For those who missed the video, from my understanding:
GE5 plays like all other levels, with the following tweaks:
1.) every 4th encounter you’re “defending”
2.) every 4th encounter you can battle it out, like any other ordinary battle in the game. Except you’re military buffs are coming from you’re city defence.
3.) you can negotiate like any other regular encounter in GE, including every 4th encounter
4.) you can construct fortifications prior tosolving “defending“ the 4th encounter. Giving you benefits like an additional attempt during negotiations and/or extra military buffs. From the video +/- 33%
5.) the map design is of a lush jungle cause the ground is very fertile, due to volcanic activity (in GE4)
6.) new avatars, chain building and powerful mysterious temple hidden deep in the jungle
In short:
From my understanding the only new things are: every 4th encounter works with defence buffs, you can strengthen your position with fortifications. That's practically the new thing and couple of new buildings. Which we already knew for a while.
GE5 plays like all other levels, with the following tweaks:
1.) every 4th encounter you’re “defending”
2.) every 4th encounter you can battle it out, like any other ordinary battle in the game. Except you’re military buffs are coming from you’re city defence.
3.) you can negotiate like any other regular encounter in GE, including every 4th encounter
4.) you can construct fortifications prior to
5.) the map design is of a lush jungle cause the ground is very fertile, due to volcanic activity (in GE4)
6.) new avatars, chain building and powerful mysterious temple hidden deep in the jungle
In short:
From my understanding the only new things are: every 4th encounter works with defence buffs, you can strengthen your position with fortifications. That's practically the new thing and couple of new buildings. Which we already knew for a while.
Logically it’ll do; AO works for both defending and attacking army. So, should work too in every 4th GE5 encounter. Unless specifically excluded from GE5’s 4th encounters. Like PvP arena1) Will your AO work in GE 5 in the defense role as it does in city defense for your main city?
From what I’ve seen in the video the battles are simple like any other ordinary battle. Only difference is the defence buffs are used instead of the attacking buffs. If you got advanced units compared to you’re current age, it’s likely to be possible2) Can you set up your GE 5 defense to use advanced-age warriors in an attempt to overcome lower boosts by city buildings you have?