Hello, today I post in hopes someone in the higher ups might see or hear about this, I will be brief the Tanegashima Ashigaru are straight up much worse than crossbow for an increase in price
As of now they have (stats in [.] will be the crossbow equivalent if no [.] then they are the same):
70 food 70 gold [80 food 40 gold]
15 dmg [11+2]
+10 bonus dmg vs heavy
4.5 range [5]
2.5 attack speed [2.125]
94hp [80]
0 0 armor
1.12 speed
Light ranged gunpowder infantry tag means they get +5/7/8 bonus DMG from archer [no bonus]
Why is a worse unit that deal less DPS to both light and heavy, while being more vulnerable to archer and having less range, cost MORE than a regular crossbow ?
Here link and screenshots https://ageofempires.fandom.com/wiki/Crossbowman_(Age_of_Empires_IV)
Ah that’s unfortunate. I was worried about Sengoku Daimyo since they lose a lot of japanese unique units, onna-musha really helped build a cav army focus.
At the very least that light ranged gunpowder tag has got to go. I don’t know why the devs want to make all japanese anti armor units so squishy.
I remember it having 1,6 reload speed in the preview, giving it even 1,8 would actually make it worth the price, but now it’s just bait
There were many changes from the preview at the Gamescom:
- Tughlaq produces elephants in forts, and was even going to be able to unlock the Sultan Elephant.
- Golden Horde has other Edicts for Castle Age and their khan gonna be Golde Horden Khan.
For the Tughlaq i suppose they noted that the elephant mechanic if forts was terribly broken, sultanelephant the same (at least left something for the parent civ), and in the Interview with one of the Devs, they say the changed the name of the khan to Batu to reflect the fact that the civ represent the first years or decades of the Golden Horde, not the last, when they become Islamics.
I suppose is the same with the Sengoku Tanegashima ashigarus, they test that they were very broken with that attack speed.
Remember: That the variant has a unit named "The Daimyo", which increase the Attack Speed of all the nearby units, and if you pick the Statue Landmakr at Imperial Age, they increse at +40% attack speed (English Aura).
The Tanegashima ashigaru + Daimyo in Post-Imperial gonna be extremelly powerful, and even more if you pick the improvements of Oda Clan (Reflective Armor + 10% HP).
I suppose thats the reason of the attack speed nerf: is to prevent they become machine-guns.
Note: The Tate Shield is automatic, not like the arbalestier which need to click.
at the moment, even with the normal attack speed buff from the dyamo they are still worse than crossbow
