collection for a couple of years by now . I mostley play on the WarChiefs expantion . Today I found again my copy of The Asian Dynasties and wanted to download it to be able to play the Wars of Liberty mode . I have two questions : Is the Wars of Liberty mode safe ? Can i switch between Wars of Liberty and vanilla ( classic or Warchiefs) or am i stuck with Wars of Liberty forever until i uninstall the game ? If i cant switch between them , os there any way that i can have to copies of the game at the same time on my computer ? How ? Thank you very much for your time and help in advance . Have a nice day !

does fealthy aura care if units are yours personally, or of allied player? do both buff these units?

tittle, im not at home so i want see it c:

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I'm playing as the United States with a mod that gives me infinite factory shipments, but the US has a build limit set for their factories. Does anyone know how I can change this?

It was supposed to came out in december but there is 0 information about it. Do someone know something about it, will it be released or not?

Hi I'm a new player and I'm wondering if you could tell me more about these civs. Theirs strengths, weaknesses and playstyle.

Im interested in civs that are economic powerhouses, but also that are interesting.

I played a bit of Portugal but I didn't like their units, same with Dutch. I played India but I'm not interested in sepoy spam so I built camels and elephants along with the grazing card.

China, Russia i heard were good economically. I dont want to Rush, i want to buildup but i lose to oponnents rushing me so I want to defend well.

Aztecs have also have the warrior priest boom?

I recently bought the game and started playing Mexico against hard AI. I’m mainly playing supremacy and at around 8 minutes they are already in my TC with a huge army. What strats are there for Mexico and where can I find them?

Edit: Thank you for your comments, I thought I needed to provide more info. I just want to hold them because I love the late game and to be able to fight with big armies.

What could be a good deck for rush vs treaty?

First, thanks to all who gave me sound advice on my previous post, appreciate it. I wanted to make a deck with all the countries the Maltese have access to for shits n gigs, was wondering what you all would put in to fill the deck!

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So, I just bought Malta & Italy and really loving Malta, made a deck for playing against AI. Just wondering if I can get advice on it. Note I'm a casual player and would most like only go online for team vs ai lol, please and thanks for any advice!

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When would be a good time to use trample stance with cavalry? So far the only positive experience i had was against depleted minuteman.

Please enlighten me with your tips and examples.

Moreover, do card bonuses apply to them?

The other 2 Asian Dynasties civs Japan and India have musks: Ashigaru and Sepoy. Haudenosaunee has tomahawk. Even African civs have musks: Gascenya and Maigadi. Where is China's musketeer?

In fact, historically China employed musketeer as early as Ming dynasty (1368–1644). China even had repeating firearm described by some as "primitive machine gun".

Not having a musk unit in the game is a huge disadvantage where pikeman units die too quickly to ranged fire leaving range units vulnerable. Consulate musketeers don't count because they can't be massed. Japan and India can also make them.

Can the dev team add a musk unit for China, maybe a weak version like the Russian Rekrut?

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