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Spriice
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Приєднався 16 тра 2012
A chilled place to share the games I'm playing. Generally unscripted, relaxed videos of things that interest me.
Currently:
⚔️ Age of Empires 4
A day-by-day journey to better content, so relax, enjoy and let me know what you think. Many thanks for watching!
Currently:
⚔️ Age of Empires 4
A day-by-day journey to better content, so relax, enjoy and let me know what you think. Many thanks for watching!
can 30+ crossbows even counter these two units?
Thanks for watching this Age of Empires 4 live casted game.
anyone know what you're supposed to make against this melee army from the Japanese..?
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00:00 - intro
01:02 - game
44:20 - outro / analysis
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anyone know what you're supposed to make against this melee army from the Japanese..?
If you enjoy this content, please let me know. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
youtube.com/@Spriice?sub_confirmation=1
00:00 - intro
01:02 - game
44:20 - outro / analysis
#ageofempires #aoe4 #ageofempires4
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Відео
can I survive against constant Delhi attacks?
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Thanks for watching this Age of Empires 4 live casted game. If you can weather the storm as Abbasid, you can really come online once you hit castle age. The problem is getting there! If you enjoy this content, please let me know. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. youtube.com/@Spriice?sub_confirmation=1 00:00 - intro 01:05 - game 36:15 - outro #ageofempiresiv #aoe4 #ageofempires4
was this the worst "keep drop" in Age of Empires 4 history?
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Ooops. A game ending keep drop, but not in a good way. Thanks for watching this Age of Empires 4 live casted game. If you enjoy this content, please let me know. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. youtube.com/@Spriice?sub_confirmation=1 00:00 - intro 00:58 - game 22:00 - PAAAIN 27:55 - outro #ageofempiresiv #aoe4 #ageofempires4
it feels WEIRD to be aggressive as the Abbasid Dynasty.
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Thanks for watching this Age of Empires 4 live casted game. Switching my usual 2 town centre strategy with thanks to @maomaopvp! Fun aggressive play style, using a lot of food to produce horsemen and camel rangers. If you enjoy this content, please let me know. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. youtube.com/@Spriice?sub_confirmation=1 00:00 - intro 01:35 - game 15:45 - outro #ageofempiresiv #...
how to stop two town centre Abbasid players. (as an Abbasid player)
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Thanks for watching this Age of Empires 4 live casted game. Throwing this Abbasid player a curve-ball and being very aggressive with horsemen archers. Spreading out just a few units on other resources can really help stop your opponent gathering what they need. If you enjoy this content, please let me know. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. youtube.com/@Spriice?sub_confirmation=1 00:00 - int...
what NOT to do against the Order of the Dragon.
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Thanks for watching this Age of Empires 4 live casted game. Came across an OOTD player in this match, clearly I have too little experience in this match-up. Damn, those units are CRAZY. If you enjoy this content, please let me know. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. youtube.com/@Spriice?sub_confirmation=1 00:00 - intro 01:08 - game 32:23 - outro #aoe4 #ageofempires4 #ageofempires
this Mongol player was wishing for walls.
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Thanks for watching this Age of Empires 4 live casted game. We've hit Diamond! Thanks for following along so far, this was a pretty wild one, lots of raiding going on. If you enjoy this content, please let me know. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. youtube.com/@Spriice?sub_confirmation=1 00:00 - intro 01:04 - game 26:01 - outro #ageofempiresiv #aoe4 #ageofempires4
would be a shame if something happened to him...
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Thanks for watching this Age of Empires 4 live casted game. Climbing the ranks this season, aiming for high diamond. Hopefully you can see how inept and bad you can be at the game and still get a decent rank. If you enjoy this content, please let me know. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. youtube.com/@Spriice?sub_confirmation=1 00:00 - intro 01:12 - game 25:39 - outro #ageofempiresiv #aoe4 #...
I can't beat this classic English strategy.
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Thanks for watching this Age of Empires 4 live casted game. Climbing the ranks this season, aiming for high diamond. If you enjoy this content, please let me know. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. youtube.com/@Spriice?sub_confirmation=1 00:00 - intro 01:35 - game 15:18 - outro #ageofempiresiv #aoe4 #ageofempires4
Rus forces you to make extra scouts, that's a good thing.
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Thanks for watching this Age of Empires 4 live casted game. Climbing the ranks this season, aiming for high diamond. If you enjoy this content, please let me know. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. youtube.com/@Spriice?sub_confirmation=1 00:00 - intro 01:35 - game 15:09 - outro #ageofempiresiv #aoe4 #ageofempires4
was this the greatest gold spawn ever??
