Hey guys, I’m longbow wall, a PVP player with about 1800 score on ladder. My User name in game is 长弓不拉墙 and 十五斤三十块. You may found that I haven’t played 长弓不拉墙 during this time, because I’m practicing the new civ on 十五斤三十块.
These days, I summarized some opinions about the game balance, And discussed with some guys with higher scores, and finally kept the following parts. I hope these words can give some ideas to Dev of game balance.
Swedes
The Swedes regular build is strong but easy to change. So I justgive advices of some special points.
Suggestions:
1.Gustavian Guards (1500 food for 16 halberdiers) should be nerfed, such as change to 1450 gold for 15 halberdiers.
2.The price of Savolax Jaegers should be changed into 100 food 100 gold, or 90 wood 100 gold (from 100 wood 100 gold).
3 (Optional). Remove 9 Irish Brigadiers in age 2, or move them into age 3 for pve players.
Russian
I hardly played Russian, but i know Russian need a buff, especially enhance the tactical choices in age2.
Suggestions:
1.Add at least 1 way to FF, maybe work with the church card. For example, we can remove the Excile Prince, make the westernization in church get the effect of fast age-up and adjust its price.
2.Revert the effect of Boyars.
3 (Optional). Give a reliable outlaw or native card in age2.
Inca
Inca now is balanced most of the time, but they still have a stupid weakness: anti-artillery.
Although Huaraca, the ranged anti-artillery unit of Inca, can deal high damage to artillery theoretically, only 20 range they have, which means they will be attacked by artilleries and other soldiers around the artilleries first before they attack the artilleries. What’s more, when face to three or more artilleries, it is scarcely possible for them to match the cost performance of other anti-artillery units like Hand Mortar and Arrow Knight.
Although Huaraca seems to have 30 damage to infantry, it is almost useless - they are even less cost-effective than musketeers when attacking infantry.
In addition, the range of Jungle Bowman in age 3 was also too weak. It is really ridiculous for a civ that have only a 17-range skirmisher in the fortress age.
Suggestions:
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Add the range of Huaraca to 23, give them 40% ranged resistance and 50% resistance to artillery (just like Arrow Knight). Add the range to 26 with the upgrade of Champion Huaraca.
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Add 2.00 to Range Attack Maximum Range and LOS in Elite Jungle Bowman.
Chinese
The main dispute over balance of Chinese is on the blockhouse from Russian consulate.
With this blockhouse, Chinese can rush, defence, and FF safely, quit flexible in age2, which makes them unpredictable and hard to interrupt.
Of course we can just remove the blockhouse to solve this problem. However, this could only make Chinese go back to the age of FF because they have almost no more choice in age2 ever.
Suggestions:
1.Add the price of Blockhouse to 275 export, allow the Blockhouse to train Flamethrower and handmortar (to make the Chinese abandon the blockhouse tactics in early game).
2.Move Mongolian Army and Black Flag Army to War Academy, or just move the Mongolian Army to War Academy (to make Chinese have ability to fight in age2 for a long time, or they could only train hand cav with a lot of useless archers).
3(Optional). Lock the ability of receiving military shipment of village in age2, decrease the LOS of village, decrease the cost of Aisan Castle to 250 wood.
4(Optional). Increase the training time of Forbidden Army to 33s.
5(Optional). Decrease the buff to Keshik of Mongolian Scourge that “add 1.00 to Damage Bonus against Hand Shock Infantry” to “add 0.75 to Damage Bonus against Hand Shock Infantry” (this is dispensable because the Changdao Sowrdsman have a low damage bonus against hand shock infantry, which could be regarded as a punishment of Mongolian Scourge’s buff to Keshiks ).
6.Cancel the goat in the beginning of the game, and give a goat with 200 food when reach age 3. To slow down the FF of Chinese.
Indians
I don’t know how to change Indians. I used to proposed to decrease the damage bonus to cavalry of sepoy to 2, then I was mocked by Warsword (top four placings in King of the Old World Cup), lol.
Aztec
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Decrease the effect of Temple of Tlaloc Support to “add 4 to Eagle Runner Knight’s range” to “add 2 to Eagle Runner Knight’s range”, and increase the number of delivered Eagle Runner Knight to 6 or 7 (it is really unfair for any civ to have a unit that in high speed, high damage, high range and 1pop, don’t it?).
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Let the warrior priest not be selected by the hotkey that “Find All Military”, PLZ!!!
Ethiopians
Ethiopians is really weak now, so they need a buff.
The Shotel Warrior need to be changed. Because on the one hand, they are too strong while facing to the civ that use Heavy Infantry to against the Heavy Cavalry and Shock Infantry; on the other hand, they are too weak while facing the civ that use Light Cavalry to against the Heavy Cavalry and Shock Infantry.
–by. Warsword, who used to gain the top four placings in King of the Old World Cup, also known as 伊吹·香织
United States
Coffee Mill Guns need tweaks. In last patches, Gatling Gun is a OP unit because they can defeat light cavalry after the Coffee Mill Guns. Even no longer afraid of heavy cavalry, as long as some units can stop them - whether they are heavy infantry or not. Which means the only thing can counter them is anti-artillery unit, like culverin. This makes the Gatling Gun become too versatile.
Maltese
The OP point for Maltese is they have a perfect combination with the Wall, Crossbowman and Culverin: The wall can protect crossbowman and Culverin from heavy cavalry. The Crossbowman can repulse most of the enemy. The Culverin of Maltese is so strong that they can Kill all the enemy’s artillery easily, even they will get an unreasonable advantage in the battle with other culverin after sending the eighth shipments: Other civ’s Culverin needs three shots to kill Maltese’s Culverin, but Maltese’s Culverin only needs two shots to kill other civ’s Culverin. So it is better to make the artillery no longer be buffed by 2% hitpoint of the health from each shipment, also the Fixed Gun and ship.
What’s more, Maltese Crossbowman is too flexable, cheap, and fast to train. They can siege the buildings in 18 ranges and retreat whenever they need. So it is better to reduce the siege attack by a half just like Longbowman, and lengthen their trainning time keep up with Skirmisher.
The UP point for Maltese is they are too weak to defence the FF + 2Falconet. And they are too weak to counter heavy cavalry in the medium and late game.
