AOE-II - best civilization to build Bombard Towers (2024)

Byzantines
Chinese
Koreans
Spanish
Teutons
Turks

Out of the civilizations that has acess to Bombard Tower, which one is the best when using them? What I mean is that you can't only build Bombard Towers if you don't have acess to nice units to protect them as they're easily destroyed (one Rams, Trebuchet and Bombard Cannons take less than a minute to destroy a Bombard Tower).

So which civilization you would suggest to a player that want to push enemy by building Bombard Towers and why?

For me it's spain. bbt + halb + fast shooting bbc ftw 11

Turkish ones are the best ones I think but they have a lot of trouble with ram trains

Spain is a good choice for the reasons Gentle said.

Turks are also ok, if you have Hussars to protect the bbt.

Turks or Spanish, they both have pros and cons that makes them equal in my oppinion

With Turks you only need to research bbt to start pumping them up, with Spain you need Chemistry and then research bbt.

Both Spain and turks have the 2 techs that give more hp and armor to buildings

Turks have crane wich gives them 20% faster building

Spain have 30% faster building and their unique tech makes killing their vills a really pain in the ass when they are building.

Turks have +2 range in their bbt's and bbc's (wich at the end gonna help you protect your bbt's since you can kill trebs and rams from more distance and also they are created 20% faster in the workshop)

Spanish bbc fires 15% faster wich helps in the protection task too

They both have Hussar wich i think its the main unit to use to kill rams and they all also have all the blacksmith upgrades.

At the end i think it's a matter of personal taste...

[url=http://aoczone.net/viewtopic.php?p=302006#p302006:23db55de]11 Oct 2013 said:

but teuton bbts fire 3 bullets if u put 10 (?) janis in them :S

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yes if there is no pop. limit then yes

turks harder to build than spanish BBTs, but faster to research+cheaper and once u build it u get extra range and that's extreme useful;
spanish BBTs are strong, 'cause of the building bonus+strong villagers;

turkish BBTs are easier to defend, if u get attack by trebs; if u get attacked by siege rams, then spanish are easier, 'cause thier villagers can fight;

but however; in real TGs as turks it's important to have a spanish-ally; otherwise enemy BBTs are much stronger.

Spain, then Turk, and panting way behind would be Korea.
I'd go with Spain, since besides the advantages already mentioned, BTs are costly and in post-imp TG spanish eco is superior to Turks or other.(Or maybe Turk with span ally )

Oh, and you forgot Italians in the opening post.
Generally all civs that have access to BTs should pop some up in a TG. Too good to ignore.

[url=http://www.aoczone.net/viewtopic.php?p=302676#p302676:j7fvgs29]12 Oct 2013 said:

Spain, then Turk, and panting way behind would be Korea.
I'd go with Spain, since besides the advantages already mentioned, BTs are costly and in post-imp TG spanish eco is superior to Turks or other.(Or maybe Turk with span ally )

Oh, and you forgot Italians in the opening post.
Generally all civs that have access to BTs should pop some up in a TG. Too good to ignore.

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Just wanted to include the AoC civilizations.