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Since this thread’s been quiet for a while now, I decided to play with the graphics a bit on the Landsknecht update.
So let’s go from the start.
Now, we all know by now how infamously weak the Landskneckts are, so much so that even regular spearmen are more durable, not just because they have more HP, but also because they have a specific upgrade that grants them +3 melee armor. So the best way to fix this would be to just raise their HP to be equal to spearmen (because I honestly don’t see the reason why they should have more of it when they have an armor upgrade to begin with), or raise their HP just a little, but give them more armor, but not so much that would make them equal to spearmen with armor upgrade, to make it more balanced.
Now, let’s move to the actual update for the Landsknechts to have: versatility.
Wondering what the icons are?
Zweihandler would be the default for the unit, aka the same as it is now.
Poleaxe would allow them to gain spearmen’s ability for bracing, as well as gain bonus damage vs cavalry units.
And if the question comes in why bother to build the spearmen then anyway if they’ll just get replaced, remember that spearman, while costing the same food, is much cheaper to make since they cost 20 wood, whereas Landsknecht costs 100 gold.
And finally, Arquebus would replace the need for Holy Roman Empire to have Handcannoneer units altogether, making them cheaper, but not as much as Rus’ streltsy, and with less HP than them.
The only trade-off that would be required for this particular ability, so you wouldn’t be able to just use gunpowder units the moment you reach Imperial Age in the middle of an encounter, would be to have you first research Chemistry.
And lastly, the versatile abilities would need to have a global cooldown of, let’s say 15-20 seconds, so you wouldn’t be able to spam the switching ability constantly.
So in an ideal world, without the Elite Army Tactics upgrade, a fully upgraded and reworked Landsknecht would look something like this.
Thanks for reading, I’ll come back once I deal with the Prelate update.