Loyalty Bonus

REDAF · Aug 10, 2009

When playing with a Civ that gets a free Loyalty Bonus, do I still need a Barracks to produce Veteran defensive units?

Or does having the automatic bonus promote the unit above Veteran negating the need for one?

soprismb · Aug 11, 2009

You don't get the "Veteran" bonus, just the "Loyalty Bonus". Let's assume it's an archer because that's an easy number to remember: If you're Japan and you get loyalty:

WITHOUT BARRACKS
Base defense: 2
+50% bonus for loyalty: +1
TOTAL: 3

WITH BARRACKS

Base defense: 2
+50% bonus for loyalty: 1
+50% bonus for veteran: 1
TOTAL: 4

REDAF · Aug 11, 2009

Odd. I was just playing a game as Russia, (who have the same bonus as Japan) but failed to see the difference. I made one archer without a barracks and made a second archer in a different city that had a barracks. Upon completion, they both had an attack of 1 and defence of 2.

Unless they only show the base values of a selected unit until you are in a fight...

Have to do more research unless someone can confirm...

MorteEterna · Aug 11, 2009

REDAF said:
Odd. I was just playing a game as Russia, (who have the same bonus as Japan) but failed to see the difference. I made one archer without a barracks and made a second archer in a different city that had a barracks. Upon completion, they both had an attack of 1 and defence of 2.

Unless they only show the base values of a selected unit until you are in a fight...

Have to do more research unless someone can confirm...

Simply, the unit gets ONLY loyalty (+50% defence). If you want that to be veteran, build barracks then the archer. The upgrades works only in battles

erislover · Nov 1, 2009

REDAF said:
Unless they only show the base values of a selected unit until you are in a fight...

This is the case. Hovering over a unit will only show base values; the attack window will show the bonuses applied to the current battle.

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