Age of Wonders 4 - Three KEY MECHANICS You MUST UNDERSTAND!

Age of Wonders 4 can seem like a complex game at first, but I think it's key features and mechanics work incredibly well together. In this Age of Wonders 4 tips and tutorial video I'll guide you through three key features you need to understand and provide some quick bonus tips too! Today I'lll discuss Tomes of Magic - how to unlock them faster, the research cycle, and how to get up to tier 4 and 5 tomes. This is accompanied by a discussion around Mana, Spells & Casting Points. I'll also discuss Imperium - the king resource - what it does, and the five ways to earn more of it! Finally, we'll talk empire expansion and the powerful wonders that fill the map, Thanks for watching! #ageofwonders4 #gaming #strategy #tips #tutorial #guide

0:00 - Age of Wonders 4
0:06 - Tomes of Magic
3:25 - Imperium
6:19 - Expansion & Wonders
8:51 - Summary

[seasand]

Really well done. very focused on significant gameplay features and how they work. with a well structured format and a final conclusion, this is one of the most well produced tips videos i've come across as far as I can recall.

[Dirt]

your tips videos have got to be the best around. I love the final conclusion/overview, super helpful to combine everything from the video!

[jimberry]

I can’t recall a video that does a nice recap at the end of what we have learned. A nice touch!

[peterknutsen]

Based on other videos, non-temporary Healing seems very valuable. Can you make a video about that? How it works, ways to speed it up?

[imblackmagic]

you forgot imperium is also used for unit upkeep on tier 4 and 5

[Gabriel-pxcv]

just finished my first game, i won by magic victory in the beginner realm and it took a little under 12 hours, this game is like fucking crack lol.

[ardbug]

Quick note about your videos, they are great :)

[waffleswafflson]

**Little things i've learned after 40 hours of playtime:**
- Scouts are all unique, Barb scouts can build outposts, Dark scouts have baked in stealth
- The mount racial changes some units into mounted units
- Most AI will agree to vassalge if you siege down their capital
- Killing a multitude of tier 1 units all in one round will break enemy morale and instantly win a fight
- Most wonder fights will come up as hard or impossible, but they are balanced to be done at your level and you should /try/ them before just walking away
- You can build build teleporters on outpost, allowing you to instantly invade a nation on the other side of the map from your home base if you want

[alazkoGaming]

Great video with great tips and that quick tip of how to disband your troops… you have no idea how much time I lost searching in-game for that 😂

[mitchellkrever]

Certain special buildings give bonuses if you have adjacent farms/foresters/quarrying etc. Find out what your special buildings are so you can plan accordingly.

[barryevans]

I was looking for how to disband units! It would be better if they added a system where you could upgrade tier 1 units once you unlock better

[natrixnatrix]

Could you maybe do a video on some basic battle mechanics. Most things I guess are explained if you read the tooltips but there are some where you do not have a direct tooltip. What usually catches me off guard is when an ability ends a units turn. Attacking being the obvious one but also some buffs or heals from support units seem to work the same way. It's probably explained somewhere but if it was then at least I have missed it, so others may have also done so.

Another thing is when you are allowed to cast spells. I haven't seen anything in the UI, similar to the way it shows casting points, which shows on what turns you are allowed to use them. Again, it was probably explained somewhere but if so I missed it.

I'm betting there are other similar things which unlike for example 'flanking' do not have readily accessible tooltips explaining them.

[brabbelbeest]

Another thing you’ll want to keep an eye on, is the inherent/passive bonus each tome gives.

Often these include special hero traits you and your heroes can choose when leveling up.

[Xaxares]

When unlocking tomes, can you go back a tier and unlock more tier 1 or 2 tomes? If so, how?

[TcpIpNut]

Thanks for another great video. I'm enjoying the game that I picked up yesterday (I have all of them). This one is gorgeous! I had issues going to bed on time last night...Just one more turn...what's over there??? ;) I have two GPU cards in my PC. This game auto selected the lower end card. I had to subscribe to the Steam beta branch to have the GPU selection enabled which resolved the issue. Quite strange. I play a ton of games and have never had one select the lesser (and secondary - device 1) card. Stability seems fine on Windows 11, recent GPU drivers, and this unusual GPU setup (two physical Nvidia GPUs). I haven't subscribed to any mods yet as I wanted to ensure the game was stable before doing so.

[MrCarlsong]

Disband unit... I found it myself yesterday... I wish I saw that video when I really need that

[russellcohen]

Thanks for the disband tip. I had already found it on my own, but it was not super obvious, so I am sure that's going to help some folks. Upkeep costs can be killer and dropping lower level units is a good idea.

I'd love to see an analysis of unit experience and its effects. I have found it makes a big difference. So much so that I think the order spell Ascended Warriors which gives every non-Hero unit in an army a permanent +1 experience level to be the most useful spell in the game.

[amitor]

Until now I just sent troops I wanted to dismiss to fight a hopeless battle 😅.
Do you know of a way to remove an annexed tile without destroying my entire city?

[elleeVee]

is there any reason not to go for magic victory asap? you can rush towards it SO quickly and it kinda naturally happens every game

[ExceedProduction]

How far should one spread cities out to maximize tile useage?
How does one cleverly progress through the unit tiers to keep up with the game?
On that note, is there a way to view the unit roster and what is yet to be unlocked?