harlonreinlu
Chieftain
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- Dec 10, 2023
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Hi guys, curious what you all think about the Dutch unique unit, the sea beggar. I've never actually played a game with them. They look pretty decent, the gold and culture boost will help any game, and polders are really nice also (they come a little bit too late in game imo). The piece d'resistance though is the menace and god of the seas once they are unlocked. The fact they come at astronomy as opposed to everyone else getting the corvette (replaced unit) at navigation means there is a window where sea beggars are far too powerful. It takes multiple caravels to equal a sea beggar without considering promotions. The buff to attacking cities is very strong (125% damage bonus if I remember correctly). Of course, the most unbalanced aspect is the prize ships promotion. Keep in mind, I've never played a Dutch game. I always play Aztecs, and recently had a game where I was gifted a single sea beggar by a militaristic city state. By the end of the game (Dom victory), I had over 30 ships. I hadn't built/bought a single ship the entire game, they were all zombies that had survived and been upgraded. This ability to snowball exponentially should be looked at. What do you all think?
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