Musketman

Musketman
	24
	2
	150
Unlocked at	Gunpowder
Upgrades From	Longswordsman
Upgrades To	Rifleman

The Musketman is a Gunpowder unit available in the Renaissance Era.

Overview

The musket is a flintlock, muzzle-loading, long-barreled weapon which is fired from the shoulder. Muskets were lighter and more accurate than the earlier military firearm, the arquebus, and by the 18th century they had supplanted them on most European battlefields. With the addition of a bayonet the musket became a serviceable close-combat weapon as well, rendering the pikeman obsolete. The British army's "Brown Bess" was the archetypical musket, in service from 1722 until 1838; it was used by both sides in the American Revolution.

Strategy

The Musketman is the first gunpowder unit in the game, and although it's not much more powerful than its predecessor, it is a necessary step to continue to the other, more powerful units in the late middle game. They are a step back from the massive over-protection of the Longswordsman, relying more on offensive power than steel defense. Their weapons are actually ranged weapons with a very short range - they need to enter the tile they want to attack, although they don't necessarily attempt to mingle with the opposing battalion like classical melees from the old times. Instead, they line up and fire their muskets at the enemy ranks, then, depending on the situation, reload to fire again (which tends to take quite some time), or use the attached bayonets to enter real melee combat.

Unique Unit Replacements

Icon	Unit	Civilization	Abilities
	Achicunda	Mozambique (Joaquim Chissano)	Same abilities as the Musketman. Generates Gold from Kills. When trained, recieve Gold for every automatically Improved Resource in the City
	Akofo Asafo	The Ashanti (Osei Tutu I) (LastSword)	Starts with Sentry (+1 Sight) Can spend Movement points to perform the "Akam Drum" action, boosting the Movement of nearby units by 2
	Arquebusier	Hungary (Stephen I) (LastSword)	+3 Combat Strength (27 xs. 24) Can spend 20 Gold to heal 20HP per turn
	Ashigaru	Japan (Toyotomi Hideyoshi) (GPuzzle)	-2 Combat Strength (22 vs 24) Combat Bonus from flanking doubled Generates Great Generals twice as fast
	Black Guard	The Alaouites (Ismail Ibn Sharif)	Rushes Production in the Capital upon killing an enemy. +25% Strength inside friendly territory.
	Black Loyalist	Sierra Leone (Thomas Peters)	Upon returning to friendly territory after defeating units, the nearest city will have a burst of Culture and gain Golden Age Points, increasing for every victory outside friendly territory.
	Boloman	Negros (Aniceto Lacson)	May instantly chop down Forest and Jungle, earning XP and may reveal a source of Sugar
	Buccaneer	Caribbean (Henry Morgan) (LastSword)	May embark to become a Privateer variant Doubled City Plunder
	Bulls Blood Warrior	Lesotho (Moshoeshoe I) (Curlysnail)	Gains a unique 'War Charm' promotion after entering combat for the first time. Have a 1 in 4 chance of either- A combat bonus adjacent to friendly units, a combat bonus fighting in hills, both of these bonuses, or nothing!
	Changmao	Heavenly Kingdom (Hong Xiuquan)	+50% Combat Strength vs Cities when fighting on a pillaged tile Cities captured by a Changmao gain a free line of defensive buildings
	Chewa Regiment	Ethiopia (Iyasu I)	Provides its current Unit Level as Culture when stationed in a City. When on an improved tile, generates +10% Gold in the City working it.
	Chosen Infantry	Poland (Stephen Bathory)	Fully heals upon choosing a Promotion -20% Production Cost
