AOE2 is still way harder than AOE4 for this reason alone, the amount of micro and macro you have to do on top of making sure Food dont run out if you click wrongly is extreme
Having Jurchen where u can just kill all animals without a care in the world feels great, hopefully more Civs will be like this and will become an instant buy for me
The fact that Food Decays in AOE2 is very frustrating for any newcomers still and Sheeps runs out so fast
I am rather unimpressed with Jurchen technology. I love elephants so I mostly pick elephant civs. Like Persians or Khmer.
I find Khmer very easy to play. Because of their no drop off auto farms and not needing buildings to age up. And I find Persians easy because of their town center speed.
Honestly despite being in the game for so long. I would still prefer decay but if any civ with vils kills it then it’ll have super slow decay rate. However for other units, it’ll be fast decay. Meaning they didnt “slaughtered” them in the right way. Still think AOE2 should stick to classic and make all military unit insta kill it with no decay. Just make Town Center and Villager being able to decay kill it.