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Unique unit
1. Genoese Crossbowman: Archer with an attack bonus against cavalry. 2. Condottiero: Melee infantry with an attack bonus against gunpowder units.
Unique technologies
1. Pavise: Gives foot archers (except Skirmishers)and Condottieri +1/+1 armor. 2. Silk Road: Halves tradeunit cost.
Civilization bonuses
1. Advancing to the next Ageis 15% cheaper. 2. Dock and Universitytechnologies are 33% cheaper. 3. Fishing Shipsare 15% cheaper. 4. Gunpowder unitsare 20% cheaper.
The Italians are mainly an archer and naval civilization. Their Archery Range is pretty fit with all upgrades and technologies for the foot soldiers there. Only their Cavalry Archers are weak. Their Stable units however are good, featuring Hussars and Cavaliers with full upgrades. In the infantry department there is only the Halberdier missing, but...
1. Advancing to the next Ageis 10% cheaper. 2. Gunpowder unitsare 15% cheaper. 3. Fishing Ships have +2 Line of Sight. 4. Cannot research Hussar or Squires. 5. Pavise costs 550 food, 300 gold and only affects Genoese Crossbowmen. 6. Condottieri require a Castle. 7. Condottieri have 9 attack and 1 speed. 8. Condottieri train in 11 seconds. 9. Genoese Crossbowmen cost 50 wood, 50 goldand are trained in 22 seconds (19 for Elite). 10. Non-Elite Genoese Crossbowmen have a reload time of 3.0. 11. D...
1. Advancing to the next Age is 15% cheaper. 2. Gunpowder units are 20% cheaper. 3. Fishing Ships are 33% cheaper instead of having +2 LOS. 4. Pavise costs 300 food, 150 gold and affects all foot archers. 5. Hussars added to the technology tree. 6. Condottieri no longer require a Castle. 7. Condottieri have 10 attack and 1.2 speed. 8. Elite Genoese Crossbowmen have +5 attack against camel units. 9. With patch 4.8, Pavise no longer incorrectly affects Skirmishers. 10. With patch 4.8, Condottie...
1. Genoese Crossbowmen cost 45 wood, 45 gold. 2. With patch 5.5, Fishing Ships are 20% cheaper. 3. With patch 5.7, Elite Genoese Crossbowmen have +6 attack against camel units. 4. With patch 5.7, Condottieri have 9 attack and 0 pierce armor. 5. With patch 5.7, Condottieri have a unique armor classthat resists bonus damage from gunpowder units (+10 armor), but not from other anti-infantry attacks. 6. With patch 5.7, Condottieri train in 18 seconds. 7. With patch 5.8, Fishing Ships are 15% chea...
The Italians have a campaign devoted to their civilization: Sforza. They also appear as allies or enemies in: Toggle campaign appearance list
In-game, Italians units speak Medieval Latin, which is also spoken by the Byzantines. Historically, however, they spoke different vernacular languages descended from Latin. The modern Italian language was based almost exclusively on one of these vernacular languages, the variant of Tuscan spoken in the city of Florence, called Florentine. Villager ...
When playing a random map game against the computer, the player may encounter any of the following Italian AI characters: 1. Alboin: King of the Lombards from about 560 until 572. 2. Arechis II of Benevento: Duke of Benevento in Southern Italy. He sought to expand Beneventos' influence into areas of Italy that were still under Byzantine control, bu...
The Italians' civilization icon is based on the flag of Genoa.Before the Definitive Edition user interface image displayed Genoese coat of arms and in the Definitive Edition changed to Biscione, a historic symbol of the city of Milan.The Italians in the Barbarossa and Saladin campaigns, before the The Forgotten, are represented by several European civilizations such as Britons, Teutons, Franks, and Byzantines.The Mediterranean Monasteryfeatures architectural elements of both Gothic and Romanesque architecture. This combination is typical in Northern Italian churches and cathedrals, as well as in some ch...In addition to the anti-gunpowder attack bonus, the Condo also benefits from a unique "Condottiero" armor class, meaning it takes 10 less damage from gunpowder units, including hand cannoneers, janissaries, and Cannon Galleons.
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It would be kind of cool if every civ could get Condottiero, except they were nerfed, needed a tech to research it (Mercenaries) and costed a bit more to produce. Or?
Due to the +2 melee for their cav also, I think the Condo is still relegated to an early imp power spike if you don't already have knights on the field. 61 votes, 28 comments. 161K subscribers in the aoe2 community. A community for AoE2 enthusiasts.
