

The centuries following the Spanish plunder of the Aztec, Inca, and Maya was the golden age of piracy. Pirates, or buccaneers, are sailors who prowl sea lanes, killing sailors, capturing ships, and looting cargo. Later, the buccaneers were hired by the French, Dutch, and British to prey on Spanish shipping, which makes their appearance as a Spanish unique unit prior to the Definitive Edition rather ironic. They were named after the "boucans," smokehouses originally designed by the indigenous Caribbean peoples that the buccaneers used to make jerky that they would sell to other pirates.
Age of empires 3 torrent pirate update#
With update 14.43676, Haitian Pirates take 2 population.With update 13.27885, Pirates lost their infantry and heavy infantry tags, and were converted to hand shock infantry.With update 23511, the Pirate is tagged as outlaw.With update 13088, the Pirate has a ×2.8 multiplier against shock infantry.The Treasure guardian Pirate have 400 hit points.The Counter Infantry Rifling, Flint Lock, and Paper Cartridge improvements now also affect the Pirate's ranged attack when enabled by the "Letter of Marque" card.The Treasure guardian Pirate have 600 hit points.The Pirate has a ×4.0 multiplier against shock infantry.


The Pirate has an Infantry tag and a Heavy Infantry tag.High Crusade (-5% hit points Knights of St. Sudanese Quilted Armor (+10% melee resistance) buildings)Ĭounter Infantry Rifling (+1.0 multiplier vs. Pillage (+25% siege attack multiplier vs. Heavy infantry, light cavalry, ranged shock infantryįlint Lock (+10% if the "Letter of Marque" is sent)Ĭustomized Merc Weapons (+30% John Black's Mercenaries only) The Pirate upgrades in the Industrial Age and the Imperial Age when Compunction, Folk Heroes, or Wild West are researched.įurther statistics Unit strengths and weaknesses
Age of empires 3 torrent pirate upgrade#
Haiti can upgrade the Pirate with the "Letter of Marque" Home City card to use a ranged weapon, as well as loot treasures and the enemy's resource crates to increase its usefulness.Īge of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties Review The player can utilize Pirates when the coin is plenty, but food is too low to train heavy cavalry. While the Pirate is cheap in terms of coin, It costs 4 population (2 with the Theaters Home City Card). Before it was reworked into a shock infantry, it fulfilled the role of an outlaw Rodelero fast anti-cavalry heavy infantry. It is essentially an outlaw version of the Coyote Runner. The Pirate is a Shock Infantry outlaw for hire.
