Olleus
Deity
As it stands, England is amongst the weaker civs in the game, but several things in G&Ks seem to propel them to never before seen heights.
- Ships can now capture coastal cities. This is a huge plus for England, with their faster ships (and better frigate), they can dominate the sea - and now use that for something. No matter how much the AI improves, it is unlikely to be a credible threat at sea, so an English player might be able to hit and run and capture cities with relative ease.
- Gatling guns and machine guns. Longbows can upgrade to these, and keep the +1 range promotion. While going from 2 to 3 range is a nice bonus, going from 1 to 2 is a complete game changer. English Gatling and Machine guns will be able to wreck utter havoc. The main weakness these units have (from what we've seen) is the difficulty they have in getting close enough to the enemy to set up and then fire. By tripling the number of tiles they can reach, the English should have an enormous advantage with these.
- +1 Spy to UA. As if this wasn't enough, they get a direct improvement. Hard to judge how good this will be, but you really can't complain with an extra spy.