We all know by now that the Organ Gun is historically unrelated to Portugal. It was used in England and France and variations of it popped up in different places in Europe over the years but it was never a Portuguese cannon.
The second issue is that it’s practically worse then a Falconet in most regards. It also robs you from having the ability to get a 2 Falconet card.
The US gets 3 Gatling Guns that aren’t much weaker then an Organ Gun.
Also the Organ Gun was designed to shoot all barrels at once not in order.
My idea
The Organ Gun replaces the Falconet for the French and British. The Portuguese get the Falconet.
The Organ Gun now costs 400 Gold.
It only attack with 1 shot but that 1 shot has a larger AoE (maybe 5) then a Falconet but the reload time is longer (5 instead of 4).
Unlike a Falconet it doesn’t have bonus damage against buildings.
The other modifiers could also be different but that has to be tested.
The Range could potentially also be lower. Maybe 24 like the Gatling Gun.
It should be a little more effective against Infantry then a Falconet but a little less effective against everything else.
They will have their own updates. What’s more, these two civs can easily find more representative content than the Organ Gun.
There are currently no anti-infantry artillery mercenaries, it could be a nice addition. The Organ Gun mercenary has the possibility to be available to every Europeans and even other civs, which fits well with what you stated “variations of it popped up in different places in Europe over the years”.
I think there is a third problem: every European civilization has at least 2 unique units (for the Dutch in theory the bank was a unique unit).
If the organ gun were actually replaced, it would have to be by some artillery that, if not exclusive to the Portuguese, would historically be used by them a lot.
In theory the Portuguese deserve new unique infantry.
I hope it’s musketeer-like units. Their muskets were the origin of the Japanese muskets and influenced Japanese warfare. Even at consulate the Portuguese ally should better provide Japanese musketeers or other gunpowder infantry, not archaic crossbowmen. (Yes, the Japanese currently have good musketeers, but they also have good archers, so that’s not a problem.)
imo Ports needs just a rework of the organ shipment, like fix the animation more similiar like a gatlin or just let them as currently but buff the shipment then to 3. Water Ports still very very good and okay on Land on some match ups they suck but generally i think they are not so weak.
Organ Guns should be a variation on the Gatling Gun and Napoleon Gun - One of them is likely stronger than the other, so making Rabaulds somewhere between them would be the best way to do it. It would need something unique, though, like a higher multiplier into infantry than the other two or just more AoE.
If this kind of artillery is used as a mercenary unit, it can be used by both Asian civilization and European civilization, and it is more in line with history.
How about only making the [Organ Gun] replace the [Falconet] for the French, while the British can get the [Saker] cannon instead of the [Falconet]?
The Saker cannon was not only used by the English but they did apparently use it very often. What makes this cannon interesting is that it fired a rare round shot that was intended for bouncing along the ground, in order to cause as much damage as possible.
I honestly kinda hate that nearly all European (and even African) civilisations have the same cannons.
Always Falconet, Culverin, Horse Artillery and Mortar. And then most also have the Heavy Cannon in the Factory.
Not even the Ottomans have a unique cannon in the Artillery Foundry.
I think Ottomans, Persians and Indians should get a Bombard as shared artillery. A heavy version of the Falconet.
The Saker cannon would be perfect for the British, the unique feature of letting the ball bounce and hit multiple units in a row would make it interesting to use compared to a normal Falconet.
The Horse Artillery is also very boring because it is just better then the Falconet in every way. It isn’t only faster but also stronger. No trade off outer then the price + population cost.
The Musketeer, Pikeman, Crossbow, Skirmisher, Halberdier, Dragoon and Hussar have so many unique version by now but the Falconet, Culverin, Horse Artillery and Mortar don’t.
But I was being deliberately inflammatory and asking to also remove Siege Elephants to get people discussing it more so it was a bit of a mixed reception. Siege Elephants could just be renamed Gajnal and be restricted to the Culverin role. Bombards could have higher damage to buildings than Falconers to make up for a more focused Gajnal unit.
Sakers could be an interesting unique unit for the British. They’re kind of lacking with only Longbows and Rangers being unique.
