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Ah poop. I was hoping they would upgrade into crossbowmen. Puts a bit of a damper on Attila's Horse archers. I'm sure I'll find a use for them though...

What's the upgrade path for missile cavalry in G&K? What do Chariots Archers/Horse archers upgrade into? I believe all units are meant to to have a viable upgrade/promotion progression now but I'm not sure where these are meant to go.

Attila The Hun, the scourge of God. I will reduce all civilization to ashes. Should be a good test run of some of the new units.

I find France one of the most enjoyable transistional warmongers to play, namely because there actually warfare takes place much later on and relies on pure industrial economic might. Basicaly just play Liberty - Honour - Autocracy/Order Liberty France grows extremely quickly in the new patch...

It works fairly well with a liberty France, to simply raise citys to the ground and expand fresh anew with your own cheap settlers and enhanced culture citys. However if you pick up planned economy and forbidden place the unhappiness penalty for annexing is slashed, since you only get the...

I just finished a similar game with France Liberty - Piety - Order. A couple of points > Liberty and France go together like fish and chips in the early game. The speed you expand and can settle neer by luxury resources before your enemys is immense. Expansion is simply relentless, social...