Intriguing, possibly concerning (pre-) announcement for 2024

ok time for the yearly Long Swordsman buff.

Imagine a game like AoE2 but in 3D, that would be cool, right.
Why has no one done that yet?

Let’s add AoE2 units to AoE3 for fun!

It’s an earlier version of the same engine. Like AoE1 compared to AoE2.
But this time they don’t make the mistake to remaster the older engine and go to the new one directly.
They should have done that with AoE1DE from the beginning.

AoE3(DE) adds some features that could be really nice for AoM like ranged units automatically switching to Melee when attacked in close range. Currently the Chinese Immortal has some strange behaviour where they use ranged or melee attack dependent on the unit type of their target.

I secretly just want to shoot cannons at Minotaurs though.