Talk:Portuguese (Age of Empires II)/Tree/@comment-213.204.238.117-20180830171232/@comment-146.115.146.51-20181206073536

IMO the Italians are just all around a better civ than the Portuguese. They both have a similar niche, playstyles and strengths. They have near identical tech trees. But the Italians do everything better. The Italian civ bonuses are better. (advancing to the next age 15% cheaper, fishing ships 20% cheaper, dock techs 50% cheaper.  All huge bonuses on water.  Condos are amazing in 1v1 and team games.  Genoese crossbows make up for Italians lack of halbs, and their unique techs are strong.  Well, pavise is strong, silk road is niche.)  Italians also get hussar, squires, fast fire, hoardings, and shipwright. And their gunpowder is cheaper than portugals.

In comparison, the portuguese only get heavy demo, halbs, and siege engineers. SE makes their BBC better than italians, and they are also effected by the unique tech. Other than that I would say that they have a weaker tech tree than the Italians. Carracks and organ guns are only good if they are massed, the portuguese team bonus is pretty meh, the ship HP bonus could use a buff and Feitorias are garbage