Here are some Age of Empires 4 tips for beginners:
- Familiarize yourself with the game interface and operations:
- Interface Understanding: upon entering the game, take some time to familiarize yourself with the layout of the game’s interface, including the resource bar (which displays the amount of food, wood, gold, and stone), the building menu, the unit production menu, and the tech tree. Understand the location and function of this information so that you can quickly find the desired operation options during gameplay.
- Operation Practice: Master basic operations such as selecting units (box selection, tap selection), commanding units to move, attacking, and gathering resources. At the same time, practice operations such as quickly switching viewpoints and zooming in and out of the map in order to better observe the battlefield and resource distribution.
- Choosing the right civilization:
- Civilization Characteristics: There are a variety of civilizations to choose from in the game, and each civilization has its unique advantages and characteristic buildings, units and technologies. For example, Chinese civilization is more flexible in economic development and has a special dynasty upgrade system and powerful siege weapons; English civilization has a stronger defense capability and longbow soldiers with longer range, etc. In the novice stage, you can first choose a civilization you are interested in and relatively easy to start the game.
- Civilization Suitability: Choose a civilization according to the game mode and map characteristics. If the distribution of resources on the map is relatively scattered, it may be more advantageous to choose a civilization with the ability to collect resources quickly; if it is a multiplayer battle mode, consider the role of the civilization in teamwork and the matching of civilizations with teammates.
- Resource gathering and management:
- Resource Gathering Prioritization: Food is a basic resource used to train farmers and maintain the survival of units; the opening prioritizes allowing farmers to gather food, such as hunting wild animals (sheep, deer, etc.) and planting farmland. Timber is used to build buildings and produce siege equipment, etc. Early on, you also need to arrange a certain number of farmers to collect. Gold and stone are very important in the later stages of building upgrades, advanced unit training and siege warfare, as the game progresses to gradually increase the amount of collection.
- Resource allocation: Reasonably allocate the work of farmers to keep the balance of resource collection. Avoid over-stacking of one resource and shortages of others. For example, after building enough houses and basic buildings, you can appropriately increase the number of farmers collecting gold and stone. At the same time, pay attention to controlling the consumption of resources and do not overbuild unnecessary buildings or produce too many low-level units.
- Establishing an effective defense system:
- Building Layout: reasonably lay out buildings around the base to form an effective defense. You can use city walls, towers and other buildings to enclose important buildings and resource areas to prevent enemies from entering easily. At the same time, pay attention to the spacing between buildings to avoid the enemy’s siege equipment can easily destroy multiple buildings.
- Defensive Unit Arrangement: Train some defensive units, such as spearmen and archers, and place them in key locations for defense. Arranging long-range units on top of city walls and towers can increase the attack range and defense power. And, adjust the position of defensive units in time according to the direction of enemy attack.
- Technology Development and Upgrade:
- Era Upgrade: the game is divided into different development stages such as Dark Age, Feudal Age, Castle Age, and Imperial Age. Upgrading to higher eras as soon as possible can unlock more powerful units, buildings and technologies. Follow the game’s hints and objectives to upgrade your era in a timely manner as your resources allow.
- Technology Research: Each civilization has a unique technology tree, choose the right technology to research according to your development strategy and tactical needs. For example, if you want to develop cavalry units, you can prioritize the research of cavalry-related technologies to improve the cavalry’s attributes such as attack power, life value and movement speed.
- Military unit training and utilization:
- Military Matching: Different types of military units have different characteristics and advantages, and it is necessary to make reasonable military matching according to the actual situation. For example, infantry can be used as front-row meat shields to fend off enemy attacks; cavalry has high mobility and is suitable for rapid raids and harassment of the enemy; long-range units such as archers can provide fire support from the rear. Troops of mixed types tend to be more advantageous in battle.
- Unit Control: In battle, pay attention to controlling the movement and attack of units. Avoid units that are too concentrated to avoid being hit by the enemy’s ranged attack skills; at the same time, adjust the formation of the units in time to target attacks according to the enemy’s weaknesses. For some special units, such as siege equipment, pay attention to protecting them from enemy attacks while using them correctly to attack enemy walls and fortifications.
- Map Exploration and Strategic Decision Making:
- Explore the map: as soon as possible after the game starts, send out scouts to explore the map and learn about information such as the distribution of resources, enemy locations and terrain. This helps to formulate a reasonable development strategy and battle plan. During exploration, you can set up outposts or markers at key locations to keep track of enemy movements.
- Strategic Decision Making: Based on the characteristics of the map and the enemy, develop a suitable strategy. If resources are abundant and difficult to defend, you can choose to rapidly develop the economy and build up a strong military force before attacking the enemy; if the enemy’s base is weakly defended, you can choose to harass and raid at an early stage to disrupt the enemy’s development rhythm.
- Multiplayer Battle Notes:
- Teamwork: In case of multiplayer versus mode, collaboration with teammates is very important. Stay in communication with your teammates, strategize together, and support and cooperate with each other. For example, you can divide up the work, with one part of your teammates in charge of resource collection and economic development, and the other part of your teammates in charge of military training and offense.
- Observe your opponent: In multiplayer battles, closely observe your opponent’s development and tactical strategies. Understand your opponent’s strengths and weaknesses, and adjust your strategy in time to deal with different opponents. At the same time, pay attention to guard against sneak attacks and joint attacks by your opponents.
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