Please Lower Cossack's Strength!!!!!

I was totally angry and frustrated that everytime Russia declared war on me during the Cavalry's age, I found it very unfair to put down the Russian Cossacks with my Cavalries. Cavalry's strength was 15. In respect to the Cavaly, the Cossack's strength was like 18!!!! MY LORD! When can i put these Cossacks down??? Going just 1 on 1 (Cavalry V.S. Cossack) was very unfair, Cossack did not lose any strength in the battle against my Cavalry with 15 strength on 75% defensive bonus hill+forest!!!!! It was just like an Archer V.S. Swordsman!!!!

They came by Transport ship with Artilleries. Cossacks have the same strength as the Industrial Age's Modern Artilleries (18 strength)! WOW!!!

Come on! Who's gonna play against these Cossacks with their Cavalries?! It was just UNFAIR!! Someone has to change this crappy rule. At least lower Cossack's strength to 16 or 17 and keep the Artillery's strength as 18! A Cavalry is no match for a Cossack with 18 strength! It was too much for a Cavalry!

I think that this is one of the good suggestions for Civ4 Team that I could not just ignore it.

Changed in Warlords. To 16 strength I think.

Whoops! It looks like i need Warlords Expansion version.

Anyway, Thanks for reminding me...

In the meantime before grabbing the Expansion pack, build some rifleman, some cannons for collateral damage, and try to create some killing fields in front of your cities.

Lord of Civ said:

Whoops! It looks like i need Warlords Expansion version.

Anyway, Thanks for reminding me...

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They nerfed Cossacks and Redcoats... but now have the overpowered (arguably) Trebuchets.

drkodos said:

In the meantime before grabbing the Expansion pack, build some rifleman, some cannons for collateral damage, and try to create some killing fields in front of your cities.

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Agreed. Attack them before they get to your city. Also, the AI sends one or (rarely) 2 stacks. Survive them and you'll be fine.

Actually, my important coastal city with 12 citizens was already razed. hehehe!

Its too late. However i managed to save other 2 great cities on Catherine's first and second invasion attempt by using my Guerillas Tactics (Defensive War). BUT THE THIRD ONE WAS TRIPLED (3 TRANSPORTS AND 3 DESTROYERS (10 Cossacks and 6 Artilleries). Thats when she got me and i got mad.

Despite that i Drafted many riflemen, but that did not save the great important coastal city. I had 5 riflemen and 1 grenadier included 2 catapults. My 4 Cavalries arrived slow and were stationed on 75% defensive bonus hill+forest but they were all killed. Others were weakened after the second invasion attempt by Catherine of Russia.

While she lost 4 Cossacks, I lost 7 or 8 Cavalries!!! Anyway, Cossack with 18 strength was too much. Thanks God that i was on another big island with Inca who was amost defeat by my Persian Cavalries.

Lord of Civ said:

My 4 Cavalries arrived slow and were stationed on 75% defensive bonus hill+forest but they were all killed.

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Cavalry don't get the defense bonus. Never leave them sitting. Attack with them, then pull them back, otherwise they are sitting ducks.

If you hate cossaks, play as the russians!

go into the xml and change their strength i did it for preatorians and now some things can beat them

Coassacks have 15 Strenght like regular Cavalry in Warlords