So, I am color-blind (red-green) and I have found that the color-blind accessibility for Age of Empires is not the greatest. I currently play with friend or foe colors on and deuteranopia on which is nice as it ensures that I am always blue, and my opponent is always yellow. However, I find that there are still limitations especially if on desert arabia with gold and opponents, or green arabia with gaia units. I find that these settings favors 1v1s but isn’t the best for teams.
I also find that for teams it can become quite hard; the higher number of players, the greater this issue becomes. I cannot tell if for example that the cross-pocket decides to jump into the fray for example which can be game ending dependent on circumstances.
However, if I put on the current color-blind unique colors exiting friend and foe scheme, the colors are not enhanced but instead changed from everyone else’s p.o.v. which can cause confusion during communication when odd number flank is saying he’s being attacked by yellow, which is 2 instead of red with color-blind mode on.
Within these limitations, I often call out position rank for units to compensate but seconds delay can cause game changing outcomes.
I’m wondering how other color-blind players compensate for the limited accessibility of the game regarding game graphic or monitor settings? And if any of the developers find this post that maybe they take a chance to re-examine these settings. Thank you for your time.