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Thanks for watching this Age of Empires 4 live casted game. Climbing the ranks this season, aiming for high diamond. Hopefully you can see how inept and bad you can be at the game and still get a decent rank. If you enjoy this content, please let me know. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. youtube.com/@Spriice?sub_confirmation=1 00:00 - intro 01:07 - game 34:14 - outro #ageofempiresiv #aoe4 #...
"winning isn't enough, must taunt my opponent" - this conqeror player probably.
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Thanks for watching this Age of Empires 4 live casted game. Climbing the ranks this season, aiming for high diamond. Hopefully you can see how inept and bad you can be at the game and still get a decent rank. If you enjoy this content, please let me know. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. youtube.com/@Spriice?sub_confirmation=1 00:00 - intro 02:16 - game 28:19 - outro #ageofempiresiv #aoe4 #...
French hates this unit (and this delightful defence).
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Thanks for watching this Age of Empires 4 live casted game. Climbing the ranks this season, aiming for high diamond. Hopefully you can see how inept and bad you can be at the game and still get a decent rank. If you enjoy this content, please let me know. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. youtube.com/@Spriice?sub_confirmation=1 00:00 - intro 01:12 - game 26:01 - outro #ageofempiresiv #aoe4 #...
controlling the Mongols feels so good.
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Thanks for watching this Age of Empires 4 live casted game. I'm trying something new here, my own games that I live cast. Doing my best to tell you what I'm thinking, what I'm doing and why I'm doing those things. Hopefully this helps in your own games going forwards, cheers for watching. If you enjoy this content, please let me know. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. youtube.com/@Spriice?su...
Ayyubid feudal attack?? season 8 is wild.
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Thanks for watching this Age of Empires 4 live casted game. Climbing the ranks this season, aiming for high diamond. Hopefully you can see how inept and bad you can be at the game and still get a decent rank. If you enjoy this content, please let me know. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. youtube.com/@Spriice?sub_confirmation=1 00:00 - intro 01:45 - game start 23:23 - outro #ageofempiresiv #...
the easy way to climb the ladder (use your scout).
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the easy way to climb the ladder (use your scout).
is this why it's called a Tower of Victory? / age of empires 4 casted game
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is this why it's called a Tower of Victory? / age of empires 4 casted game
everything you need to know about Age of Empires 4, Season 8.
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everything you need to know about Age of Empires 4, Season 8.
strong defence AND eco, still dead? / age of empires 4 casted game
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strong defence AND eco, still dead? / age of empires 4 casted game
the devs are subtle in this upcoming patch for Age of Empires 4.
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the devs are subtle in this upcoming patch for Age of Empires 4.
A defensive strategy gets dismantled. / age of empires 4 casted game
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A defensive strategy gets dismantled. / age of empires 4 casted game
play passive? expect this. / age of empires 4 casted game
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play passive? expect this. / age of empires 4 casted game
please don't mass this unit. / age of empires 4 casted game
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please don't mass this unit. / age of empires 4 casted game
which camel civ (sieve) dominates..? / age of empires 4 casted game
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which camel civ (sieve) dominates..? / age of empires 4 casted game
these Abbasid traders are actual tanks.
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these Abbasid traders are actual tanks.
the onnabugasha unit is a tricky one when it combines with other infantry. From my experimenting ive found that 15 onna-b and 10 maa (samurai) beat almost any combo but what works well is 10 maa and 15 archer for an equal cost fight. The maa archer will slightly lose even if you micro your archers onto the onna-b BUT he spent 500 in gold and your comp only cost 200. So you gold counter them but not really field counter them.
I switched to playing japanese in the past few days and I've been learning their FC so this was really interesting to watch. Would archers being cheaper and faster to pump out be better than crossbows at countering the onna bugeisha? I've played league of legends for years so the new deadlock game looks interesting but I'm not the biggest fan of fps games. I'll have to try it as its an interesting mix between 2 genre's I think.
Really enjoying your content, nice and relaxed, with really good commentary and analysis, which I don't see often. Quality, geezer
Cheers Steve, really happy you're enjoying the content and games! I've noticed a lot of people mentioning that it's chill/relaxed, which isn't something I set out to make, but I'm actually really pleased that my content is coming across like that! 😎
Question: I’ve noticed you pretty much always play as Abbasid. I’m in Plat 1 and I only play French and English. Do you think it’s counter productive to learn more civs or should I just get really good at those 2?
I can only speak from my perspective, but I find it much easier to focus on 1 or 2 civs. You get to learn the pros and cons much better, plus it's easier to focus on the basics when you're not trying to also think about learning a different civ at the same time. I would say, if you're bored of either of your main civs, that's a good time to switch it up, but otherwise, sticking to and getting better with your main civs is always preferred.
