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 The ottos suck now and they were not that good before, not one otto player broke 2200 rate  in AD that is, only one other civ with such low ranks forgot which one. ottos were used a lot but sucked at higher level of play, and now they suck so bad . that most went back to vanilla or Wc. Talk about wood depended now so we have very expensive armies and now we need to get lots of wood to top it of. well most civs can spam wood/food units and boom at same time, while otto has no wood food units. so we are forced to have to get 3 resources at a time while most others can go two.

 

 

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2163 highest rated otto. ports spain are low too.

Awesome! Ports get their Cassador Hitpoints to 105!

And Japanese shrines rate for Wood, Food and Coin are doubled!!!

I just hate the fact that the town center's antiship attack is 75...

ShagNasty:

 The ottos suck now and they were not that good before, not one otto player broke 2200 rate  in AD that is, only one other civ with such low ranks forgot which one. ottos were used a lot but sucked at higher level of play, and now they suck so bad . that most went back to vanilla or Wc. Talk about wood depended now so we have very expensive armies and now we need to get lots of wood to top it of. well most civs can spam wood/food units and boom at same time, while otto has no wood food units. so we are forced to have to get 3 resources at a time while most others can go two.

 

 

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2163 highest rated otto. ports spain are low too.

Actually costing only food and gold is a good thing. Gold collects faster then wood. 

I have not gotten a single Port or Spain in QS. And only one Otto. I assumed since everybody said Jan rush dead I could Naked FF without a worry. He Jan rushed me and won.

ShagNasty:

 The ottos suck now and they were not that good before, not one otto player broke 2200 rate  in AD that is, only one other civ with such low ranks forgot which one. ottos were used a lot but sucked at higher level of play, and now they suck so bad . that most went back to vanilla or Wc. Talk about wood depended now so we have very expensive armies and now we need to get lots of wood to top it of. well most civs can spam wood/food units and boom at same time, while otto has no wood food units. so we are forced to have to get 3 resources at a time while most others can go two.

 

 

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2163 highest rated otto. ports spain are low too.yeah i agree ottos arnt very good now but ports and spain are two of mt best civs only after india and they do not suck

But the Patch has come out. They should improve.

this patch sucks. they have chance happinings like they decrease crossbow attack because there is a chance of having someone try and make a colonial war. that stops any chance of people trying to counter faction's special type archers so that was a decrease all together.porteguise cassodors already suck since theor upgrades are in 4th age and that is their skirmisher their special unit it so it should be alot better then regular skirmishers. for alot of other stat decreases they take peoples special type of unit or good unit it for this type of war and they crap them up and say it's balencing the game, sry EST you have done a great job it's just you got red of peoples counters for cheap tactics but you left the cheap tactics the same

Factions special type archers? you make no sense.

like a certain archer that only that faction has

Actually, two of the 'archer' type units that are special to specific civs, the Aenna and Macehualtin, got boosted.

Will the descriptions of the bonuses on the home city cards be edited to reflect the bonuses of the patch?  This is currently not the case for the Portugese cavalry bonus nor is it the case for the Japanese infantry bonuses.

I don't exactly know why but after playing a few days now it has become clear to me that : 

 -skirms can't fight off hussars anymore.

-The team with French hussars usually wins.

-Suddenly going semi FF or FI wins you the game.