Just bought the game. Which Strategy to learn?

[Soccer]

Which empire should i choose, that are easy to play, good at rush, and overall strong?

Also are there learn videos?

[Bubs]

there is stars for each civ in the skirmish screen that say how easy they are. i'm sure there are videos. depends what you like, you should elaborate. playing thru the campaigns lets you know about some of them, and is good basics. plus do the art of war scenarios.

french = if you like knights/cav

english = if you turtle or like defenses. they also seem to not need much resources later, as their farms can make gold

the above 2 are perhaps the easiest.

holy roman order = if you like strong infantry and wololo when you wake up every morning

mongols = if you are good at raiding and keeping constant harassment, they gain resource bonuses for destroying stuff. if i was good at them i'd play them, but i'm more an ottoman person.

[FloosWorld]

If you played AoE 2 previously, I'd recommend English and French. Like their AoE 2 counterparts, they're easy to get into.

[Bubs]

indeed, but they do have a slight stigma of being the noob civs

[El Fabuloso]

English and French

[Smacked]

look up beastyqt guides on youtube.

[againer]

Which civilisation to choose?

Open the Tech Tree in the game (click LEARN and you see it) and see which description gets your interest. They are all rated from 1 to 3 stars by difficulty (1 star is easiest).

Videos to learn from?

Check out Beastyqt for guides. Incog for gameplay analysis (underrated content creator).

Aussie Drongo, KillerPigeon, Mr. Merlin, etc., for gameplay casting.

EGCTV (YouTube and Twitch) for videos of big money tournaments ($10k to $300k).

aoe4world.com for stats (units, techs, etc.), ranks, leaderboard. It many tools, like the Twitch Video Finder for streams by pro players for every matchup possible to learn from.

Do the Art of War challenges in the game to learn the basics. Not needed if already experienced with another age of empires game.

Look around YouTube or Reddit to find answers to almost any question.

[Fluxxerus]

English and French.

I for myself prefer English as beginner, they are cheap and very defensiv.

But as written in the comments above, I would also recommend to play the art of war and such stuff!

[Soccer]

Thx guys. Yeah i play Age 2 and aim for being a casual multiplayer in Age 4. Frensh, is what i will try. Also i keep mongolos back in my mind. I like quick matches where i win or lose in 30-40 minutes.

[Lotor13]

I would reccomend to start with art of war missions first, it does not take lot of time

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2864994351

Than try to do "civilisation mastery"

I reccomend to start with French or English or Holy Roman Empire

[againer]

Originally posted by UFL:

Thx guys. Yeah i play Age 2 and aim for being a casual multiplayer in Age 4. Frensh, is what i will try. Also i keep mongolos back in my mind. I like quick matches where i win or lose in 30-40 minutes.

The typical game time in aoe4 is around 15 to 25 minutes. The game plays faster than aoe2. You will finish most of your games within 40 minutes with any civ.

[FloosWorld]

Originally posted by Topper:

Originally posted by UFL:

Thx guys. Yeah i play Age 2 and aim for being a casual multiplayer in Age 4. Frensh, is what i will try. Also i keep mongolos back in my mind. I like quick matches where i win or lose in 30-40 minutes.

The typical game time in aoe4 is around 15 to 25 minutes. The game plays faster than aoe2. You will finish most of your games within 40 minutes with any civ.

Actually, times are similar because AoE 2's in game time runs 1.7 times faster, so 40 mins in AoE 4 is 1 hr 8 mins in AoE 2.

[Trevor Reznik]

English and French

Strategy: go for the economy and blacksmith upgraes, but not too fast

[Janer64]

Watch vids, vids, vids!
And not just the how to play ones....I watch the pros too to garnish lil tips and habits.

[Large C]

i play delhi but is defensive

[againer]

Originally posted by FloosWorld:

Originally posted by Topper:

The typical game time in aoe4 is around 15 to 25 minutes. The game plays faster than aoe2. You will finish most of your games within 40 minutes with any civ.

Actually, times are similar because AoE 2's in game time runs 1.7 times faster, so 40 mins in AoE 4 is 1 hr 8 mins in AoE 2.

My AoE2 games used to last 25 to 45 minutes in real time, I haven't played it this year, but I'm sure nothing changed. I'm sure the real average stats is similar to my experience. Aoe2 plays slower.