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[nebunelux]

Hi all,

I am playing the Spanish campain (Leon & Castille) and I am in 1320+ , I got at least 1 city and 1 castle upgraded almost to the fullest.

- Gunsmith -> no units. I was expecting the Bombard ( I saw the event in 1260+)
- Cannon Maker -> no units, capable of upgrading ship guns. My Lanternas have weapon type crude, so no guns there
- Cannon Foundry -> give the Ribault in cities, I still have gunpowder artillery in castles.

Also I got the Handgunners.

Is this behaviour normal? According to honga.net I should have by now at least the bombard.

Also, which faction whould be the one that takes most advantage of gunpowder, meaning best gunpowder units?

Thank you

[smitty]

If I remember correctly you won't see bombards popping up for a lot of western factions until the 1400 event. Only a few factions get bombards as early as 1320, like the Turks and possibly some others (I think...). Unfortunately the RR/RC units page doesn't list the artillery availability dates, so you'll need someone who can read the edb to do some investigating.

Best gunpowder units... Well, by 1600 Spain is certainly one of the best as is the HRE. Just a heads up though, you won't have access to most of the gunpowder units until the early 1400's, and musketeers and their late versions aren't available until mid 1500's....

If you really want to mess around with gunpowder units I'd suggest playing the 1450 campaign. The map layout, city composition, and faction location is disgustingly inaccurate, but at least you won't have to "end turn" another 250 times just to get to play with pistoliers, musketeers, serpentines and basislisks

[k/t]

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