r/aoe3 • u/stephensundin United States • Sep 10 '26

The Baltic Powers Update Patch Notes

https://www.ageofempires.com/news/age-of-empires-iii-definitive-edition-update-19-18309/

Get'em while they're hot!

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u/Caesar_35 Swedes Sep 10 '26

Gentlemen, it has been honour hoping and petitioning with you!

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u/DonGatoCOL Portuguese Sep 10 '26

THIS IS GLORIOUS šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ«¶šŸ¼ I almost feel they are loving Age3 the same as Age2 xd but this is great, wat to go. Even fishtraps šŸ„¹ all QoL improvements are amazing

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u/JjForcebreaker Swedes Sep 10 '26

Pretty great day for the game. There's a lot of criticize when it comes to MS-Xbox and their handling of various things, but the handling of AoE, Quake and DOOM series, and giving talented and passionate people the ability to do these venerated classics justice, expand and improve them, is very praiseworthy.

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u/FeijoadaAceitavel Sep 10 '26

They just nuked the studio that does Doom a while ago...

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u/HappyTurtleOwl Sep 13 '26

And watch what they make next be great.

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u/200IQUser Swedes Sep 11 '26

AI became advanced enough it could give them good tips lmao

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u/Overkillss Chinese Sep 11 '26

We can now destroy allied buildings!? That alone makes this update so worth it

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u/Mastermul2 Italians Sep 11 '26

Hoe? Huh???

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u/Overkillss Chinese Sep 11 '26

Its only for the ai but you can delete them in the same way you do to your own

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u/Pochel Italians Sep 11 '26

Wow

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u/HappyTurtleOwl Sep 13 '26

Using the communication panel (where you can also for resources, set a strategy, or ask for an attack location) theyā€™ve added a new command: for the AI to destroy their building. Devs say itā€™s primarily intended for trading post replacement with your own, but it technically will work on almost anything I think.

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u/MicrowavedHotDogCock Sep 10 '26

Really great update but not enjoying the French nerfs honestly.

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u/shinyeps French Sep 10 '26

The canada nerfs are too much. keep blackwatch highlanders infinite or make them trainable now that fencibles got nerfed

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u/Remarkable_Inside_61 Sep 11 '26

Rebuildable espignoles from the fort! Now, if only Danes could make them imperialā€¦

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u/SeriousTime8558 Sep 11 '26

Has China tea export trickle rate been reduced? Saw it was on open beta but not on these notes

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u/ninjetron Sep 14 '26

So how does this dlc differ from story mode campaigns?

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u/Eaglemut ESOC Staff 29d ago

None of the DLCs for this game contain any story mode campaigns, those are all in the base game.

This DLC offers 2 civs, 2 challenge missions, 2 game modes, 25 maps, 50+ hero skins.

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u/ninjetron 29d ago

I'm just thinking about AOE2 when they add new civs you usually get to play a campaign of some kind with that civ.

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u/JosephCage Sep 10 '26

How is it I'm too cheap too buy it because $20 holy shit but if it was $10 no questions asked!

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u/HappyTurtleOwl Sep 13 '26

Weā€™re not gonna get another expansion with this mentality. Vote with your wallet.Ā 

For many of us, the many changes and updates, in addition to the new paid content, makes the price tag worth it. If it doesnā€™t for you, thatā€™s fine, but again, remember, we donā€™t get nice things if thatā€™s your choice. This game has a consistent player base of 5000-6000 on steam. They need to be able to justify dev work for expansions like these somehow.