The British Economy late game really needs a rework as its not particularly strong.Ĭassadors along with pretty much all vanilla euro skirms have far more hitpoints than Rangers do. You really need Rangers to be a stand out unit that’s going to really positively help you in the game to make the hassle of getting them worth while. You’re playing British - you have managed to make it to Age 4 lets say - you’re here because your big Age 2/3 push failed - you’re now low on coin because you spent it all making hussars and musks (Brits are rarely low on food coz of livestock card) - you’re falling behind technological - you’re French or German opponent is really starting to push hard snipping all your musk with their Voltigeurs and Needle Gunners - you’re option is either save up coin to get to Age 5 (probably by sending your factory cards) or spend 2000 coin on getting Rangers - what’s your decision gunna be? I understand that you are coming from a purely late-game stance but we need to take this into context… I have compared the stats with other units like the Cassador with the same treatment of 3 cards, Advanced Arsenal and All Upgrades done, and so the comparisons I am making are fair. The context of my post is clearly late game. So that is the unit I’d probably compare it against. I think they are now being based more around the United State’s Sharpshooter than they are a European Skirmisher. (remember before “baker rifles” have been sent their range is only 18 meaning they’re venerable to normal skirmisher’s hit and run tactics). So, my point is they are only really viable to be used in the Imperial Age and that is the only time they are going to be better than a normal skirmisher. (I’m presuming most British players are already sending the “advanced arsenal” card for the Musketeers benefits)
To buff them to the stats you’ve mentioned, you have to sent another two Age 3 HC cards worth about 1000 resources each.
In game you either have to send the unique church upgrade card (worth roughly 600 resources), then research Roger’s Rangers (another 800 resources), then to get them trainable, you have to research “Queen’s Rangers” (another 2000 resources) which adds up to 3400 resources total and that’s before you’ve even upgraded them at all.Īrguably you could send the “Rangers” HC card but that card is still relatively worth 1600 resources plus wasting an Age 4 shipment. I think they are meant to be a quite “elite” / “above average” unit because they are so difficult to obtain (like Nazim Fusiliers). Rangers have been pretty weak for the majority of their existence with them only recently getting their buffs, so to take that away now would seem silly.