Scout report

Build Number: dr-activerelease1 16.2.10884.0 Platform: Steam Operating System: Windows 10 Issue: Many men-at-arms unit models have incorrect equipment All default Men-at-Arms models use European-style longswords, which would be out of place in Middle-Eastern and Asian civilizations. Furthermore, the Jin Dynasty Elite Men-at-Arms incorrectly use a shield depicting the sun cradled by the moon, a symbol that appears on the Mongolian Soyombo and is associated with Tengrism. There are no sources tying this symbol to the Jin Dynasty, which was a mortal enemy of the Mongols. Trigger Event: Default behavior Repro Steps: None None

Build Number: dr-activerelease1 16.2.10884.0 Platform: Steam Operating System: Windows 10 Issue: No filter for selecting maps with points of interest Given that there are filters for selecting from all other map qualifiers (such as hybrid, high resources, separated masp, etc), it makes sense that there should also be a filter for selecting maps with points of interest. Trigger Event: Default behavior Default behavior Repro Steps: None

Build Number: dr-activerelease1 16.2.10884.0 Platform: Steam Operating System: Windows 10 Issue: Villagers use forage bush dialogue lines when gathering from fish As described in issue. This has been present since the start of the game. Since it hasn’t been fixed, I’m not sure if it’s still considered a bug by now, or if it is some sort of game limitation. But, I didn’t see it reported anywhere, so I’m reporting it here just in case it is a bug and has been forgotten about. The fishing dialogue is present in the game files, so it’s strange that it’s not used. Trigger Event: Default behavior Repro Steps: Click on Villager Gather from fish/forage bushes and compare dialogue.

Hi everyone, so aoe4 is finally getting out of these dark ages we lived through 2024-2025. We are getting new civs, we just got a new campaign, great. Things are moving forward again. However. There are some issues that should be, well, made priority before we get the next age of empires game, we know things are moving behind the scenes as Worlds Edge and Forgotten Empires are looking out for UE developers so before moving to the next aoe game, i think its time to seal the deal with aoe4 in a good note, that has a couple of implications. 1-) Modding Situation So modders need their complete tool, remember, the tool is still in beta with little to almost no changes in the last 3 years, a situation that should not continue being as it is. Modding is the backbone of any game that wishes to survive the test of time and age of empires 4 needs to get their things together in this matter, changes need to be done. Recently a game breaking bug that caused a controversy in the modding scene was revealed. See it here: Crash when joining a custom lobby with new mod And reddit post here: We Lost Another Great Modder : r/aoe4 2-) More civilizations and campaigns. This is the current map of aoe4 civs, credits be to @Seicing for this awesome illustration. image 1636×1028 1.43 MB Looking at the map, some really important medieval areas are still not represented, the iberian peninsula needs representation as the reconquista was one of the most important events in medieval history, and the longest war as well. Lots of players have been asking for a while for spanish civilization too… Eastern europe is also missing the lithuanian and polish common wealth, hungary… America is not represented at all either, and we have some really cool empires to represent in the americas, like the incas and aztects. Asia while fairly represented, Khmer is missing. These are all civilizations that should be added, eventually. 3-) More Customization Options Do you know why Advanced Game Settings has half a