	Devil’s Own	Ireland (Daniel O'Connell)	Trained faster at a rate depending on foreign Religious Pressure. Starts with additional Experience depending on the pressure of your majority Religion in the City. Devil's Own units of higher Unit Level grant bonus Combat Strength to adjacent Units of lower Unit Level.
	Fire Lancer	The Song (Taizu)	Built faster when enemy units are within city limits While garrisoned: Becomes a 1 tile ranged unit Costs no maintenance -15% Combat Strength for nearby enemy units
	Green Cross Militia	The Floridas (Gregor MacGregor)	Starts with +50% Combat Strength, and permamently loses Combat Strength for each battle fought. Gains Gold every battle, the amount decreasing with each battle fought.
	Green Standard	The Manchu (Nurhaci)	20% cheaper to produce in cities with a Courthouse 15% chance to convert enemy units (converted units receive the same banner as the Green Standard)
	Gunman	The Ashanti (Osei Tutu I) (LastSword)	Starts with Sentry (+1 Sight) Can use all remaining Movement points to perform the "Akan Drum" action, causing all Land Units within three tiles to permanently gain +1 Movement and heal 10HP every turn, so long as they have not already moved that turn.
	Hand-Gunner	Burgundy (Charles I)	+25% Combat Strength against fortified units. +15% Combat Strength when adjacent to another owned unit, gets +30% bonus instead if adjacent to an owned Cannon.
	Hussite Handgunner	Bohemia (Charles IV)	Has a ranged attack (24 Strength), but can still melee attack to capture Cities +30% Combat Strength vs Cities and Fortified Units
	Ibutho	The Zulu (Cetshwayo)	Unlocked at Chivalry Part of the Melee (vs. Gun) combat class -16% base Combat Strength when attacking (20 vs. 24) -8% base Combat Strength when defending (22 vs. 24) +33% Combat Strength after being promoted three times
	Janissary	The Ottomans (Suleiman) The Turks (Mehmed II)	+25% Combat bonus when attacking Heals 50 HP upon kills
	Khasa-badar	Khiva (Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur)	Spawns a random Luxury resource upon conquering a Barbarian encampment
	Kwik'ìì Doò	The Yellowknives (Akaitcho)	+1 Movement Gains 5 HP when beginning its turn on a tile with a resource
	Leryna	The Palawa (Tarenorerer)	+10% Strength against other Gunpowder units. +25% Strength against Gunpowder units for adjacent friendly Melee units. Any Melee unit which defeats a Gunpowder unit will automatically upgrade into a Leryna.
	Longrifle	Appalachia (David Bradford)	Has 1 tile Ranged attack Has weaker Melee attack than Musketman +2 Movement in Hills
	Macchieri	Corsica (Pasquale Paoli)	Stronger and cheaper No terrain movement penalties Damages adjacent units if ending its turn on Hills, Forest, or Jungle Deals more damage with amount of Great Generals owned -15% Combat Strength in open terrain
	Mawon	Haiti (Toussaint Louverture)	+15% Combat bonus when adjacent to Occupied cities Chance to capture units
	Minuteman	America (Washington)	No terrain movement penalties Starts with the Drill I promotion Yields Golden Age points from combat
	Mi'kmaq Militia	The Cajuns (Beausoleil)	-12.5% Combat Strength (21 vs 24) +1 Movement and Sight Ignores enemy Zone of Control Has a chance to retreat from melee combat Causes enemy cities to enter Resistance when beginning turn adjacent to one at full health
	Musketeer	France (Napoleon) France (Louis XIV)	+16% Combat Strength (28 vs 24)
	National Guard	France (Maximilien Robespierre)	Gains levels quickly through selling buildings or constructing guillotines. Provides Culture when levelled up.
	Nauvoo Legion	Deseret (Brigham Young)	Receives +1 Strength for every 15 Faith generated per turn up to +8 Strength
	Nevonda	Kongo (Afonso I)	Weaker than the Musketman. Can only be trained in the Capital. Receive a free Nevonda with each Missionary that you gain from a foreign civilization.
