I like the Bactra civilization, but I was thinking about how it could be improved.
The theme is making money and making war. Right now the UA gives you an incentive to build city connections but not to make war.
So these are my ideas.
- Make the UA only give bonus food to conquered cities only that are connected to the capital, but increase the amount of extra food a little bit.
- For the UB have it work the same. More gold from trade routes going out of a city you built and extra gold if the trade route is leaving a city you conquered.
- The UU should be really strong to give them something to help them fight early wars
The idea would be that Bactra wants to warmonger very early on so they can capture a city and turn them into a monster. Free courthouses make annexing a city hassle free and since the UA gives big bonuses to cities you take from war it's better to conquer other players cites using your awesome UU, than it is to build your own.
This would give them a high risk reward strategy like the Huns, where you either win a early war or lose the game. Of course choosing to rely on steel rather than diplomacy has consequences as well, so even if you do win other civs might not like you very much.
Thoughts?
