Pre-patch I thought Ottomans would be an ok civ that was going to struggle vs strong LI civs in general and vs France especially.
Many predicted Ottos were going to be weak, unuseable, overnerfed, the new Germans.
But I can tell you, thats nonsense. Ottomans are IMO still one of the top civs on most maps (even on orinoco vs most civs!) and are very potent.
Yes, you cant stay in age2 for 20 mins vs very good players anymore and win by making nothing but jans and abus guns.
But was it really good that way? I dont think so.
Actually I'm pretty happy about the nerf: The Ottoman civ has become a civ that needs more skill to be used and is less noobified.
On the top level you now finally need to do some smart moves and have some micro.
Ottomans are still very good, you just need to play a *bit* smarter now.
Contrary common believe Ottomans dont have many problems vs LI civs (Sioux, brits, Dutch etc) nor vs France's FF.
This here might seem like egopost but imo it just proves my point: (rated game on new england)
The key with Ottomans vs French FFers is no longer to make nothing but jan abus and stay in age2 forever but rather getting tps quikly, then making a medium sized age2 army (including hussars!!!!) and aging to age3 with EP. Then upgrade your army and add some nice shipments. In the future age3 is going to be more important for the Ottomans. Actually not much has changed. One of the only things is, that lbow massers now are a serious danger in age2 unless you have hussars
What do you think about the Ottoman changes?