Эпоха империй III Окончательное издание, как противостоять и идентифицировать единицы

Explanations & Rules of thumb about the tag-based counter system, covering exceptions and exotic units.

Преамбула

Работа в процессе:

Примечание: Most important aspects should be covered already, however it should be stated that:

Not Covered yet / To do:

• Resistances in various Stances
• Charged Attacks / Variing speed Attacks
• “Экзотический” Units in detail (Own section)
• Most noteable “non-exotic” Units in detail (Own section)
• Outlaw Units (will be implemented in existing sections)
• Revolutionary Units (will be implemented in existing sections)

Если у вас есть вопросы, предложения, critics or found any mistakes, especially forgotten exceptions not mentioned above, please make liberal use of the comment section!

Введение

I think its quite easy being said that one of AoE III greatest features and biggest bane is its continously growing variety of more or less unique units. (~200 I think)

Especially with the last update of October making anti-intuitive units easier accessable – this guide is proposed to aid new as experienced players to easier get along без knowing every single unit.

Assuming you are not able to completely out-micro, out-number, or out-tech your enemy, which will be the vast majority of the time, you will have to bother about what type of unit is best against what other type.

In AoE III units are defined by теги and so are most of their strenghs and weaknesses.
Теги are important, since most Units deal дополнительный урон к specific tagged единицы.
Арбалетчики и Skrimishers deal extra damage (1.25 к 3 раз) к Тяжелая пехота и (2.0 раз) Легкая кавалерия например.

From all unit теги такой как:

Пехота, Легкая пехота, Тяжелая пехота, Ranged infantry, Musket Infantry, Archaic Infantry, Кавалерия, Тяжелая кавалерия, Siege Units, Artilery, Native Units, Mercinaries,… – I could continue this further but I think you agree that there are many of them.

Not all Теги are equally important. Фактически, you actually don’t ultimately have to bother too much with them, since there are some simple rules to easly see (by klicking on the Unit) what it is strong and what it is weak against.

Пример (1)
In the tool tipp below you can see primary stats like
Здоровье, Повреждать, Attackspeed, Movementspeed;

Но и:

Сопротивление: Blue Bracket
Повреждать & Типы урона: Red Brackets
Диапазон: Yellow Bracket
Множители: Rosa Brackets

This Musketeer for example got: Melee Resistance, Атака дальнего действия с no multipliers,
Siege Attack (Only usable vs buildings) с no multipliers и Атака в ближнем бою с [3x VS Cavalry] и [2.25 VS Shock-Infantry] multipliers.

Кстати: You don’t need to know the symbols – simple mouse-over will tell you the meaning.

While being self tagged as:

(You can get this window by mouse-over the portrait of the previous tooltip screen)

Here we can see it is:
–Пехота
–Ranged Infantry
–Тяжелая пехота

What does it mean?

• С его Melee-Resistance это должен perform well against all units that deal Melee-Damage.
• Его Атака дальнего действия получил no multipliers – so that is neither especially good or bad.
• Его Melee-Attack however got 2 different multipliers: 3x Cavalry – meaning it will deal
  3 раза больше ущерба to every unit tagged as Кавалерия и 2.25 раз the damage against as Shock Infantry tagged units.

So this is a unit that должен do well against Кавалерия и Shock Infantry в ближнем бою – так как это takes less Melee Damage and deals more to this type of units.
While on range it is more allround.

Примечание: Shock Infantry looks like Пехота but is technically not tagged as such, which fulfills the role of (по большей части) Тяжелая кавалерия – and is usually also treated alike by other units -> Артиллерия сделки меньше урона к Кавалерия & Shock Infantry и так далее. Shock Infantry is typical for Native American factions but in particular for the Aztec as they lack any type of classic Кавалерия

Rules for easier identification of Tags & Unit-Types

Некоторый Basic-Rules

• If it got a дальняя атака – it is its primary attack.
• If it got a дальняя атака it deals дальний урон с его дальняя атака.
• If it got рукопашная атака it deals урон в ближнем бою с его рукопашная атака

Некоторый other Rules

• If it got a piky end (speers, bajonets, мечи…) – Это Тяжелая пехота или Тяжелая кавалерия
• Если это shoots arrows – это Легкая пехота или Легкая кавалерия
• If it got a musket и есть mounted – Его Легкая кавалерия

Примечание: The Rules above are not reverse applicable (there is some Тяжелая пехота без piky ends) and can only be applied for units in their standard stance, Longbowmen for example use swords if forced or set to melee stance but are still Легкая пехота

Furthermore regarding Infantry:

• Если это только fighting in ближний бой это Тяжелая пехота или Shock Infantry and countered by Heavy Ranged Infantry but not only.
• If it got Melee Resistance это Тяжелая пехота
• If it got Ranged Resistance это Легкая пехота

For exceptions see the “Systematics of Units” раздел ниже.

Basic Counter-System: Камень, Бумага, Ножницы

In AoE III we got a fairly complex counter-system, consisting of many different types of units countering other units, what makes it sometimes possibly counter even mixed armies with a single type of unit.

However there are some rules applicable most of the time:

Грубый Counter-Rules:

• Пехота убивает Кавалерия (neglecting легкая пехота like Bowmen & light Cavalry)
• Кавалерия убивает Артиллерия
• Артиллерия убивает Пехота (neglecting some exotic units)

A little bit less rough Counter-Rules:

• Легкая пехота убивает Легкая кавалерия & Тяжелая пехота
• Тяжелая пехота убивает Тяжелая кавалерия & Тяжелая пехота
• Легкая кавалерия убивает Тяжелая кавалерия & Артиллерия
• Тяжелая кавалерия убивает Легкая пехота & Артиллерия
• Артиллерия убивает Light Infanrty & Тяжелая пехота

Systematics of Units

Пехота

• Исключения(1) Urumi (Только Пехота neither Свет- or Heavy)
• Тяжелая пехота
  • Атака: Ranged and/or Melee
    • Исключения(1): Inquistor(Siege Damage on quasi Melee Attack)
  • Amor: Only Melee
    • Исключения(5): Carolean(Дальний бой), Папская гвардия(Дальний бой), Nizam-Fuslier(Осада), Yamabushi(Дальний бой), Desert Warrior(Switching)
      Примечание: The Carolean starts like a normal musketeer with Melee Amor and switches it only once and irrevesible to Дальний бой после age IV homecity card: “Svea Lifeguard” is sent.
• Легкая пехота
  • Атака: Only Ranged
    • Исключения(2): Sudanese Dervish(Melee on range), Dhaomey Amazon(Melee on range)
  • Amor: Only Ranged
    • Исключения(4): Arrow-Knight(Осада), Huraca(Осада), Darood(Осада), Pavisier(Switching)
• Shock Infantry
  • Атака: Only Melee
    Исключения(1): Eagle-Runner Knight
  • Amor: Only Ranged
    • Исключения (0): никто

Примечание: Despite being here listed under “Пехота”, the tag Shock Infantry является mutually exclusive с Пехота and in general far more similiar к Кавалерия

Кавалерия

• Тяжелая кавалерия
  • Атака: Only Melee
    • Исключения(1): Yojimbo
  • Amor: Only Ranged
    • Исключения (2): Sennar Horseman, Lifidi-Knight
• Легкая кавалерия

• • Атака: Only Ranged
    • Исключения (1): Berber Camel Rider
  • Amor: Majority Ranged
    • Исключения (7): Кавалерия Арчер, War Wagon, Bow Rider, Black Rider, Manchu, Berber Camel Rider, Comanche Horse Archer

So in total out of ~200 units there are only ~24 “странный” combinations of Теги, Сопротивления и Attack Types