One of the things that players new to Age of Empires 4 struggle with the most is maintaining continuous Villager production. It may seem like a minor chore, but nothing could be further from the truth. Continuously maintaining Villager production at the Town Center ensures the most optimized economy possible, which in turn allows you to build a strong army as soon as possible.
ALWAYS keep the Town Center queue producing Villagers: an optimized economy pays for everything else.
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Keep the Town Center always producing Villagers in the Dark Age. An idle production queue is wasted economy — the habit of never letting it stop is what separates an optimized eco from a slow one.
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A Useful Resource
To help you get used to keeping the Villager production queue active, I have created a video you can play in the background while you play. This video repeats the phrase "create more Villagers" every 60 seconds, to remind you to keep producing that unit.
The video is not monetized, so there should be no ads or any other type of interruptions. The duration is several hours long, so you don't have to minimize the game frequently to restart playback.
Villagers: an optimized economy pays for everything else.
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