Strictly talking within the original game mechanics not about any player.
For a game that is over 20 years old, we are still discovering new things almost everyday.
So post what you never knew existed in game even if you think people already knew or saw from a video a long time ago. Doesn't matter if it might be common knowledge or not.
I shall start.
I had no idea castles heal units twice as fast. 12hp/min vs 6hp of a tower and town centre. And herbal medicine does indeed make it heal 48hp a min a castle and 24hp in tc/tower. Who knew for such a useless tech in practice that in theory it could have quite a niche use. Rejoice fellow Aztec/Burmese/Chinese players.
I also didnt know hoardings actually doesn't add +1000hp due to how complicated it would work when doing it alongside masonry and architecture. It's just 21% more hp which sorta gives ~1000HP whether or not you have those upgrades. But it's way more than that if you have both building upgrades available. Tech tree? Why you no tell truth?
To put it in perspective:
Vietnamese castles go from 4800 to 5808 (they lack masonry but have hoardings) adds +1008
A saracens castle go from 5280 to 6388 (they lack architecture but have hoardings) adds +1108
A Turks castle goes from 5808 to 7028 (they get all upgrades) adds +1220
But byzantines are by far the biggest one to benefit from 6720HP to 8131HP (a +1381HP)
For a game that is over 20 years old, we are still discovering new things almost everyday.
So post what you never knew existed in game even if you think people already knew or saw from a video a long time ago. Doesn't matter if it might be common knowledge or not.
I shall start.
I had no idea castles heal units twice as fast. 12hp/min vs 6hp of a tower and town centre. And herbal medicine does indeed make it heal 48hp a min a castle and 24hp in tc/tower. Who knew for such a useless tech in practice that in theory it could have quite a niche use. Rejoice fellow Aztec/Burmese/Chinese players.
I also didnt know hoardings actually doesn't add +1000hp due to how complicated it would work when doing it alongside masonry and architecture. It's just 21% more hp which sorta gives ~1000HP whether or not you have those upgrades. But it's way more than that if you have both building upgrades available. Tech tree? Why you no tell truth?
To put it in perspective:
Vietnamese castles go from 4800 to 5808 (they lack masonry but have hoardings) adds +1008
A saracens castle go from 5280 to 6388 (they lack architecture but have hoardings) adds +1108
A Turks castle goes from 5808 to 7028 (they get all upgrades) adds +1220
But byzantines are by far the biggest one to benefit from 6720HP to 8131HP (a +1381HP)