Great game, enjoyed this thoroughly and your commentary was impressive given the amount of stuff you had going on! Learnt a lot in this game. I thought you were done when he went Castle ngl, but you just held your nerve and i think you were right this guy wasn't used to games going beyond Feudal. Well done!
Thank you David, really appreciate the comment and glad you enjoyed the game! For sure, he didn't seem to hit any sort of tech advantage once he hit castle, or made MAA etc. Thanks again!
Hey Spriice, I play a lot of ootd. I would recommend trying out a more aggressive 1tc build in that matchup. Ootd typically wants to get an uncontested castle rush, grab relics, and then go fast imperial for swabia. Their economy is actually very poor until swabia so if you force them to spend resources on units and then outmass them with counters you will do well because anything you kill costs twice as much and takes twice as long to resupply. And I would leave a note for yourself to completely wall off the moment ootd hits castle because knight raids are always coming. Also, because their military units count as 2 population you can split your army and attack on 2 sides. Its really hard for ootd to fight in 2 places at once because of how few units they end up having. Good match tho. You'll do better in the next one!
Hey ash, those are some amazing points thank you. I especially like noting how poor their eco can be before they get Swabia and about it being difficult to split forces. It's weird cause I know all these things but end up forgetting them once I'm in game and focussing on other things. Thanks for reminding me and I'll definitely try a more aggressive route next time I'm up against OOTD. Cheers! 🫡
Hey will you play a boaty game sometime
if you want to see me lose, yes. ⛵
@@Spriice when you lose we win because we learn
you speak the truth
My man!
you know it
You don't like Rus and I get Japanese opponent every game and lose as Rus.
is Japanese a particularly difficult opponent for Rus? or just a civ you don't particularly enjoy playing against?
@@Spriice According to aoe4world it's a bad matchup pretty much all the time. I tried several strategies to no avail and currently taking a break. It's ridiculous and should be impossible to always get them as opponent. 😂
@@xShikari some bans would be nice, especially if they add more civs in 2025. you could always try a coaching server, and ask about the RUS vs JAP matchup, or even specifically what you find tricky. I know Valdemar and Papercut have pretty active coaching Discord servers 👍
i asked chatgpt "if i get the same option out of a choice of 16, 4 times out of 6 what are those chances" and it answered... 0.02% thats crazy if it got it right.
oh my god, that's some crazy low odds. How unlucky!
Babe Spriice uploaded! Haha I've started playing aoe4 3 weeks ago and been soaking up as much as I can. I beat 2 gold players my last 2 games (played 8 ranked games). I like watching you climb as its a similar path to what I'm on but with a bit more experience and head start so its nice to learn :)
ahah! There's a lot to soak up, but man is it fun once you understand what's going on a bit more. Congratulations on your wins, that's very impressive if this is your first RTS game? Thank you! Let's keep climbing the ranks 🫡
What kind of game is this? It looks like a leisure building type of entertainment.🙄🙄
god tier rage bait
@@mendax2251 Thanks
sadly once you hit my age 👴🏻, the only games you're allowed to play are RTS, base-builders and solitaire however, if you're being serious this is Age of Empires 4 and is a very fun real-time-strategy game 👌
@@Spriice ohIndeed, because I am 26 years old and still single.
It hurt to watch all those vils die for that keep :(
I'm sorry for making you experience the same pain I did ahah 😭
First video of yours, great commentary etc. Will EZ watch some more.
thank you for the kind words Michael! glad you enjoyed the vid, happy to have you here 🫡 are you an avid AOE4 player?
your channel is a hidden gem
your camera glitches out sometimes tho xD
that's very nice to hear, thank you mendax!
ah I know 😣 trying to figure out what's causing it! hopefully I can fix it soon.
I think you made a good decision continuing to pump out military when you saw him doing the same. You were able to maintain your advantage from those early fights
I agree, getting a bunch of favourable trades can help you win a decisive fight later in the match, good spot! 👍
That name 😂 “fatboy”
ahah is that what it translates to??
Hey guys, hope you enjoyed this one, a little different to my usual playstyle. Do you prefer playing aggressive or sitting back to boom? 🐫
As an abbasids it also feels weird playing aggressive choosing eco wing 😂. I always enjoys your matches and learned alot.
@@basitabbas9688 very true, I do think if I wanted to play aggressively more often it would be better to play a different civ. But nice to try it as Abbasid every now and then! Thank you, glad you've been enjoying the games!
