Watiggi said:
Wow! Sorry. I am wrong. I didn't realise that the new change was for it to give City Garrison I and Drill I to BOTH archery units and gunpowder units. My mistake. I had it in mind that it was only for the Archery units.
ok then...wow. That does mean that Riflemen for instance are going to have Drill I, City Garrison I and Combat I, not to mention extra xp to add more promotions. He could produce 5-6 promotioned units right out of the barracks!!
Hmmm. This still depends on whether Aggressive still does give a free Combat promotion though. I will be very interested to see if it does.
Watiggi
Haha, seriously you had me convinced I was going crazy there for awhile. It was all clicking in my head, and it made sense the way I was saying it, but you seemed so adament, I thought I was missing something all together.
Still it did raise some questions. Namely that Gunpowder units don't normally receive drill 1. Will they receive it? If yes, will they have the option to choose drill 2 and so forth? The pessimist in me says they will in fact not receive the drill 1 promotion. I vaguely remember reading that a tank built in a city with the red cross, will not become a medic tank. Or maybe I read wrong.
I also never plan to attack Churchill in the rifling age. Talk about an excercise in futility. An already obesely strong unit, that can receive Garrison 3 and possibly more out of the box (Wespoint is available, adding +4 exp to the table), who receives a 25% discount on exp and is strong enough to come out and attack YOU out of the city? Haha.
Genghis has the Aggressive trait. Considering he uses Cavelry, if the barracks only caters for the mele units, and the trait gives a free promotion to mele units, then it will be a waste for Genghis and would seem strange. Also, to give so much xp to mounted units with the Mongol UB... One wonders how it's setup.
This is the way it's always been though, Genghis aggressive and the trait not helping his Mongul horde. The fact that they get a UB that helps mounted units is huge in itself. So I honestly doubt a change to the barracks or the aggresive trait will occur.
Why? Because if Aggressive suddenly helps Mounted units, over say gunpowder units. Half the benefit is lost after Calvary. Unless they offer a extended bonus to Calvary units and say Artillary/Armored units. It would be nerfing the trait. Offering it to Calvary AND Artillary/Armored units would be overpowered though.
So I stand, that the trait will not be changed.
Genghis still benefits from the aggressive trait even if it doesn't directly affect Mounted units. Someone has to do escort duty for the siege weapons and once Calvary becomes extinct, he maintains military prowess through gunpowder units. Besides, while genghis was known for his horse hordes, he most certainly used ground troops in his campaign.
Well, you have some time now, because I have to go now 
