Profile of Rosbone

Practical example: Axis has higher winrate than Allies on 4v4 but Inka Tournament showed Allies dominating axis. Why? Could it because Allies only gets good at super high level play? Who knows.

The last tournament was dominated by allies because pathfinders and maxim spam were untouchable. Since the paths give sight for the maxims nothing could attack them. This setup can only happen in a tournament setting.

Axis are easier to tech, have early sturm/kubel pressure, and tend to do better in rando games. Unless you get all OKW vs all Brits then its a severe beating for axis.

None of this is fact (are there such things?). Just observations and listening to players much better than myself. So I tend to agree with PagePs stats in general.

... it is kind of deemed too risky to make another map patch at this point.

Let me rephrase my response another way:

Lienne Forest has the Vilshanka bug and it gets played 12 times for every Vielsalm (West Wall) match.

Players would rather get a bugged UI 12 times in a row than play a single game on Vielsalm.

I think that boldly outlines what the community wants.

...it is kind of deemed too risky to make another map patch at this point.

I think the 8000 people who /Q out of City17 matches every month would argue its worth the risk.

If it comes out with terrible bugs it will make people lose faith. Unless the bugs are funny, in which case people will be talking about them forever with smiles on their faces.

For example seeing a sherman drive up and over a giant building in Relics own videos does not impart a good feeling.

So this question is best asked for the secret testers of the game since you guys have already played the multiplayer. Should it be released early?

Watching the AOE4 reviews shows a few things:
1) AOE4 runs pretty smoothly but not perfect. Elpern for example cant go near water without massive frame drops.
2) Things were noted in alphas that did not get put in the game. Which sounds like Relic did not listen or try to do those things since many were simple and part of AOE2.
3) Basic AOE2 mechanics are not implemented. These things sound like limitations of the Essence engine or just Relic in general. Not enough zoom, bad hotkeys, small pop cap, etc.
4) People have complained that the Relic servers are trash. So this may be an issue here also.
5) Weird issues with A-move and units just not doing what they are told (classic Essence engine problems?).

Overall the reviews have been perfectly 84% positive every day since release. So people in general are happy with AOE4. Except the hardcore AOE and SC2 fans.

I bring that all up since AOE4 alphas did not seem to make the game better. Relic really seems to be trying to get Coh3 figured out by the community so maybe things will go better for Coh3. Or is it all just more marketing?

If it is not just marketing, sooner is always better so you have time to fix the broken stuff. One year is not a long time in game development.

I believe this is called RUBBER BANDING and is usually blamed on bad internet connection/lag.