While I agree for the most part I think the issues at hand are different from what AoE2DE had as problems. The most important issues DE2 had were poor performance and pathing which needed to be optimised. These were fixed for less than an year even together with the most needed balance changes (nerfing the Cumans) came within a month. AoE4 on the other hand has been running smooth from the start but it is lacking in more aspects (being hardly a finished product on release). The game needs design decisions actual development rather than optimisation. It is of course individual what players find satisfactory but in the most caaes I think AoE4 will need more than an year to be in a good state.