Only two ages are available in Rise of the Moderns: The Raj of Steam and Steel, and their icons resemble those of Age of Darkness.
Of the six upgrades requiring the Electronic Era trunk tech, Polygonal Architecture is probably the most important of all in Age of Empires since it functions as a gateway upgrade, not just for the whole Fortification upgrade track, but because the same also leads to new developments in Logistics and Strategy. However, this is but a rule of thumb — the value of this upgrade will vary, depending on what civ you play and what other civs you face.
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Unlike Age of Chariots and Rise of the Ancients, Commerce research in Age of Empires uses Influence and Food - thus making it harder, as can be expected, to either invest in culture or in industry. You can either invest your Food and Influence in exacting more tax, or spend it on the arts or your economy. The choice is yours.
Unlike Age of Chariots and Rise of the Ancients, Scientific research in Age of Empires uses Influence and Food - thus making it harder, as can be expected, to either invest in culture or in industry. You can either invest your Food and Influence in exacting more tax, or spend it on the arts or your economy. The choice is yours.
i-War variations in Warbirth mean that Scientific research is far less significant, since most buildings don't have any expandable LOS. However, since expandable LOS is now attached to the location of your Meeting House and the Palace wonder, it is still useful for you to research it if only as a precaution against anyone using spies or invisible units, such as the Dacians, Bach Viet or Germans.
The task of administration is less connected to public deliberations as it is now to creating a physical presence - Administration creates the population centres, but only Science or Commerce can make them flourish as economic hubs.
However, there are two areas of economic resource production which Administration governs -- and that is Wealth production through Taxation, as well as Food production through Agronomics. This, in addition to the Administration tech track taking over the vanilla Civics track of Rise of Nations (as well as its important task of expanding your geographic borders on the game map) makes the Administration track no less important (if not more) than the Military track. Without the resources and Peons that Administration can drag in, your empire will be stagnant.
Note that the same time penalties as mentioned here on all Military tech levels from level 4 onward don't apply in these instances, since Age of Empires does not deal with the Bronze Age.
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