I believe a lot of people tend to agree that the “Coffee Trade” tech at the Dutch church causes some issues for the Dutch in the late game. It’s almost required for the two extra banks, but hurts the ability of skirmishers and Ruyters to hit and run.
Want if the devs gave the Dutch “Liberation March”? It makes Cavalry and Infantry train 35% faster and move 5% faster.
It’s net result would be faster units late game who train slightly slower. It would also require one less card in treaty/team games (Riding School and Fencing School would have to be removed) and in team games I think it would help because the Fortress Age card slots are probably in slightly less demand than the Commerce Age card slots for the Dutch.
It would also be worth adding that at one point the Spanish ruled over the Netherlands, and that a Dutch rebellion ended that. I’ll admit I’m not an expert on the Eighty Years’ War, but it seems like a connection between the Spanish (one of only two civs with the card) and the Dutch that would seem to make a good historical reason to do it.
What do you think of the idea?
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