Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition UI improvements:
In Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition, enhancing social interaction within the game is crucial for fostering a vibrant and connected community. Currently, players are faced with numerous UI bugs that hinder seamless communication and interaction, resulting in a multiplayer experience that feels lonely, isolated, and anti-social. Players hardly meet each other, which stands in stark contrast to the legacy version of the game, which had a robust and social online interface through ESO (the legacy multiplayer platform).
By fixing these UI problems and creating a more engaging social hub, players can more easily meet, chat, and play with each other. This improvement is vital for the game’s longevity, ensuring that Age of Empires III remains a beloved game for years to come while fostering a sustainable and growing community!
Urgent requests:
1. Show correct online indicators in the friends list; 2. Improve the whispering system; 3. Show ELO rating on the loading screen when launching into a game.
But, there’s more… Way more… View the document below to see the rest of this list, including videos, screenshots, more UI issues, bugs, and requests. View the document below by clicking on the link:
Update July 2026 during the open beta of the new The Baltic Powers DLC:
Thanks to the developers for bringing a new DLC to AoE3:DE! A new DLC gives a good chance to also fix some bugs in the user interface (UI) of the game. Back in 2024, the document above was shared in many places. Looking at the feedback provided in the document, 5 of the 43 points have been fixed.
These are the following:
In the list of ‘general fixes’, these are numbers 1 (order social buttons), 7 (move negative options down), 13 (add an icon at the play tab), and 17 (remove the green bar when you close your deck). In the ‘other requests’ list, this is the casting UI.
Even though the added casting UI is huge, I think there’s room to fix more of the points listed in the original post. I hope the devs will take a look at it once again and fix as much as possible. The lack of social features in the UI (we used to have a lot of social features in the legacy version (ESO)) is still not good enough, and along with gameplay balance, there should also be a focus on features such as a useful friends list that is stuck on the screen with correct online indicators and chat features (improved whispering system). Lastly, showing the ELO rating when launching into a game makes sure you know who you’re actually facing is an important improvement.
To summarise: 5 out of 43 fixed features is a good start, but there’s more to do. Please take a look at the document and consider fixing more of them. Thank you in advance!
Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition UI improvements: 
In Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition, enhancing social interaction within the game is crucial for fostering a vibrant and connected community. Currently, players are faced with numerous UI bugs that hinder seamless communication and interaction, resulting in a multiplayer experience that feels lonely, isolated, and anti-social. Players hardly meet each other, which stands in stark contrast to the legacy version of the game, which had a robust and social online interface through ESO (the legacy multiplayer platform).