I was playing a bit of Age of Empires III (Classic/2007 edition) on Steam lately and realised I had a slightly different list of hotkeys for this game now (compared to my old September 2009 post about Aoe2).
- Army - Initially I assign this to the native scout you get for free, but later I might assign my mass of Cuirassiers/Strelets etc to 1.
- Army - rare, but sometimes I assign a second army. I've been playing the French a lot so often I only have one army of horsemen.
- Town Center - this is one I build either with a wagon or most likely with my Explorer. Essential in pretty much every game but especially when running my fave side, the French. Their villagers take longer to build.
- Town Center - as above, I only build this with my Explorer.
- Original Town Center - one of the first hotkeys I assign in a game, alongside the Explorer and then the Market.
- Main Military Buildings Group - so in the case of the French, I may assign 1-6 Stables to hotkey number 6, possibly with some Forts as well. Simply anything that will be pumping out Hussars or Gendarmes later. If I'm playing the British or the Russians, it's Barracks/Blockhouses pumping out Musketeers/Strelets.
- Market - one of the first buildings I... build. I don't abuse the market as much as I do in Aoe2 but it's got some nice villager/economic upgrades.
- Harbour/Docks or Native Outpost - rare but sometimes you need to zip to these fast.
- Explorer - one of the first hotkeys I assign. I usually pair the Explorer with Minutemen and go around killing treasure guardians, using the Explorer as bait.
Otherwise I can either just find stuff manually or press stuff like Ctrl+C to get the Church or Ctrl+R for the Arsenal, but it's not hard.
Just wanted to post something handy!
Just wanted to post something handy!
