[DLL] (7-NS) Unit upgrades lose/need 50% of max HP

[Anarcomu]

Counterproposal to (7-85) Unit upgrades damages unit to 1 HP.

Proposal:
When upgrading a Major Civ Unit (not a CS or barbarian unit), that units current HP is reduced by 50% of its max HP.
A unit also need to have strictly more than 50% of its max HP to upgrade.

Rationale:
Upgrading your units is a powerful effect that gives players with a military science lead a strong ability to dominate their foes right after a big discovery. However, this proposal is not as drastic as Stalker0's proposal.

NOTE :
If (7-98a) Military units consume gold on heal passes, all upgrade costs are halved at base.

At the sponsor's discretion, either :

• The HP loss is applied before upgrading, to prevent shenanigans where units at the 50% limit get destroyed due to them upgrading to a higher HP units, losing more HP than intended is the process.
• The resulting HP is capped at 1 minimum

EDIT : added the "HP before upgrade" part, following @azum4roll's concern
EDIT : added possibility for the sponsor to choose to cap minimum HP to 1, if it is easier to code or whatever else reason.

 

[azum4roll]

I can already see the problem of upgrading a 56HP Tercio into Fusilier and have it immediately die.

 

[Anarcomu]

I can already see the problem of upgrading a 56HP Tercio into Fusilier and have it immediately die.

Are you speaking about immediate death on upgrade, a shenanigans due to different max HP ? If so, the HP should be removed before the upgrade take place.

 

[azum4roll]

Different max HP, yes.

 

[Rekk]

Or just hard limit the final HP to 1.

 

[Anarcomu]

Or just hard limit the final HP to 1.

Either way, up to the sponsor to decide what is easier to implement. If you come to such a case, I'd argue that you are close enough to 50% HP when you upgrade, that you end close to or at 1HP either way ; this is detail enough that I don't mind either way of implementing it.