Long-term I don’t see a lot of changed for Koreans but their early-game gains a huge potential for aggressive gameplay. There is a good reason why no civ has been given free archer attack or armor to this point so I’m exited to see how Koreans with that will fare (if it’s implemented) because I expect them to have a very powerful archer opening. I assume it would force a lot of civs (that might go archers otherwise) into scouts.Īlso having the second armor for free is nice because usually it’s too expensive in early castle age but the key really is the first upgrade in feudal (at least on arabia). Also defending with skirms is gonna be way easier with that.

It’s also pretty nice strategy-wise beacuse it allows for quite a variety of options like you can chose between making blacksmith after first range and keep upgrade advantage or go second range and have better numbers with defensive upgrade so you can push opponent back to his tc. Xbox Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition Fast Castle strategy guide By Cale Hunt published 13 November 2019 The 'Fast Castle' is a core strategy in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. Getting armor ealry on in feudal age is rather difficult so Koreans will have a time window where they basically win vs every other archers. How is that bonus small? I think it’s pretty huge.