Talk:Chinese (Age of Empires II)/@comment-27977344-20160316055601/@comment-28106501-20160401144546

The Chinese with bombards and hand cannons would be ridiculously unbalanced. Same reason the Saracens lack Paladin, although they had some of the best cavalry in the world, or why Mesoamerican civilizations

A Chinese Chu Ko Nu with all the upgrades is basically a hand cannoneer that is better against siege weapons. A Chinese scorpion similarly is a bombard cannon against units that doesn't damage friendlies.

In addition, though the Chinese invented hand cannons, their development was quickly outstripped by the Turks and the Europeans, who had a greater need to penetrate plate armor. The Chinese predominantly used rocket arrows as a hand-held firearm, which were more effective as an antipersonnel weapon against mass formations. The Chu Ko Nu should be a rocket arrow unit, really

The fact they don't have bombards is a tragedy, but again, you should be able to play each civilization in terms of skill, not just because the civilization is kill-moar