For now I'm not worried, Ms aren't solving user problem in their games and the beta of DE. With problem with this Definitive edition is the money. Ms don't want put game in steam and is exclusive to Win10. Their developers don't care ask. AoE4 will fragments their community. (Competitive vs hardcore old style)+casual public.
The developers are the same, that ruined Dow series but who make CoH. And probably don't have any advanced.
I'm part of forums of Aoe, but AoE series never satisfies my desires, like 0 a.d or RTW.
Well portrait of ancient civs isn't easy.
by other side developer can't be react in that way. I people come and quit since 2012. some are really missed.