@@Spriice For me abbasid is a all in one civ just a little bit lack in early attack, but if you're able to put 3 tc in first 10mins and defended opponents raids you're unstoppable.
@@basitabbas9688 I totally agree, just so risky haha. With the buffs to fertile crescent last patch though, 3 tc is a lot easier!
This was fun to watch the back and forth early fighting over the center love to see this bit of variety in style :)
ah cheers mate! It's good to mix things up, good to practice different styles too, cause then you know what works against them 👌
Nobody expects the camels! 🐫 you caught him off guard
I think so! 🐪 I was dubious about using this strat into Delhi, as they can out-mass most civs. But I think I did a decent job making sure he didn't grow his force too much. Cheers for the comment Mao!
I've kind of given up on 2tc rush now depending on what civ I'm up against. I've had much more success with early aggression and killing off some vils with longbows and then moving into 2tc or ageing up while I'm ahead. Early push means I'm prepared if they are pushing, or can catch them off guard and force them to start spending resources on military when I've already outproduced. Then by the time they have enough to defend, the damage has already been done and they've spent the same amount as I have or they over commit and fall behind. First to 3rd age can grab most of the relics and then it's pretty straightforward to the end of the game.
I'm beginning to feel the exact same. It gets tiring always being the subject of aggression and not the one forcing the opponent to react. Happy to hear you've been finding more success with a different strategy. The next few videos going up should be a bit more aggressive in style! Thanks for the comment beast 👌
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I'm unsure what you mean by this... but thanks for the comment!
Damn, you got the guy so angry that he had spaz out with "EZ". Well done. :P
but he won so why was he angry?? ahah cheers for the comment! 🫡
Very nice stayed calm and vigilant. Well spoken I know that has to be hard to get used to too.
thank you, appreciate the comments! It is, I've done a fair few now but still stumble over words or go quiet while I'm concentrating aha
While the casted games are nice the ones where you are actively playing and thinking out loud just are more enjoyable imo. That is just one persons opinion idk where most everyone else stands. Either way very good stuff.
still super useful to know what people are enjoying more. Plus, from the views and comments it does seem like people prefer the live commentary games. Good for me too, I get to play more games haha! Glad you've been enjoying the content, happy to have you here Carbide! 🫡
Nice video. I just discovered you. 👍
thank you mate, nice to have you here!
Very good commentary for someone new to the game like myself. That was a very relaxing and nice watch. You do a good video sir. Happy to subscribe and watch again sometime in the near future.
ah thanks mate! that's awesome to hear, thank you very much for your comment. How are you enjoying aoe4 so far? have you found a civ you enjoy most? 🐪
@Spriice I finally beat the intermediate ai 1v1 yesterday that's about as far as I am and it felt pretty good. So I'm still playing as the English but look forward to playing the other ones as well. It's very fun and unlike most everything else I've played throughout my time especially since things are starting to click. I am very late to the rts party. Thanks for the reply.
@@CarbideShrapnel congrats! that's a big step, feels good once you start being able to beat the more difficult ai. Just remember the basics, make villagers, constantly produce military and make sure you have enough production buildings. Those things alone can get you to Gold league in ranked! good luck on your journey, welcome to the RTS genre haha
he had a mixed bag of units but was a bit lopsided in hand cannon so your best bet would be something like spear horsemen mango but yeah like you said he pretty much got the big edge on that cav raid on your woodline.
So disappointing to miss that attack for so long, it did SO much damage. Perhaps if I was more patient I could have taken the game longer, but I think I just wanted out of this match ahaha Cheers for the comment Chris! 🫡
nice video
thank you 👌 and thanks very much for commenting!
I watched this match on your profile a week or so ago and remember how devastating that Knight was in your woodline. He was stabbing up vils for nearly a minute! One guilded naughty boi.
When I read this first I thought ''oh no had I already uploaded this video?!'' but then realised you meant on my AoE4 in-game profile right? haha I went back after this match to watch the replay and was HORRIFIED when I saw what that knight did to all my vills 😭
@@Spriice Haha yeah. I added you the other week. We need to team up and do some 2v2s! Especially with the new patch... buffs to Abbasid and my civ too 🐘
23:54 - Knights is not so fast, cuz your camel and lancer in group, if you delete them from group it will have 1.88 speed, if not, all groups movement will be on the lowest in group, like 1.66 for lancer or camel (I dont really remember the camel speed). That's why players dont add siege in the same group with cavalry and infantry
ah yeah, great spot. For sure I need to look out for mixing the cavalry, I tend to forget they can all have different movement speeds. Thanks for the comment, very helpful! 🫡
Well casted! great commentary. That springald flank was beautiful
oh it was wasn't it, very fun to see!
