[quote=@Hannibal]
I'm interested in this as well, but I'm not too keen on gunpowder but I'll keep an eye on this.
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Don't let gunpowder fool you, it's not for another three hundred years until it became "overpowering" when compared to conventional ranged weapons... barring siege warfare of course. Pick your battlefield and conditions correctly, and you should have no problem facing even advanced gunpowder units.