Talk:Italians/@comment-24900905-20150816233103/@comment-127769-20150817172408

the 15 % discount on gunpowder makes the hand canoneer easier to amass, the main focus in late game italians is their reverse paper rock scissors cicle  ( with their condottiero and their  genoese crossbowman) in land maps. they must perform a boom or a fast castle in order to  use most of their land bonuses. ( and their discount on aging up helps them to do this)