One Small Step for Devs, One Giant Leap for the Game

Age of Empires IV IV - Discussion
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Hi everyone,

I’d like to suggest a few small QoL additions that could make a big difference for competitive play, learning, and long-term engagement.

1. Extra post-game stats

Adding these to the summary screen would massively help analysis:

  • Villagers killed

  • Villagers lost

  • Idle TC time

  • Army value (on timeline) (not just military pop)

  • Total resources/min (on timeline) (global income rate across all resources)

The game already tracks this information; surfacing it would help players improve faster and make content / casting much clearer.

2. Clearer economy & trade info

Two small UI tweaks:

  • Trade rate at a glance:
    Show the current market trade rate clearly in the UI (similar to AoE II), so players instantly see if a trade is good or bad without hovering or guessing.

  • Gold eco count split:
    In the gold economic units count, display gold workers + trade units separately, e.g.:
    23 + 14 → 23 villagers on gold, 14 trade mules/urcas. or 23(+14)
    This gives a much clearer picture of the real gold eco and number of economy units.

3. In-game competitive leaderboard

A visible in-game ranking list (at least the ranked 1v1) showing:

  • Position, ELO, % win rate, total games, streak

Clear goals like “Top 100 / Top 200” keep people grinding instead of stopping once they hit a rank.

4. New prestige rank

Right now Conqueror III starts around rank 380–400 based on people playing and smurfs included. I’d propose a new prestige rank based on position, not ELO (like for example Valorant, does):

  • Top 100 players = Emperor

  • Top 10 players = Legend

Simple changes, but together they’d add depth, motivation, and a lot more stickiness to the ladder and the game as a whole.
*Another day we can speak about the replay and reconnection systems…

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believe this is the most crucial point.

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I would add that it should be possible to ungarrison units individually from buildings rather than in groups. Also, the market should display the numbers above the resources for greater clarity.

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even better to show resources gathering rate per min, just like in Civilization per turn.

It’s the single most needed QoL ever in the history of the game

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I’d love to see a villager efficiency stat, like they have in the paid tier of AoE2’s CaptureAge, telling you the % of time your villagers have been gathering, building or repairing in the last minute, versus the total available time. I think this would be an insanely good addition for competitive players, and would probably not be too hard to implement.

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I like the ungarrison option! But the market display is already listed on the post!! Check the 2nd point :winking_face_with_tongue: :spain:

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its already listed isn’t it?

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Yeah! Thats a good one, like % efficiency shown in the EGCTV observer UI

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I am blind man :smiley:, sry.

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only the number of active units, not the actual rate of income