Jaguars suck

[Potsy-KTC]

The Aztec UU is lame. +25% jungle defense?? come on! Could someone give a little love to the Aztecs in the form of an improved UU?

[GeoModder]

Well, playing on a tropic map with Aztec ingame I found it hard to overcome those Jaguars while they were moving through forests/jungles to get at my cities.

I lost that game.

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by GeoModder
Well, playing on a tropic map with Aztec ingame I found it hard to overcome those Jaguars while they were moving through forests/jungles to get at my cities.

I lost that game.

I agree

very formidable

[ghen]

Barely useful IMO. If I start in the middle of jungle I re-roll the map :P (expecially with the mod I'm using heh)

[gdijedi7]

Well, Jaguars would be good IF you got lucky and started around a lot of jungle. If not, well you don't HAVE to be the Aztecs you know. You could be America and get SEALs!

[Fireb]

Unlike all the other UU's, jaguars have a lower attack rating than the unit they replace. This is more than made up for when they defend in jungles. But only then.

This means that building a city in the jungle next to the aztecs is asking for trouble, which is how it should be.

The real advantage of the jaguars though, is that they don't require iron. This makes up for their lower attack, as they can be built earlier, and can always be built.

They're a good choice for a purely agressive early strategy, and go very well with slavery (and later theocrassy).

Of course, the best way to defeat an attacking swarm of jaguars is NOT to attack them in the jungle (or even in forrests/hills) but to block/counter them with cats and axmen (which are available before jaguars). If there is nothing but jungle between the jaguars and your cities...the 10% city bonus they get is much less than the 25%+25% or whatever it is jungle bonus, even if your city has no culture

[ghen]

Jaguars have 5 attack just like swordsmen right? They don't have the 50% bonus against melee though :\

edit: Oh I'm thinking of axemen, nevermind.. Swordsmen are 6 and only have the 10% city attack.