Current State of Papal Guard Age Up feb21

[I_HaRRiiSoN_I]

Hi guys posting this here and on official forums, this relates to the papal guard age up politician to age 4.

https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/curre ... ugs/116462

Papal Guard Overview
- Age 4 politician 2000f 1200 c
- affects availability of guard and imperial upgrades for bow/pike units
- reduces cost of other guard hand infantry units
- vet techs remain unaffected and have to be researched at normal price
- If a guard tech is free it still needs to be researched.

French:
No Papal: Vet bow/pike only
Papal: Unlocks guard and imperial bow/pike upgrades. Guard bow/pike is free. Guard halbs are 300w/300c

Ger:
No Papal: Vet bow/pike only
Papal: Unlocks guard and imperial bow/pike upgrades. Guard bow/pike is free. Guard dops are 300w/300c

Spain:
No Papal: Vet bow only. pike and rods both have royal guard and imperial techs at usual prices
Papal: Unlocks guard and imperial bow upgrades. Guard bow is free. Royal guard pike is 300w/300c. Royal guard Rods cost unchanged
*Question* shouldn't the royal guard rodelero upgrade cost 300w/300c now?

Port:
No Papal: Vet bow/pike only
Papal: Unlocks guard and imperial bow/pike upgrades. Royal Guard bow costs 300w/300c. Guard pike is free. Guard Halbs are 300w/300c

Sweden:
No Papal: Vet bow only. Pike have both royal guard and imperial techs at usual price.
Papal: Vet bow only. Royal guard pike is Free instead of 300w 300c.
*Question* I guess devs completely forgot about this when implementing bows and didn't fully test. Shouldn't the papal guard unlock guard and imp xbows, set guard xbow to be free and reduce royal guard pike cost to 300w/300c for consistency reason

I_HaRRiiSoN_I

[Zutazuta]

ESOC has it's best guy on the job. No hiding DE devs!

[I_HaRRiiSoN_I]

ESOC has it's best guy on the job. No hiding DE devs!

hehe thanks! i can understand the miss on the rods but the miss on the sweden papal guard is surprising

[yurashic]

Having a politician unlock something that isn't available otherwise is bad design in general.

[gibson]

Having a politician unlock something that isn't available otherwise is bad design in general.

I disagree.

[Jets]

They really did enjoy the xbow/pike meta.