Weaponry of Aztec/Inca buildings

Aztec (also Inca later) TC firing guns might be an oversight in TWC but it feels weird as these civs were branded “pre-gunpowder civs”.
Especially considering that the war hut, noble’s hut, as well as the citadel and stronghold added in DE all shoot arrows.
In the meantime Inca tambo fires guns.

So these are very inconsistent. Either they should all shoot arrows if the pre-gunpowder theme persists, or they should be given some additional access to gunpowder (don’t need to be regular).

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I agree. It woudl be a small touch, though it’s nice to keep it uniform. They don’t even need to change the aesthetic (other than remove any smoke) - they can just give it a sling-firing sound and it’d be fine. Arrows woud be better though.

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Ok, nerf Aztec and Inca due to change pre-gunpowder to arrow.

Inca trading post firing a gun is a copy paste error.

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Pretty sure @ArrivedLeader22 just means to change the attack visually (right?).


Also, I don’t have much research on this, but did the Aztecs and Inca ever use gunpowder weapons?

Other natives like the Mapuche, Haudenosaunee, Lakota and others made a habit of stealing rifles, horses, armor and even cannons from conquistadors to use against them, but did the 2 fore-mentioned ever get a chance to do so?

Here is a cool painting of Toqui Lautaro next to a bundle of conquistador weapons, including a flippin’ falconet :rofl: .
(The painting represents the 1550’s in modern Chile)

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Fake news, its a haud light cannon imported from New England, not a falconet. :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

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…And shooting against ships should also be a flaming arrow. I think it is also a cannon type shot.

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I know, but you don’t know Dev, they like to nerf Az and Inca unreasonably.

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Instructions unclear, nerfed aztec again (but only their lategame where they lose anyways).

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I would make the Natives building fire animation more visible.

What about these Inca weapons

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unreasonably nerfing a civ that has 54,7% winrate

players are annoyed that they nerf the azzy lategame performance and leave the obscene rushes intact. nerf arrow knights but leave the 2x maya/zapotec alone

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Aztec got continuous core hard nerfed several patches and their winrate didn’t drop ANY.
They should get buff. :smiley:

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Just to jump on this topic again whilst we have a patch imminent…

Any chance we can get the TCs to fire arrows instead of bullets?

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If euros can get Imperial mercs by free Town dance should buff Walls again, at least in a lesser manner to buildings. Like fertility dance which has different effect on economic units than military ones.

Also, if riding school buff missionaries then Fencing school should buff WP

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Fencing School does buff Shock Infantry now at least. That was a big help.