| “ | Slow, heavy artillery that launches large rodents. Nostalgia from AOE catapults. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
| “ | Rodent artillery | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
The Mediocre Bombard is an artillery cheat unit in Age of Empires III. It is similar to the Great Bombard used by the Ottomans, but it fires 2× faster than an ordinary Bombard, has a much greater splash damage to enemy units, and uses Capybaras as ammunition. Mediocre Bombards always spawn at the Home City drop point when the cheat is entered.
Its description from the game notes how it was made by people who were nostalgic about the original Age of Empires.
Overview[]
The Mediocre Bombard has a much more powerful attack strength than the Great Bombard, and fires quite a bit faster as well. It has the highest attack of any artillery piece in the game, and can destroy or kill most enemy units or buildings in less than 3 hits. Because of its powerful (and comical to see) attacks, as a cheat unit the Mediocre Bombard cannot be legitimately used as a unit without making the game (though fun) unfair. Even being a cheat unit it is, like most cannons, weak to cavalry and Culverins, and if it cannot kill them all quickly enough they can do a lot of damage to it.
The Mediocre Bombard's greatest weakness is that it is a very slow capybara that tries to aim where the unit is moving and shoots in the wrong direction. This causes it to aim in front of itself rather than at the enemy troops when attempting to attack charging cavalry.
In-game dialogue[]
Uses the Ottoman Great Bombard dialogue files.
Gallery[]
| Cheat units in the Age of Empires series | |
|---|---|
 Age of Empires |  BabyPrez (removed) ·  Big Bertha ·  Black Rider ·  Crocodile (Alpha) ·  Dragon ·  Elephant (Alpha) ·  Flying Dutchman ·  Gazelle (Alpha) ·  Laser Trooper ·  Lion (Alpha) ·  Medusa ·  Nuke Trooper ·  Saint Francis ·  Stealth Archer ·  Winsett's other Z ·  Winsett's Z ·  Zug 209 |
 Age of Empires II |  Alfred the Alpaca ·  Cobra Car ·  Furious the Monkey Boy ·  Penguin · Photonman ·  Saboteur ·  Sharkatzor ·  Stormy Dog ·  VMDL |
 Age of Mythology |  Bella ·  Flying Purple Hippo ·  Forkboy ·  Lazer Bear ·  Methane Chicken ·  Walking Berry Bush |
 Age of Empires III |  BigAndy ·  Flaming Hot Dog Cart ·  Fluffy ·  Flying Purple Tapir ·  Gatling Camel ·  George Crushington ·  Guardian Lion ·  Honey Badger ·  Lazerbear ·  Learicorn ·  Leonardo's Tank ·  Mediocre Bombard ·  Monster Ice Cream Truck ·  Penguin ·  The Tommynator |
 Age of Empires IV |  Photon Man |