Or is the evolution merely technological now?
Because in the last video we can see Dark Age English with a gothic church and high medieval looking warriors 
(Dark Ages refer to the early middle ages, while gothic architecture appeared in the 12th century, as well as heater shields, etc. which fall into the Castle Age)
They are explicitly chronological now because the language of your units will evolve as you age up. So each age will be tied to a specific time period for each civ.
This is actually the inverse of how it was done in AoE2. Ageās were more abstract there and tied just as much to infrastructural development as it did to a time period. So for example a small town could still be in āfeudal ageā even if it was the 1300s because that was the stage of itās development, while a big city like Constantinople would be in the Imperial Age in the 500s due to itās advanced infrastructure.
Thanks for clarification. I assume the English start the game in the 1100s then.
you canāt just label the English civ specifically starting in the 1100ās - The Dark Age of the English ranged from 500 AD to 1066AD (Important date as this ties in with the Campaign and actual history) and the buildings/ language will be represented as outlined by @GepardenKalle.
The medieval looking warriors you mention are men at arms which are available to the English earlier than other civs:
Sure but why the hell do they have a gothic church in Dark Age then?
As to the āmen at armsā, they could have given them a proper early medieval look for Dark Age.
Which building are you refering to specifically? Can you drop a screenshot?
Im already going to assume its the landmark building which is part of the age up mechanic where you can see once built the English progress from the Dark Age to the Feudal age.
Because thatās what they build to advance into the Feudal Age.
I donāt get why they have heater shields. In AoE2 they had kite shields and so does the Feudal Age cavalry, so why donāt they have kite shields too?
Kite shields are awesome!
My bad, the church is actually a romanesque one so failed that it looks like a gothic one. All is wrong within it. A good romanesque church would have been perfect though.
I totally agree. However in Dark Age round shields would be more appropriate.
I actually feel it is going to have more chronological meaning than any other previous games. Like in AOE2 all civs only have club boys in the Dark Age and thatās definitely more of a ālevel 1 developmental phaseā than the actual dark age.
I feel like āDark Ageā in AoE4 is supposed to be later than we normally think of but still the historic progression Round ā Kite ā Heater shield would be nice to visualise unit upgrades.
If there is a separate shield upgrade at the Blacksmith that would be perfect.
ArrivedLeader22
You are probably right, I wish it wasnāt as that the devs obviously donāt pay a lot of attention to historical evolution.
Skadidesu
Iām also under the impression that it lies a bit later than the actual āDark Agesā, which is a bit of shame as Iād have liked the Anglo-Saxon era to be portrayed.
