Minor Natives Guide

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Basic overview

The Jesuit provide access to Conquistador units. In addition, they give technologies that improve the siege abilities of gunpowder units, improve the HP of buildings, and in age 3 they can decrease the amount of time it takes to train villagers or settlers. You can have 12 Conquistador for each Jesuit settlement that you control, and they appear on two standard maps; Borneo and Indochina.

The unit – Conquistador

The Conquistador is a ranged cavalry unit, and even looks very similar to a Dragoon on the battlefield.

Conquisdator

Cost: 85 Food, 70 Wood (241 Villager seconds)

HP: 180

Speed: 7.3

Resistance: Ranged 30%

Ranged attack: 17, ROF 3, Range 12 (Bonuses: Villager 0.5x, Heavy cavalry 3x, Coyote man 2.75x, Artillery 2x)

Hand attack: 10, ROF 1.5 (Bonuses: Heavy cavalry 3x, Coyote man 2.75x, Artillery 2x)

Siege attack: 9, ROF 3

Train time: 30

Dragoon

Cost: 90 Food, 90 coin (257 Villager seconds)

HP: 200

Speed: 7.3

Resistance: Ranged 30%

Ranged attack: 22, ROF 3, Range 12 (Bonuses: Villager 0.5x, Heavy cavalry 3x, Coyote man 2.75x, Artillery 2x)

Hand attack: 11, ROF 1.5 (Bonuses: Heavy cavalry 3x, Coyote man 2.75x, Artillery 2x)

Siege attack: 9, ROF 3

Train time: 38

Analysis

Although the Conquistador is fractionally cheaper, it is clear to see it is a good deal weaker than the Dragoon. It has less HP and a much weaker ranged attack. In short these units are very weak indeed; only train them if you have no better alternatives for defeating cavalry units.

Technology

Flying Buttress

Cost: 250 wood, 250 coin

Effect: Buildings gain +20% HP

Comments: On Borneo there is sometimes a treasure that further increases building HP. Combine that with the Jesuit, a card like improved buildings, and the 2 outpost and extra HP card - and you are certain to frustrate your opponents when your buildings have almost twice their normal HP. If defensive, turtle- like play is the sort of game you like, then this technology can really do wonders for you. Even if not, it isn’t that pricey and it can buy you time.

Smokeless Powder

Cost: 250 food, 250 coin

Effect: Gunpowder units have +30% siege attack

Comments: I don’t see this as being all that useful until later on, or if you see an opportunity to use the extra siege attack on Musketeer like units. Those are the only units that can really use it well, as other types of gunpowder units don’t have good siege. This technology doesn’t boost artillery damage against buildings, so Grenadiers, Falconets and similar units are not affected by this technology.

Christian Schools

Cost: 100 wood, 100 coin

Effect: Villagers train 15% faster

Comments: An excellent technology. This one will pay for itself very fast - but unfortunately it is only available in age 3. Still, it is cheap and very useful.

Summary

The Jesuits do seem rather poor indeed. The Conquistador unit is notably weaker than the standard European counterpart, and aside from Christian Schools the technologies they offer are not fantastic. Only take the Jesuits if you are in dire need of anti-cavalry, if you have a strategy based around their building HP technology, or if you have cards invested in the Sufi (which are always on the standard maps the Jesuits appear on).