What we can learn from other RTS like ZeroSpace etc

Age of Empires IV IV - Discussion
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Hello,

some thoughts i wish they could get more attention.

Things that other RTS have, but AoE4 is missing and is super important for the game:

  1. Tickrate:
    • ZeroSpace, Sc2, Tempest Rising, almost every other RTS has better Tickrates. Company of Heroes 3 wich is on the same engine as AoE4 had an update, where they increased the Tickrate immensely. Pls update the Tickrate on AoE4. It feels so sluggish to play AoE4 and it is very noticable.
  2. Commands getting lost:
    • Somehow a lot of commands getting lost in the game. Shift-queue but also normal commands. Also some notification. This had to do a lot with my first point, the tickrate.
  3. Jumping to Control groups with Units all over the place:
    • AoE4 is the only RTS i know so far (besides the other AoX RTS Games) where you jump in between Units of the group if the units are seperated on the map. It doesn’t make any sense. If you for example have Knights in the base of your enemy and than coming out of your base, you have them both in one control group, you jump in middle of nowhere with your cam. In other RTS Games you just jump where most of the units are, and not in between of them into nomansland.
  4. Coop Missions like the new ZeroSpace Planetary Event:
  • Could be cool to have something like that in AoE4? Players already getting crazy fighting over Planets and stuff :smiley: I think it would be better to have something like that, instead of releasing too many civs.
  1. Quikmatch with ranked Ladder Mappool against Ranked ppl:
    • We know this system from Sc2. Let us queue in QM and have the same ranked ladder mappool like in ranked. You even play against the others in ranked. This will increase the playerbase in “Ranked/Unranked”, because very often, ppl want to play a new civ, test things out, and don’t want to stress about ranked points. It also will decrease smurf accounts. I think this will boost the ranked Games a lot! Also you could play with lower league friends in QM without loosing your ranked points and still having fun!
  2. New Maps pls:
    • Balancing very often comes with Maps. Some new Ideas, some new maps. But you did great with updating existing Maps! Good Job! <3
  3. Make a Grandmaster / Elite Rank above Conquerer III!
  4. Make better rewards for Season Endings
  5. Villager Pathing etc.:slight_smile:
    • Villager Pathing, Drop-off, Jeanne moving etc.

What else you guys think, besides of new civs or things like that. I am talking of some mechanics and things that could improve.

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  1. Make more stabel Servers! It’s so laggy from time to time!
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Tons of great suggestions.

Having a Grand Master rank would be a cool achievement to reach towards! Like Grand Master in chess.

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