Regarding this topic, yes I think this imbalance is ruining the game:
Currently top players have found a meta to have GD Imperial at 10th minute. Basically just need a Holy Roman empire team-mate to consistenly sending you food. Around 10th minute with 2-3 relics they can get IV, spam Togurd, being able to 1vs3 and the game literally ended. The only chance to counter is to consistenly focus to destroy their tent around 8-10th minute (when you can eco to have proper army to do this), but this makes any game with GH is a short GH-focused game and it makes the game quite boring.
Togurd itself is too OP, they are already strong and the HP recovery makes it worse. The counter system has no meaning with this as massive spears and crossbows are even no match in terms of spawning rate and costs.
With all that being said, in team mode GH imperial rush strategy make the game less competitive than ever.
Balancing is definitely needed. There should be some kind of limit to spawn Togurd or force the player to invest more in other building/mechanism to get a bigger army. HP recovery should also be considered, it is destroying the counter system as the Togurd themselves are already very tanky.
There is a Problem if you play Golden Horde in small maps and they destroy your Golden Horde tent you cant age up and you can leave the game. No age up no upgrade without tent.
That would be similar with the house of wisdom which usually doesn’t face that same difficulty. They do scale in HP as you age up but like any other mine on gold or stable you will want to protect it
I had some success with camels against them. Using a mix of crossbow, camels, spears and it worked just fine to take them on even in a large “horde” of them… but also coordinating with your team on the mix will help so my teammate also had siege and further crossbows
TODAY AGAIN LOOSE VS GOLDEN BECAUSE TORGUTS SNIPING THE MAIN BUILDINGS!!! WE NEED THE PATCH NOW!!! FAST!!! THANK YOU!! 10 TORGUTS EACH GAME NO MORE!!! AND WE NEED THE LIGHT CAV OF ALL CIVS FASTER TO COUNTER MANGODAIS!!! THANK YOU!
It’s the holidays in the country this studio is based out of, extended break coming mid December. If they don’t push something in the next two weeks we may not see anything until January.
I’m planning to stop playing except when my friends are online on Discord.
It’s just discouraging to see open-map matches with the Golden Horde on the enemy team. You know how they’re going to be beforehand: everyone against the Golden Horde, and if not, it’s Game Over, again and again.
At least before the DLC, multiplayer 4vs4 was in a great state, but now, Tughlaq and Golden Horde need a fast balance or the game is gonna lose a lot of his playerbase very fast.
Actually… maybe as protest signal, maybe i can make a lot of lobbys with the name “No golden horde 3vs3”. Yeah, i gonna do that. jejje
With teammate support, it’s possible to reach the Imperial Age in just 12 minutes. At that stage, most players are either still dealing with a Feudal Age rush, have just finished building their Town Center and are producing a small number of units to protect it while preparing to advance to the Castle Age, or have only recently entered the Castle Age. If teammates provide full support, reaching Age IV could be possible even before the 10-minute mark.