Talk:Chinese (Age of Empires II)/@comment-192.214.226.241-20170610040959

Here's my thoughts about a possible new southern Chinese civilization (the original AOE2 Chinese civ can be kept as what it is and could be renamed as northern Chinese)

Infantry and gunpowder civ

The price of conscription and chemistry is reduced by 50%

The price for researching barracks technology and upgrades is also reduced by 50%, starting from the castle age

Petards gain 20 extra hp and have bonus attack against cavalry

Unique units:

Zhijiabing: a firelancer with very high pierce armor, good against siege weapons, buildings, and archers, but bad against melee infantry and cavalry. They have the same attack and range as fire ships. Essentially they can be seen as fire ships on land.

Zhanmadao: a heavy infantry with high melee armor and wielding the Chinese horse-chopping polearm Zhanmadao, very good against cavalry, but due to their slow speed they can be easily kited by archers and horse archers, and are thus vulnerable to ranged units

Barracks have all technologies and upgrades available, plus the unique unit Zhijiabing. Zhanmadao, on the other hand, is trained at the castle.

Archery range has all technologies and upgrades, except Parthian Tactic

Siege workshop lacks siege rams and siege onagers

Stable lacks camels and bloodline, and doesn't have the Paladin upgrade

Dock has all technologies and upgrades, except elite cannon galleon

Monastery lacks atonement and heresy