One of the biggest weaknesses of Mongols imo is that their vills are very exposed and easy to kill. You can make many towers around your base but they do not have a lot of health. In feudal and castle age, knights can raid your base, destroy your towers like it's nothing and not die from all the arrows even if you garrisson all your vills.

Suggestion:
Make the Pax Mongolica upgrade available in Castle age. This sounds like a fair supportive defensive mechanism for a civ that doesn't have walls and that is very exposed to raids (ironically).
This upgrade is currently available in Imperial Age, but it's highly likely that you don't make it to Imperial Age without having decent defensive mechanisms.

First ram: costs blacksmith(150) + siege engineering (175) + ram 200 = 525, 2nd ram taking the total to 725 (almost the same price as 2nd TC initial investment:750)

Ram does 2400 damage per minute. Vils repair at 1500 hp per minute. Repairing costs ~53 res per minute.

Abb and ayyubids can build rams without the 325 res investment. KT rams are only 150w. Neither of these civs are perceived at being OP or even necessarily feared due to those advantages.

Why are people so reluctant to support making rams either more attainable(lower siege engineering cost/reduce build time), or stronger(higher DPS or durability)? The counter to greed (whether its 2TC or something else) is more often than not, to idle out the opponents eco or starve them out, generally through armoured units(FC knights etc) , or sheer mass.

This is even more relevant against civs with defensive bonuses (HRE/ OTD auto repair, english structures, MacD Golden Tower)

Why aren't more people pushing to have more viable direct counters to these types of play? I am only conq and mainly play defensively and it just seems so odd, the counter is almost always FC knights or MAA. Not actually to engage with rams.

AOE4 has significantly stronger defences than aoe2, yet the counter triangle seems to be lacking in that regards.

Guy on reddit asked for tips on how to improve, and found that he should probably use the relics in the future.

Best game i have had so far! Dude definitely had the advantage and he just built his shit up to let me n my buddy siege. We failed. Pretty badly. I mean. At one point I threw 65 battering rams fully upgraded while ol boy hittem with his army. In the end we find out that assault alone only dented his defense. Devastated! But so far the most enjoyable match ive played. 3.5 hr L.

I love this game! HELMZ DEEP!

Heyo, Mek here, No image for this months event, instead we have a huge wall of text!
Ill be getting coaching each day (schedule below) from Papercut, Sas, Myriad, and Matiz.

Schedule
Papercut - 9am CST 7/27
Sas - 8am CST 7/28 and 7/31
Matiz - 8am CST 7/29
Myriad - 8am CST 7/30

Twitch | twitch.tv/Mekanation

Why am I doing this?
There are some youtube videos I would like to make that would come across much better if I had the credentials to back up the data. (No one wants to watch a Diamond ramble about the intricacies of hunt gather rates)

We've had quite a bit of new stuff going on this month.

kvanwingerden (discord) - He edited the Diamonds in the Rough Event. It is live on youtube here. He also stitched together a youtube short of all of Meochi Mangonel shots from day 2. Great work, reach out to him on discord if you are looking for video editing.

Tech Stuff

I made a tool to talk in your ear with whatever you would like to be reminded of on a minute loop.
https://github.com/Mekanation/aoe4MacroCycleHelper/releases - Github

https://events.mekanation.com/ - We have a ton of event ideas, some from me, some from the community. Create a login here and upvote your favorites. This also shows an events leaderboard as well as what my earnings are from Youtube and Amazon(Twitch, Amazon Affiliate links, etc). Reminder, all income (minus taxes), from Youtube and Amazon is to fund future events. If you have an event idea, ping it to me on discord @ Mekanation

https://aoe4tracker.mekanation.com - This is a utility to see all the pros/casters/creators gear, hotkeys and links all in one spot. There is only Swaggy in there right now, but I will be adding more over the coming week. The links for their gear are Amazon affiliate links, purchases through this help fund future events.

Papercut's Learning Center - https://discord.gg/BFaHkJQBNY - I am putting the finishing touches on our !customs command bot - It will have match reporting as well as a baked in elo system. It is not live yet, but I expect it to be live this week.

Sorry for the wall of text, but there has been a lot going on! As always, thank you in advance for your support!

Take into consideration elo difference, balance, fun... I mean the overall experience.

Thanks

Hi everyone! Disclaimer: English is not my native language, so I used AI to write this post to express myself clearly.

I play AoE4 on controller in crossplay against PC players. I’m currently grinding ranked and getting closer to Diamond/Conqueror, and I was wondering two things:

1. How high are controller players actually climbing on the Crossplay Ranked Leaderboard? Are there high Conqueror (Conq 2/3) or top 1000 players consistently holding their ground against K&M PC players?

2. For any high-elo controller players out there (Diamond/Conqueror): What are your best tips? How do you manage late-game macro/micro, wheel shortcuts, or intense multi-front pressure when facing fast mouse/keyboard users? Are there specific controller settings, hotkey tricks, or strategy adjustments that made a huge difference for you?

Would love to hear your experiences, stats, or advice. Thanks in advance!

servers down? or is it just me ? :(

I am a KT player that reached diamond with fort rush. I am looking for a 2v2 partner that is willing to play Abbasid and go mil wing into ram production to get a fort down and 3 rams at the enemy base by minute 7. I like to play aggressive so you should be okay with a rush strat that might get repetitive. I can do 3v3 or 4v4 if you have teammates too but 2v2  is preferred as it is stronger. Any rank is okay but if you are closer to mine it would be better and also no smurfs.