Quoted from Wacko:
ndia: The concern is they are too slow early game (5 vill start, vills cost 100 wood, 8% XP penalty). There is also a concern that they struggle vs. massed HI late game because Gurkha don’t receive the counter-infantry rifling tech that European civs receive. Also, there are concerns about wonders and elephants but I believe those are only issues because of their lack of econ strength early game.
Proposed solution:
· Remove XP penalty
· +1 vills, -1 food crate
· Either allow the Gurkha a counter-infantry rifling tech in some way OR give them +0.5 multiplier vs. HI with the Disciplined and Honored upgrades respectively.
· Leave elephants as they are, improve Mansabdar aura to 15% perhaps?
· Leave wonders as they are
China: The concern here is that Disciples are too good, that their rush is too good, and that their team cards are too good. On the other hand their anti-cav is weak.
Proposed solution:
· Raise Disciple cost to 100 food, leave stats as they are
· Reduce the number of Disciples you receive for aging with the ‘disciple’ wonder:
Colonial: 4
Fortress: 8
Industrial: 14
Imperial: 28
· As long as we give lesser civs slight boosts their rush will not be seen as a problem so leave their early game as is aside from Disciples.
· Their team cards (team 7 manchu, team 5 hand mortars) were age4 cards in testing but were apparently moved to age3. Need to either reduce the number received with the shipment or move them in age (I assume we’ll reduce the number).
· Leave their anti-cav as it, it is this way for a reason.
Take away 1 food crate from the Porcelain Tower wonder.
Japan: The main concern I’ve seen with Japan is based around the Ashigaru musketeer (I didn’t see this coming… /sarcasm). It receives tons of upgrades and eventually has an insane attack.
Proposed solution:
· Not really sure what we could do here. Can’t reduce their speed or it’s just another musketeer. Can’t really pull the Daimyo or Shogun, can’t pull a wonder, can’t pull a card. Perhaps the 2 attack cards they receive are nerfed down to 15% from 20%?