Someone else has already raised the suggestion to move the cannons up on the tech tree because they have such a short life span, while the catapult is around almost half the game.
Currently Cannons are under the tech steel, which is a direct requirement for the tech that gives you artillery. The tech Steel is itself a very expensive tech and will probably not be one of the first ones to be researched, further decreasing the "cannon" life span.
Moving Cannons up 2 techs to Gunpowder would greatly improve its lifespan. Gunpowder in itself is a desirable tech because if gives a good defensive unit that most would want. So it will be researched early.
It's also a bit silly to have riflemen, but still using catapults.
For arguements sake - some might say you can't have cannons without Steel, because thats what they are made out of. Well, look at the Tech that is a requirement for Steel - It lets you build frigates. I'd say frigates have cannons on them made without steel
With that being said, i've already changed it in my mod and it plays quite nicely.
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Currently Cannons are under the tech steel, which is a direct requirement for the tech that gives you artillery. The tech Steel is itself a very expensive tech and will probably not be one of the first ones to be researched, further decreasing the "cannon" life span.
Moving Cannons up 2 techs to Gunpowder would greatly improve its lifespan. Gunpowder in itself is a desirable tech because if gives a good defensive unit that most would want. So it will be researched early.
It's also a bit silly to have riflemen, but still using catapults.
For arguements sake - some might say you can't have cannons without Steel, because thats what they are made out of. Well, look at the Tech that is a requirement for Steel - It lets you build frigates. I'd say frigates have cannons on them made without steel
With that being said, i've already changed it in my mod and it plays quite nicely.
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