Talk:Qiang Pikeman/@comment-85.100.119.92-20140409202727/@comment-194.80.232.19-20150426220349

They are pretty effective as an early game force actually; they are cheaper than the regular pikemen and have a decent siege attack. They are surely a better Colonial Age unit than the Doppelsöldner or Samurai (who are pretty powerful but extremely expensive and hard to field at that stage.)