Fair enough, but they are still a new guaranteed unit that the Portuguese can get in their roster. It’s a fun addition for merc heavy builds and Portuguese hussar in this game are fairly average so it’s nice to have a stronger heavy cav option.
Speaking of hussars, I do have one more card suggestion for the Portuguese.
Ordem Militar Cristo - Enables Crossbowmen, Halberdiers, and Hussars to benefit from combat promotion to receive extra hit points and attack for each defeated enemy military unit (Age 4 card)
Yeah, I copied the French card and did some changes here and there, but the card is a good concept.
Add that card and include some of the suggested additions/changes in this thread and we got some good flavor here for the Portuguese:
The new names I suggested for the various HCC team cards (TEAM Gunboat Diplomacy → TEAM Botafogo etc.)
Changing Encomienda Manor to Fazendas
Reskinned town center after sending the Feitorias card
Portuguese Carvel → Armada Carvel (has promotions)
Portuguese Galleon → Nau (give it more attack to differentiate it)
Aventureiros - Sends 5 Aventurerios, heavy infantry mercenaries with a strong hand attack and a charged pistol shot ability. Aventureiros can be trained at Barracks and the Tavern for (X amount) of coin.
Berço Defenses - Sends 3 Berços, a faster firing falconet artillery variant that does additional damage to ships and slightly more damage to infantry. Berços can now be trained at the Artillery Foundry and are auto upgraded upon advancing each age.
Hmm interesting idea. We could do a Berber Allies card that allows access to Berber native units and techs. Not sure how balanced it would be though.
Morrocco was strongly considered as new civ for the African Royals DLC but the devs ultimately decided not to. One of the reasons given was that there was a lot of North African content spread around already.
From the Development of African Royals thread:
However, I disagree with their reasoning in this case. Morrocco civ could still be done. I’ve seen some good Morrocco civ concepts. This one is my favorite so far:
It would need some tweaks/balancing and new graphics for certain models but it’s good start.
Polish pikemen have royal guard upgrades. Scythemen are the RG unit. They look cool but they might need a new combat card. Poles don’t have "Archaic Infantry" cards.