Unusual Start! - Unplayable?

[Izuul]

As pointed out by elmurcis, this is vanilla so cavalry doesn't require rifling. There's no cuirassiers in vanilla. You don't get stables in vanilla, but 15 cavalry @Music+gunpowder+Military Tradition is still overpowered.

Yeah, didn't realize this was vanilla.

 

[rah]

Yeah, the Russians were my favorite in Vanilla.

 

[Pangaea]

Maybe that's why they nerfed them. American game, and too many players liking the Russkis!

 

[rah]

Yeah, that was it.

They were quite OP.

 

[Izuul]

Yeah 18str Cossacks at the same spot in the tree as Cuirs was/is pretty ridiculous. I didn't play Vanilla too much, but Cossacks vs Longbows and Pikes is just silly.