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Manchu Horse Archers, because they look cool and in deathmatch, and when fully upgraded they are like a cavalry archer but much stronger (and same pop).

Wilson_teh_Great:

I like War Wagons because when I micro them vs infantry like halberdiers it looks so stupid with these big wagons turning around, shooting, running, turning around.......etc

Agreed. Are all ranged cavalry classed as "light cavalry" because classing war wagons, by far the heftiest unit on the game, as "light cavalry" is slightly strange...

I also fail to understand how a tank-like unit can have 6 speed. Still, you gotta love em - best unit on the game. 

My favorite unit is the arquebusier,cause it look nice and are good.(cheap)

Musketeers definitely.

but, Imperial Redcoats FTW 

dude this is almost impossible to get (a large army of Cuirassiers? they cost 3 pop each! Cannons too? They cost another 5 population each!!!! And how on top of that "large army" do you fit skirmishers and villagers!!!!

My favourite unit is the Cuirassier cause it pones everyone

Pure Cuirassier attacks pones everyone but the best (Field Marshall)
 

bucky123:

dude this is almost impossible to get (a large army of Cuirassiers? they cost 3 pop each! Cannons too? They cost another 5 population each!!!! And how on top of that "large army" do you fit skirmishers and villagers!!!!

 

My favourite unit is the Cuirassier cause it pones everyone

Pure Cuirassier attacks pones everyone but the best (Field Marshall)
 

No, just no.

I had a game where the teams were Sergeant (me) and 2nd Lieut, Sergeant and Lance Corp. We were set to win the nr40, but the 2nd lieut kept spamming gendarmes no matter what. So the Russian Sarge made halbs and cav arcgers, the Spanish Lance made Rodeleros, and he still kept spamming Gendarmes!!! Then he ran out of resources and we lost.

So actually, a Gendarme spam can be beaten by a Lance Corp...

Lordbob13:

that's because cav archers and rodleros are direct counters to cuirs, but if the 2nd lieut was any good, he would have maxed out 80 vills, and been continously been able to spam 40 imperial instant gendarmes, and with some skirm help from you, you would've won easily.

He did, he got a much higher score than me and fur traded with 100k food. And Iwas continually feeding him Abus Guns with 250 anti infantry attack, but we still lost coz he ran out of eco and I had to keep sending him resources...

Oprinicks and petards, when they're raping another player's base, maybe even their factories if you're lucky.

You just get a real good feeling deep down when you successfully Op raid someone, or sneak some petards up to a TC or factory .