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 from Kills. When trained, recieve Gold for every automatically Improved Resource in the City
	Arquebusier	Hungary (Stephen I) (LastSword)	+3 Combat Strength May spend 20 Gold to heal 20HP each turn
	Ashigaru	Japan (Toyotomi Hideyoshi)	-2 Combat Strength (22 vs 24) Combat Bonus from flanking doubled Generates Great Generals twice as fast
	Boloman	Negros (Aniceto Lacson)	May instantly chop Forest and Jungle in friendly territory, and may reveal a source of Sugar when doing so
	Buccaneer	Caribbean (Henry Morgan) (LastSword)	May embark to become a Privateer variant Doubled City Plunder
	Bulls Blood Warrior	Lesotho (Moshoeshoe I)	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
	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 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.
	Hussite Handgunner	Bohemia (Charles IV)	Has a ranged attack (24 ), but can still melee attack and 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
	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
	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
	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
	Shenji Musketeer	Great Ming (Yongle)	Unlocks at Physics. Has different bonuses depending upon where it is trained: Capital: Bonus combat strength near the Capital. Colonies: Bonus Sight and Movement. Captured Cities: Bonus when Flanking. Other Cities: Bonus vs. Gun Units.
	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.
	Tercio	Spain (Isabella)	+8% Combat Strength (26 vs 24) +50% Combat bonus vs Mounted units
	Territorial Militia	America (James Madison)	Weaker, but cheaper. Can instantly build forts in unowned or enemy territory, at the cost of lots of health. Additional combat boost from 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)
	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