Other recent change: some mercenary shipments you send unlock the unit in your tavern, and some unique Church techs as well. E.g. Dutch can unlock Swiss Pikemen by sending the 'Waardgelders' shipment, and Brittish can guarantee Highlanders with the 'Black Watch' tech. Also, mercs only shadow-tech for african civs. Outlaws require Wild West, and for Europeans, mercs can only receive an age V buff with the Mercenary Contractor
Another reason Germany are good for mercs is you can put 10 settler wagons on a plantation (once you use up the mines), so that is 20 vils worth on one plantation.
Hey Widgie, thanks for featuring my mods on the channel! I hope everybody checks them out and finds them useful! Just one small note to head off any confusion, there are actually two mods you've showcased here. The Better Unit Descriptions mod changes the unit descriptions, while the Better Unique Church Descriptions Cards mod adds in the descriptive info to the Church Cards (Wallenstein's Contracts, etc.). You can find them both in the mod browser to get the full experience you see here in this video! Great video, thanks for sharing! Question for you, Widgie: do you see the Portuguese's upcoming Ordinance Rifleman fulfilling a similar function to the Landwehr, or will it play out differently with that civ?
@@lilililiililili6363 it's not a merc. But it does shadow tech like other similar units like Lakota cav or like Indias melee unit or the Azteca skull knight. None of these are mercs.
Thanks for showcasing a cool strategy, very interesting! I have used them before was was underwhelmed, I guess you have to upgrade them carefully at the arsenal as well.
At that mid point i was just hoping for a pandour shipment to mix with the jaegars. Imagine the damage theyd do to the sharpshooters 😊 That was a great cast Widgie. I had fun and learnt a lot
How can we get that mod? Is it available on Steam? It looks like the perfect compliment to navigate the increasingly fragmented and civ specific unit compositions of the modern AoE3.
A tip: to see which units the the tavern can produce, click on a villager, than hover over the tavern and all the available units of the tavern will show. So you don't need to build a tavern to find out each units it can make!
Jesus Widgie you have played this game so much, how do you make so so so many fact mistakes? Every video, I swear. You just don't remember? Get your facts straight. Maybe do 2 takes for the video, checking the things you don't know. Example: Mercs do not shadow tech, for example. You usually can't upgrade them (there are ways as you know), that is their designed flaw. But I feel this in every video. Also the team cards giving 5% extra for you is old news. Old patch. For everyone. It is fine if you don't know all civs. But basic game mechanics you should know. But I do watch!
I’m fully aware of the things that I said wrong, I will be making a video explaining the differences in the future. I appreciate your opinion however I don’t have enough time in the day to do two takes. It’s one take and one take only! I just wasn’t aware of the extra 5%, I can’t be expected to know EVERYTHING
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Other recent change: some mercenary shipments you send unlock the unit in your tavern, and some unique Church techs as well. E.g. Dutch can unlock Swiss Pikemen by sending the 'Waardgelders' shipment, and Brittish can guarantee Highlanders with the 'Black Watch' tech.
Also, mercs only shadow-tech for african civs. Outlaws require Wild West, and for Europeans, mercs can only receive an age V buff with the Mercenary Contractor
Another reason Germany are good for mercs is you can put 10 settler wagons on a plantation (once you use up the mines), so that is 20 vils worth on one plantation.
Which map is this?
Hey Widgie, thanks for featuring my mods on the channel! I hope everybody checks them out and finds them useful! Just one small note to head off any confusion, there are actually two mods you've showcased here. The Better Unit Descriptions mod changes the unit descriptions, while the Better Unique Church Descriptions Cards mod adds in the descriptive info to the Church Cards (Wallenstein's Contracts, etc.). You can find them both in the mod browser to get the full experience you see here in this video!
Great video, thanks for sharing! Question for you, Widgie: do you see the Portuguese's upcoming Ordinance Rifleman fulfilling a similar function to the Landwehr, or will it play out differently with that civ?
You’re welcome man! I’m not sure about the Portuguese change, I don’t think it will impact the overall strategy for them.
15:15 Mercs do not shadow-tech, the Outlaws after first upgrade do.
some mercs do.
@@lilililiililili6363they only get upgrades from general/team up grade cards or the age 5 merc upgarde
@@timiaus Spahi shadowtech
@@lilililiililili6363 it's not a merc. But it does shadow tech like other similar units like Lakota cav or like Indias melee unit or the Azteca skull knight. None of these are mercs.
@@timiaus my bad then.
Thanks for showcasing a cool strategy, very interesting! I have used them before was was underwhelmed, I guess you have to upgrade them carefully at the arsenal as well.
At that mid point i was just hoping for a pandour shipment to mix with the jaegars. Imagine the damage theyd do to the sharpshooters 😊
That was a great cast Widgie. I had fun and learnt a lot
More gameplays with landwehrs, please
I’ll see what I can do!
GREAT UI mod Widgie! Thanks for sharing
You’re welcome! You’ve got Ironkaiser to thank!
Thanks for the membership man!
How can we get that mod? Is it available on Steam? It looks like the perfect compliment to navigate the increasingly fragmented and civ specific unit compositions of the modern AoE3.
ingame mod browser
You can find it in game under tools
See multiple merc cards: build church/mosque, make spies. GG. But those Landwehrs just melted the gatlings, LOL.
Landwehr is great but sucks they require a card to unlock them
Anyone know what the+ beside resources is?
The amount per minute
Pls buff british navy 😢😢😢
A tip: to see which units the the tavern can produce, click on a villager, than hover over the tavern and all the available units of the tavern will show. So you don't need to build a tavern to find out each units it can make!
Thanks Kaverna, I already mentioned this in the vid lol
@@Widgie haha I missed that somehow, I had to rewatch, you did mention that haha xD
@@Widgie There is also a new card for the germans that give you the german Mercs every time, like Jaegers, Black Riders and so on...
This units should replace crossbows and not need a card for that.
I agree, German x-bows kinda suck anyway since they only get the first upgrade
Jesus Widgie you have played this game so much, how do you make so so so many fact mistakes? Every video, I swear. You just don't remember? Get your facts straight. Maybe do 2 takes for the video, checking the things you don't know.
Example: Mercs do not shadow tech, for example. You usually can't upgrade them (there are ways as you know), that is their designed flaw. But I feel this in every video.
Also the team cards giving 5% extra for you is old news. Old patch. For everyone.
It is fine if you don't know all civs. But basic game mechanics you should know.
But I do watch!
I’m fully aware of the things that I said wrong, I will be making a video explaining the differences in the future. I appreciate your opinion however I don’t have enough time in the day to do two takes. It’s one take and one take only!
I just wasn’t aware of the extra 5%, I can’t be expected to know EVERYTHING
Dont bother@@Widgie, just keep doing what you are doing: amazing work for the community.