Talk:War Wagon (Age of Empires II)/@comment-73.129.59.20-20160408191413/@comment-192.214.226.241-20170611040600

I also agree that the war wagon is a very bad unique unit choice for the Korean civilization. Their neighbors the Chinese had much more experience in using chariots and war wagons, starting from the Warring States period and lasting until the late Ming dynasty. Thus I think if the developers really wanna be historically accurate, the war wagon should be a Chinese unique unit.

For the Korean unique unit, there are several better choices. The Hwarang or Flowering Knights was an elite Korean warrior youth class created during the Silla dynasty. They were highly educated, highly loyal, and were very well trained in martial arts and horse archery. Another choice would be the Pyeonjeon, which was a Korean arrow-guide or overdraw device. It was basically a detachable half-tube mounted on the bow that allowed the archer to shoot small and high velocity arrows at longer range. Though the Chinese and the Turks also had this device, Chinese records suggested that Korean archers excelled at using this weapon. Even the repeating crossbow would be a better choice as a Korean unique unit than the war wagon. Though the repeating crossbow was first developped by the Chinese, the Koreans improved upon the design and made it a viable crossbow for battle, unlike the Chinese Chukonu that was used mostly as a civilian weapon to fend off bandits. The Korean repeating crossbow was called the Sunogi.