Thanks for the video! I usually try to click a lot and micromanage everything, and I am in gold. And you are playing calm without spamming apm and you are in diamond. Crazy. Great game. Thanks for the video!
You're welcome! I'm really glad you enjoyed it 😎 Calm on the outside, stressed and frantic on the inside haha. Cheers for the comment!
solid job maintaining map control and suffocating him from gold/trade. Was fun to watch the back and forth.
thanks mate, glad you enjoyed the video. It was a fun one to play!
Thanks :)
you're welcome? 😂 I hope you enjoyed the vid!
Was a little surprised he never raided your side. Did a nice job walling up and keeping the pressure on. I've found that just sending back a few knights or horsemen to harass really throws the opponent off and helps keep the ball on their side of the field.
I've been seeing that more and more, the little cavalry raids. They can do such a disproportionate amount of work compared to the cost to make/use them. I need to work that into my gameplay more going forwards! Thanks for the comment once again my dude! 🫡
nice that you share also defeat. i think you can learn much more from a loose. both side had no defeses, counter raiding is important with cheap partys
I totally agree, I spend far longer analysing loses than wins. Glad you didn't mind seeing a loss, cheers for the comment 🫡
yeah you played this really well. The knight archer crossbow comp is so easily countered by spear horsemen/mangonel. The counter to your composition is more like archer spear maa springald and he is too married to his knights to make that transition.
thanks! Hope you enjoyed the gameplay. That's a very good point, everyone needs to accept that they need to be flexible when it comes to strategies, though it's probably hard to put aside the knights when you're playing French! 🐎 What civs to you tend to play?
I main French at 1070ish elo and there are times I’ll not produce knights. Usually against civs like ottoman when they have their jannies out. Sometimes you just gotta adapt like that imo.
ohh yeah, those Janissaries can be scary.
are you also farm man official? you both sound very similar.
aha no I'm not, but I can see the similarities. Most likely we're both from around the same area in England, hence sounding similar
Diamond 1, congrats :) I keep floating between Gold 3 <> Platinum 1. Can't seem to break out lol nice to see you get up there :)
you'll get there! perseverance, consistency and making sure you learn from your losses, oh and make sure you're always making vills/units haha Thank you ferg 👌
''Is that a bloody lumbercamp?'' I have doubt that this is what won you the game
ahaha for sure, the mistakes make us better you know... 😂
Been watching your placement matches as I get back into playing aoe4 after a long break. Enjoying the content!
How have you matches been going? I always find it takes a while to get back into the flow of things. Thank you for watching, glad you've been enjoyed the games. Good luck if you jump into ranked 😎
@@Spriice I remember having a similar experience last time I got into the game which is that it's slow going at first as I research and try different builds but once I settle into one or two that fit my style I start to rise through the ranks. I like to play as the English. Right now I'm trying a 2tc abbey and white tower build. My main weakness is putting on pressure in the 3rd age and defending against raids without letting macro slip. I'm wondering if I should switch builds or civs though, I feel like the infantry and range combo is just so slow to move across the map and makes it difficult to raid.
ohh yeah, the slow movement can be difficult to manage. Nothing wrong with training a couple of knights to raid and distract your opponent with (rather than using your infantry), even if you are on English. that way, you might allow yourself more time to move your slow army across as he deals with the raids?
Very nice casting! Love your walling! But try to watch some videos how to better scout. Got to Conq watching Valdemar, maybe it helps you as well. Keep up the great work 💪
I really enjoy his videos too, they've helped me a lot. Have anything specific about scouting you would recommend? Or just to do it more regularly? Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the vid 🙌
make less horseman more archers , u will be fine next time
less hooves more arrows, got it!
Instead of 2nd tc which is 750 resources go heavy on archers, get tchem +1 ranged armor/attack and use horses to tank their archers but don't dive in, let archers do most of dmg and use horses as distraction - threaten with engage. You could have around 5-8 horses and 30 archers and beat his army if that easily. Go castle as you need to counter their MAA and once you have ghulams/crossbows, you can then put 2nd TC. Same for mongols, if they horse rush you, you don't go 2tc, you counter tchem when slowly building up castle/2nd tc. One more thing, you can put your 2nd TC under the first TC, that's much safer, but you lose time on walking to resources.
Thank you, this sounds like excellent advice for next time. You're totally right, I made waaaay too many horses, cost me too much food as well. Very true, I was too focused on getting the 2nd TC in an optimal resource position, but I should have just used it defensively. Thanks for the comment, some amazing points here. Hope you enjoyed the video 👌