	Ogichida	The Anishinaabe (Pontiac)	Cheaper Weaker Ignores enemy units when moving
	Potsdam Giant	Brandenburg (Friedrich Wilhelm I)	+5/15/25% Combat Strength to adjacent units after its first/third/fifth Promotion May be expended to permanently boost a City's Experience at level 5 or above
	Raider	Muskogee (William Augustus Bowles)	Trained 100% faster during a Peace Treaty Steals Gold equivalent to 50% of the damage inflicted on a City Begins with Siege and Amphibious Promotions
	Recaptive	Liberia (Joseph Jenkins Roberts)	+1 Movement and +25% Combat Strength when stacked with a settler Recieves doubled Combat Strength and Movement when embarked
	Roundhead	The Protectorate (Oliver Cromwell)	-20% Production cost (120 vs 150) +8% Combat Strength (26 vs 24) +15% Combat Strength when stacked with a Great General
	Ruffian Musketman	The Huron (Kondiaronk)	-5 Combat Strength (19 vs. 24). +15 Production cost (165 vs. 150). Receive two Ruffian Musketman everytime one is trained. Defeating enemy Gun units upgrades the Ruffian, granting it +9 Combat Strength.
	Schutterij	New Netherland (Peter Stuyvesant)	Reduced Combat Strength (20 vs 24) +25% Combat Strength When stationed on a Fort Provides Great Artist points to the nearest city when garrisoned or stationed on a Fort
	Sepoy	Maratha (Shivaji)	-20% Production cost -8% Combat Strength (22 vs 24)
	Serdiuk	Hetmanate (Bohdan Khmelnytsky)	Cheaper to produce (115 vs. 150) -1 Combat Strength (23 vs. 24) Costs no movement to pillage
	Serdyuk	Zaporozhia (Bohdan Khmelnytsky)	Receives the same benefits from Free Men of the Wild Fields that Mounted and Naval units do. While on or adjacent to a friendly Great Person, gains a Combat boost (+10%).
	Shenji Musketeer	Great Ming (Yongle)	Unlocked earlier at Physics. Gains a unique promotion depending upon where it is trained.
	Streltsy	Muscovy (Ivan IV)	-13% Production cost -16% Combat Strength (20 vs 24) May use enemy roads Can attack twice per turn when adjacent to another Streltsy
	Swift Strike Warband	Seneca (Cornplanter)	After attacking an enemy unit, that unit and all adjacent to it from the same civilization have -10% Combat Strength for their next turn. When starting a turn adjacent to an enemy unit, gains +1 Movement and may move after attacking.
	Székely Guardsman	Royal Hungary (Elizabeth Bathory)	-33% Combat Strength (16 vs 24). In your territory, may move after attacking and attack twice if there are two enemy units nearby, thrice if there are three.
	Tanegashima Infantry	Shimazu (Shimazu Yoshihisa)	15% higher Production cost Unlocks at Physics +50% Flank attack bonus
	Tau'tahi	Tonga (Siaosi I)	Has the Amphibious Promotion When trained, contributes their starting experience as production towards a Tau'tahi in all Coastal Cities.
	Tercio	Spain (Isabella)	+8% Combat Strength (26 vs 24) +50% Combat bonus vs Mounted units
	Territorial Militia	America (James Madison)	-4 Combat Strength (20 v. 24). -30 Production cost (120 v. 150). Can instantly build forts in unowned or enemy territory, at the cost of lots of health. +33% Combat Strength when occupying forts, even if they are in enemy territory.
	Tracker	The Kimberley (Jandamarra)	May earn Recon unit promotions Nearby enemy units are passively Tracked Tracked units share their vision with the Kimberley (includes discovering territory) Tracked units suffer a Combat penalty vs Kimberley units Immune to Desert attrition (ExCE)
	Trainband	Plymouth (John Carver)	Ignores terrain cost. Double Movement when on a different landmass to the Capital.
	Xaa	The Tlingit (Sheiyksh I)	Provides Culture towards Border Expansion to the nearest Coastal City from kills 33% chance to gain additional Movement when ending its turn on a Coastal tile