this is a picture I believe will be ES's plan on concept of AoE series, so AoE IV will be base on modern war setting
Company of Heroes (CoH) have a lot of similarity with AoE III
basic rifleman squad(sometimes with bazooka) will take the role of musketeers which counters Jeeps and motorcycle
fast moving jeeps and motorcycles will be a hussar like unit, design to counter snipers
snipers = skrim counters every infrantry
tanks are more like rockets, dont counter by fast unit only by other tanks or AT gun
AT(anti tank) gun are like culvs, do nothing but counter tank (aka arty unit)
engineers are like CdBs, do basic construstion and can match infrantry with a flamethrower upgrade ( piooneer )
machine gun man will be the organ gun in WWII
mortar crew (not a big mortar like in AoEIII, but a smalll one) will be like fal, counters inf while fast vehicle can easily dodge it
if ES save the time with WC expansion, and allie with relic to create AoE IV, it cound be the best RTS game ever.
even thought we love AoE III, but it does get a bad (or not as good ) ratings from web and magezines. and most of the time on ESO I feel alone
[This message has been edited by exe163 (edited 09-18-2006 @ 11:54 PM).]