# Problematic Russian Changes

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**Created:** [August 5, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/problematic-russian-changes/236450 "2023-08-05T20:48:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![M00Z1LLA](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/m00z1lla/32/104042_2.png) [@M00Z1LLA](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/M00Z1LLA)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 6:37am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/problematic-russian-changes/236450/27 "2023-08-07T06:37:05Z")

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> [@UpmostRook9474](#):
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> Opolcheniye means “militia”. It is better to let it replace Militia, have 50% HP and attack of Militia but has twice the number.

It is already implemented as Northern Musketeers and the historic use of the Opolcheniye was far more extensive than what the militias at the Town Center are supposed to represent.

> [@UpmostRook9474](#):
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> not sure about the idea of ​​changing Streltsy to musketeer type

Every visual indicator screams musket infantry. They carry a big melee weapon and use the same pose as musketeers. Frankly, it’s kind of weird and unintuitive that they aren’t musketeers.

> [@UpmostRook9474](#):
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> Now that the unique skins have been designed for them, don’t give them up easily

> [@UpmostRook9474](#):
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> Since the technology is named St. Petersburg Dragoons, it makes sense for the unit to be called St. Petersburg Dragoon.

The Counter-Dragoons don’t have a unique skin, they look exactly like normal Dragoons. There’s absolutely zero reason to retain these units.

> [@UpmostRook9474](#):
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> Leib Guard Jager  
> Russian Imperial Guard were officially known as the Leib Guard, so this is just renaming the tech and the unit as well.

This could be a good way to retain the new Jaeger skin, it’s a synonym for Lifeguard anyways. The [Leib Guard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Imperial_Guard) included a whole range of units, so this unit could be given the dismounting ability to utilize the currently unused mounted variant. It seems like that was the original intent, but they would have realized that a light cav/counter-skirm is a bad idea because it hard counters its counters just by dismounting. You have to pair unit types with the same counters like light cav/musket infantry or heavy cav/counter-skirm. To preserve their current role, Leib Guards could be heavy cav/counter-skirm since [linking counter-skirms to the dismounting ability](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/more-intuitive-counter-skirmishers-and-dismounting-units/224226) would solve a ton of problems.

![Screenshot (219)](https://forums.ageofempires.com/uploads/default/original/3X/4/b/4b77674d7175acf5bdd7886ebbf5bcf31f6069c5.jpeg)

> [@UpmostRook9474](#):
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> [Zheldak](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8)  
> Mercenaries during Tsar Alexis. From recruiting from dispossessed nobles and Boyar scions. Can be used to name infantry who use firearms.

Is there any reason these must have firearms? Maybe it could be an alternate name for Poruchiks.

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