Yesterday I received TWC for Christmas. Played a couple games, as my Spanish Civ. I got in a 3v3 game, a player on the opposite side dropped and it was 3v2. I completely obliterated one of their civs (blue's)econ and they straggeled a few settlers away to their ally Aztecs. It was pretty much 3v1. However, during this course The Aztecs were taking on my two noob allies and hurting their econ as well, i was chewing them out for not being able to take on the Aztecs 2v1. After I rampaged through blue I took my army with Imperial Lancers and cannons and some pikemen to Aztecs economy spot, with no help at all from my remaining ally as one dropped after getting ravaged by the Aztecs. I thought for sure I had this guy as I had plenty of military buildings near his base and had instant cav. He had one unit that no matter what I did I couldn't stop, it looked like infanty but I couldn't get the name. IT mowed down all my lancers (I had the 2 power up cards for them as well) as well as native hitpoint upgrades from 2 different natives for the horseman. They were obliterated... Even with cannons. I spent half my econ making instant cavs against his one decent size army of these things and they all got wiped out. Finally i used the saloon and excuse me for being a noob with TWC, but I got about 20 of the horseman that cost 400 G and took 7 population and brought them to this army, and they got wiped out too. WTF Happened? How were these Aztec units so powerful and why do saloon mercenaries suck?