Independent from the statement, this is a pointless answer since it is true for you aswell
Thatâs true thats a base strategy of Cumans in Team Game. Then I take away the Cumans Pocket with Paladin and give them a new Identity. I think that wonât much hurt since you can went back to other Civ for this strategy.
Iâm pretty sure they will be used as a new meta, probably raise base reload time to 1.9, thatâs my proposal but more would make SL OP.
Guys why donât you just split this topic into several others (for example one for each civ)? Itâs getting quite messy and the developers will hardly be able to record anything you say.
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Youâre right, we need to collect all the ideas into a list. When I have time I can do it.
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What identity? 0% pick rate as in team games?
Paladins must be in the Cuman tech tree
Steppe Lancers should be a different unit, not a Paladin 2.0.
First off all they need major buffs
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I agree, Cumans is one of those civs that is wholly dependant on Paladins in the lategame, just like Franks.
Their HCA does not even have Bracer, so they are a dead investment, and SLs are not good for nothing outside raiding (at which they excel, to be honest).
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You cannot be serious with this
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My problem with just free archer armor and pavise buff is that you are not helping italians at all in feudal (plus you need a castle for pavise). They need something to keep up with the other civs sooner. I think bonus +1/+1 armor would do the trick, it would give italians a bit of a power spike in feudal which should be enough to let them reach castle somewhat âsafelyâ (of course, it always depends on many other factors).
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In order to make the Cumans less dependent on Paladins, I think they should receive Siege Engineers. Almost all civs without bracer have siege engineers and would allow their onagers to fill in a bit for the lack of range anywhere else. Only two that donât are Malians who I think should receive it as well and Persians which donât have bracer for obvious reasons due to Kamadaran. Alternative would be to give them Bombards but think thatâs likely a bit much.
Additionally, would be nice to distinguish the speed bonus a bit more. The extra 5% is not super noticeable as basically every non-Meso civ has husbandry except Teutons which get extra armor for free and Vikings whose cavalry are generally useless regardless. I would advocate for +5% / +10% in FA / CA and give them husbandry or add +5% across the board in the existing bonus. Could lower Kipchak speed by 5% to be neutral in a subsequent patch if this becomes too oppressive
I think between Elite Kipchak +1 damage and Siege Engineers they would be in great shape. Speed bonus would be a nice to have
They would still be massively dependant on Paladins, since they do not have any other good frontliner (they have Hussars, but those are not really frontline troops) and their Cav Archers are incredibly subpar in the Imperial Age.
That +1 Range they miss really does hurt them a lot.
It actually is, since Cumans have the only paladins and Hussars that can actually run from Camels.
Not only that, but that extra 5% speed is really good for Imp Age raiding, since you get exposed to less attacks, by virtue of being faster.
Speed bonus was 10% stacked with Husbandry. It was too strong
Cumans didnt have gunpowder irl
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It sounds like there will be other buffs to Steppe Lancers so their dependence on Paladins may be slightly alleviated. That being said, they do have FU infantry ex. supplies + Hussars as you mentioned so they have some buffers units. The Siege Engineers would help partially offset the lack of range from the archer / cavalry archer similar to how the Slavs and Teutons operate. The idea here would be to keep frontline farther away with Siege Engineers + Siege Onagers and indirectly lessen the dependence on Paladins
Not sure I follow on the Cuman paladins + hussars run from camels. Hussars are already faster than camels at 1.5 speed vs. 1.45 and the paladins with +15% arenât faster than camels with husbandry (base speeds are 1.35 / 1.45 for knights / camels and the +5% doesnât make up for the 0.1 difference). I think camels with husbandry is the fair comparison as all camel civs have it. You might be thinking of Steppe Lancers which are as fast as camels in terms of base speeds
Anyways I think adding the net +5% speed on the paladins would be helpful for them given the reliance on it for frontline + raiding
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Obviously they didnât but in Aoe2 gameplay trumps history e.g. why do Malians have hand cannoneers?
For the speed, I think the overall strength of the Cumans made it tough to evaluate the 10% unique speed + husbandry but this is more a nice to have to make the speed feel a bit more noticeable. As itâs really a +5% bonus in FA / IA and neutral in CA
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The cuman speed bonus was very awesome when steppe lancers had 1.5 base speed. Imagine a cavalry with 1.815 speed (or remember if you played it - was very op). The nerf was indeed needed for both the civ bonus and the steppe lancers. Cuman speed bonus could seem weak in certain situations but it is actually isnât. If steppe lancers wouldnât be trash this bonus could really influence them by a high amount.
At 20% Discount the cuman player could field 2SL for every paladin(according to gold) . Combined with their UT, theyâll out produce the generic paladins at 2:1 as well.
How well do 2 SLs damage potential compare vs 1 paladin⊠Thatâs a whole different ball game now.
And you were the one implying it should replace the paladin. The saracen/indian camel and the EW dont eplace the knight. It gives them a unit to fulfil a similar role.
And if anything the SL could do with an inevitable buff anyway. Which would stack with the 20% Discount.
Still crazy how much they overnerfed the SL. Like who thought it was a good idea to nerf their stats so much AND make them so much more expensive
Balance changes areout right now
- Cataphract got cheaper upgrades.
- Italians got pavise to Condotieri
- Portuguese and Korean discounts are now bigger (but with smaler changes to the cost of War Wagons and Caravels).
- Karambits are cheaper.
- Flaming camel improved.
Someone now call Parthnan to calm him now pleaseâŠ
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Thatâs still just 5% of his demands, snailâs pace!
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Lol I will be surprised if still make complainingsâŠ
He will complain about Turks, and that Indians still have no BEs.
Frankly i donât think we will see much use of Karamits anyway and Flaming Camels are mostly unchanged against non Elephants. they were already cost effective vs cavalry before this will just be a minor increase.
just wish they focused on making Tatars better overall instead of just the meme camel.