Gyra Solune
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- Jul 1, 2013
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Despite the existence of Chariot Archers and a good deal of mounted ranged unique units, they all end up upgrading into melee units. I think there should be a separate line from usual mounted units that always has ranged attacks.
Obviously it should start with the Chariot Archer, then at some point upgrade into a genericized Horse Archer. Many many many nations have utilized horse archers, not simply the Huns. Maybe they could get like a Treasury UB that gains GPT for each city razed or something. Unsure what medieval-renaissance equivalents should be, though maybe Cavalry would be ranged and something like a Curiassier would be melee.
As for armor units, the first thing that comes to mind is that most of the tanks represented in this game are considered infantry tanks - heavily armored units meant to support and defend the movement of infantry through the lines. It stands to reason that the ranged equivalent would be cavalry tanks - motorized units meant to take advantage of their motorization, and move in quickly to fire off and then retreat. The Landship counterpart that comes to mind would be a Light Tank- specifically the Renault FT, a unit particularly smaller than the British line we see, and especially noteworthy for its turret design. Successive ranged armor units would likely be dubbed a Cavalry Tank and/or a Mobile Artillery of some sort, and be based off either smaller tanks than the standard main battle tanks, or larger motorized artillery pieces.
Obviously it should start with the Chariot Archer, then at some point upgrade into a genericized Horse Archer. Many many many nations have utilized horse archers, not simply the Huns. Maybe they could get like a Treasury UB that gains GPT for each city razed or something. Unsure what medieval-renaissance equivalents should be, though maybe Cavalry would be ranged and something like a Curiassier would be melee.
As for armor units, the first thing that comes to mind is that most of the tanks represented in this game are considered infantry tanks - heavily armored units meant to support and defend the movement of infantry through the lines. It stands to reason that the ranged equivalent would be cavalry tanks - motorized units meant to take advantage of their motorization, and move in quickly to fire off and then retreat. The Landship counterpart that comes to mind would be a Light Tank- specifically the Renault FT, a unit particularly smaller than the British line we see, and especially noteworthy for its turret design. Successive ranged armor units would likely be dubbed a Cavalry Tank and/or a Mobile Artillery of some sort, and be based off either smaller tanks than the standard main battle tanks, or larger motorized artillery pieces.
