Roger's Rangers
Roger’s Rangers is a British Church technology that converts Longbowmen into Rangers and prepares access to the later Queen’s Rangers research. It changes an existing unit line as well as delivering additional troops.
Research profile
- Age
- Commerce Age*
- Civilization
- British
- Research location
- Church
- Home City Card
- The Glorious Revolution
- Research time
- 15 seconds
- Food cost
- 800
- Coin cost
- 0
- Effect
- Delivers 5 Rangers; Transforms all [[Longbowman (Age of Empires III)
- Next technology
- Queen's Rangers
Effect & research conditions
The technology is available in the Commerce Age, costs 800 Food and takes 15 seconds. Research delivers five Rangers and transforms existing Longbowmen into Rangers. The Glorious Revolution Home City Card is required, and Queen’s Rangers becomes available afterward.
Research condition
British; Church; Commerce Age; requires The Glorious Revolution Home City Card.
When to research
Research when the British army has Longbowmen to convert and can use the Ranger line in the next engagement. Account for the Food cost and protect the new units as they join the army. If the Glorious Revolution card is not in the deck, this technology path is unavailable.
Convert the Longbowman line
The British Commerce Age Church research costs 800 Food and takes 15 seconds. It sends five Rangers and converts existing Longbowmen into Rangers. The Glorious Revolution card is required, and Queen’s Rangers is the next upgrade. Preserve the unit mass and plan population for the shipment before starting the conversion.
Plan the card-gated Longbowman conversion
The British Commerce Age Church research requires The Glorious Revolution Home City Card, costs 800 Food, and takes 15 seconds. It sends five Rangers and converts all existing Longbowmen into Rangers, unlocking Queen’s Rangers afterward. Preserve population for the delivery and consider whether the changed unit line fits the opponent’s counters.
Card-gated conversion and the later upgrade
The Glorious Revolution Home City Card is a prerequisite for this British Church research. Once available, the Commerce Age* technology costs 800 Food and takes 15 seconds; it sends five Rangers and converts every existing Longbowman into a Ranger. That conversion changes the role of the whole Longbowman mass, so review the opponent’s counters before researching. Queen’s Rangers is the next step in the line. Age labels and access can reflect the selected version or card rules, so confirm the Church option in the current game.