why redcoats are the best unque units

[Wodan]

The biggest benefit of Redcoats IMO is their timing. Your cottage-spamming all game has resulted in a sea of Towns. All your cities have markets, banks, harbors, and more. You have Free Market, Univ Suffrage, etc. You have the economic infrastructure to support a serious bid for world domination.

And what, but you get a unit with better stats and bonuses vs the inherited armies of your enemies....

Wodan

 

[Sobsob]

The fact you can draft redcoats is an awesome bonus.

 

[GIO888]

Early game -Praetorian
Mid Game - Redcoat (BIGTIME!)
Late Game - Panzer
Very Late Game - NUCLEAR WEAPONS!

 

[Birdmanthepuny]

I agree GIDS888.
Nuke 'em late, Preat 'em early

 

[kristopherb]

I agree with what Naismith said. Praetorians are more overpowering in their era. They're 33 percent stronger than the swordsman they replace, and the redcoats are only 12.5 percent stronger than the units they replace, so if a regular rifleman is on a hill with a 75 percent defense bonus, and has some promotions, the redcoat will not win that battle.

praetorians have no special abillities but red coats have 25% gunpowder
most units of that age are gunpowder or mounted(redcooats have 25%agiast mounted)

 

[TrailblazingScot]

Redcoats and Cossacks are great, but nothing beats Fast Workers

Nearly anything can beat a worker, fast or not

Redcoats, too late to be the best, same for the Cossack. Especially in mp, by the time these units arrive you could be dead or have won. Better to be bigger sooner and for longer.

For the best UU, I look no further than the Praetorian as it chews up the A.I up and many a human too

 

[godotnut]

Redcoats? Cossacks? They can save a mediocre game, but they won't win a good one. I don't think a single one of the upper-level conquest or domination games in the Hall of Fame employed these powerful, but late-arriving UUs.

Looking objectively at the most impressive games posted to this site, there is no doubt that Praetorians and Quecha are the best. Obviously this has nothing to do with what is one's favorite or what matches best with your skill level or style of play. But the best games posted have used these two, especially Prats.

 

[theimmortal1]

God, I think that has more to do with a flaw in the scoring. Scoring is biased towards early victories. Now I do think early UU's do have more value, because a lead can exponentiate.

 

[TyBoy]

you don't need to be on marathon to have a good quechua rush. I don't even play as the inca anymore because it's just too easy to take out 2-4 civs on your continent using just quechua and maybe some swordsmen towards the end. I think they beat out praetorians by a bit.

 

[C~G]

Too many people confuse the word "favorite" with the word "best".

Precisely.

There's simple reason for that.
You are singing while you're winning.
Nobody likes to lose.

 

[balthamael]

People are saying the praetorian is better Kris. I agree.

 

[Sisonpyh]

Navy Sealz are the best!

Oh wait...

 

[Kushluk]

uuurp! uuurrrp~

 

[naterator]

They can save a mediocre game, but they won't win a good one.

i'd say a good game can be won with standard units, but a good UU can save a mediocre one, snatching victory from defeat!

 

[lord_graywolfe]

well the redcoats do actually have a counter unit. since they replace the rifeman thier natural counter is the grenadier which i designed just for taking down riiflemen and the redcoat is included in that. granted the redcoat is a little bit stronger ,20 vs 18, but promos and good use of terrian can easily offset that.

i think most of the UU's in the game are pretty even and most have thier uses but honestly ive never met one that was unbeatable. the prats, the redcoats, cossaks or any other one ive been able to push all of them back. all depends on how you use what you have

 

[Kalleyao]

If the game last until rifling, otherwise no. there're not the best.

 

[Varelse]

I have to admit I am addicted to Praetorians. I've had some fun with Redcoats too though. Cossacks are pretty good too, but I liked them better in Civ3. I think they were my favorite unit in Civ3.

 

[sliganian]

Redcoats are great, but nothing beats Cossacks.

In my last game, my Tanks did a pretty good job of beating the Cossacks.

 

[theimmortal1]

Ok I am changing my tune.

Cossacks are the best. My game oging on now (Monarch), I had 3 civs on my continent. Shared a war with Mansa to get Saladin down to a city or two. Rushed to Cossacks..

Got Cossacks right before anyone on my continent got Gunpowder. I went the military tradition route and back traded to catch up on the machinery/guilds.

I built maybe 50 to 60 Cossacks, lost maybe 3. The key as stated earlier is their mobility. Holy mother of Jesus. Even if they were teching ahead of me with grenadiers I still would have destroyed both remaining civs. Cossacks have the ability to hit so many cities so quick and they can stack up so quick.

 

[Aegis]

Redcoats and Cossacks ar great,Fast Worker are pretty, but nothing beats Praetorians

Praetorians can be taken down with Shock Axemen. The same cannot be said of Redcoats.