Playing as the Aztecs is fun

**Budwise** · 07-12-2007, 00:21

Originally Posted by uanime5

The flaws you mention are historical accuracies. The Aztecs did not have agents, mines, or high level boats (or any boats capable of sailing to Europe).

I kinda figured that but still, just because it didn't exist doesn't mean that if you were in charge you wouldn't hire/build it if you saw others with it.

**Philbert** · 07-13-2007, 16:28

Well... I would have, had I not been so busy dying from the flu...

... in that previous life of mine.

**John_Longarrow** · 07-13-2007, 19:57

Budwise,

True, but then again if I had been the ruler of Scotland in 1080 I'd have worked hard on getting my troops to use a mixture of 75% Potassium Nitrate, 15% Charcoal, and 10% Sulfur to push oblong projectiles made of lead (with a nice indentation at the base) down a tube with spiral groves cut into it.

Since I can't produce rifled firearms that early due to "Historical" issues, I can see why the game doesn't allow for similar non-historical units for factions that didn't produce them.

**Budwise** · 07-14-2007, 06:08

Originally Posted by John_Longarrow

Budwise,

True, but then again if I had been the ruler of Scotland in 1080 I'd have worked hard on getting my troops to use a mixture of 75% Potassium Nitrate, 15% Charcoal, and 10% Sulfur to push oblong projectiles made of lead (with a nice indentation at the base) down a tube with spiral groves cut into it.

Since I can't produce rifled firearms that early due to "Historical" issues, I can see why the game doesn't allow for similar non-historical units for factions that didn't produce them.

That could be difficult, but how hard would it to hire a man to go up to another man waving a flag of honor (Or whatever) and saying that his country and yours should trade rice, dyes, gold, sex, whatever.