I have seen people and I self do to say that Aztec miss some flavor or strength.
I thought maybe to balance it a bit more or give the Aztecs a small boost they get access to the Huitzilopochtli temple. This is a bit like the church and mosque were they have small upgrades both for faster training and line of sight. Next to that they can train priests here and have the option to select what they get from killing, building and destroying stuff in greater amounts. For example instead of getting 10xp on killing a unit they get 20 coin. Something like that. This will resemblance their sacrafisial practices a bit and gives a small economic bonus late game encouraging to attack the enemy.
They can have also cards and or upgrades increasing what they get from killing and or destroying and give the temple a higher xp tickle.
I heard someone else also proposed a temple idea, I havent read this one yet as I couldnt find it. But if it is about the same as what I now propose apologies and Ill delet thise.
Aztecs and Incas need a Temple building, taht allows them to train Mercenaries.
In fact, Hauds and Lakota could get access to the Saloon for the same purpose.
Aztecs really need a Temple, with Mercenaries and some upgrades for their mechanics, like the Church and Monastery have for Europeans and Asians.
The Incas could also benefit from this.
It is weird that cultures with such a focus on organized religion, and religious architecture, lack religious buildings in the game.
Literally an upgrade for unit and building LOS, an upgrade for shipment speed, an upgrade for Warrior Priest and Priestess Healing Rate and another upgrade specific for each civ; would be all it takes.
Skull Knight?
If it is, Skull Knight is already strong enough as it is. A Skull Rush can just break an opponent in the early Fortress Age, and the only unit they need as backup are Slingers, so it is not even hard to do.
This is a great representation of the power of Skull Knights.
Maybe unique native mercenaries or all outlaw types with heavy upgrades for them i.e. upgrades giving +50% hp etc, making them more comparable to other mercenaries.
I think outright European mercenaries are a bit odd.
I know that in the Beaver Wars, several French, Dutch and British Mercenaries fought for the Haudenosaunee and the Huron, which is why they have European Units cards.
Portuguse and Dutch Mercenaries also fought in Africa and Asia, on behalf of the natives, as long as they paid. Sometimes against their very motherland.
It’s probably me that was proposing the "Temple". I even made back in release day a mod that gives you the opportunity to test it.
I, and many others, compare often Incas with Aztec, and I totally feel like there is one building that is missing, and the Temple could fit that.
So far, just game design and not balance wise, Aztec is lacking “something” compared to the Incas. This is why I made a response on the first link.
There was a religious building but it was better to remove it for a ridicoulous market… They dont need any upgrade for healing rate, they have a ceremony that heals every unit on the map. I think thay are well balanced. All they need is a fix in their aztec minig HCcard to change coyote’s cost to coin for late-game purposes.
Skull, Arrow and Eagle Knights have an easy time at killing stuff, so it would either have to be an almost unnoticeable amount of Coin taht only adds up after many battles, or Aztecs would forgo Plantations entirely, specially with how easy they can pump out Skull Knights with their 10 Warrior Priests.
Skull and eagle are pretty weak against any skirmisher type and arty. Besides if it gives coin and someone is going for skull knights nothing would happen as skull knights are from the fire pit.
It would, because they would have a good Coin economy, for free, not even having to spend Villagers on it.
I am not against the idea, but it may be OP, so I have reservations.
They would use the Coin to buy Nobles Hut units, after getting it for free from Skull Knight raiding.
Might want to not give aztecs the last plantation upgrade or something like that. Or greater amount of food and wood and a little amount of coin instead of xp.
