amateurgamer88
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I think it's a good alternative to what I proposed : a sort of two-step UU which combines the bonus of the Eagle and the Jaguar will redistributing them in a manner that makes them more relevant (I particularly like the idea of swapping the "Captive of war" promotion with "forest/jungle combat bonus).
The only thing that I dislike is that it will indeed make the Spearman more relevant, since it's a UU, but the Pikeman will be the new victime, sort of. This is to avoid that kind of situation (and for the idea of an ironless army in the early game) that I proposed to put out the Swordsman : maybe we could do something similar with your proposition (make the Eagle an early cheap/weaker Pikeman replacement) ?
If we make Eagle a Pikeman replacement, do we have to make it earlier? We can just make it available at Steel with changes like the following (values can be adjusted):
Eagle (Pikeman replacement):
Available at Steel
+3 Combat Strength. Bonus against Mounted.
+33% Combat Strength when battling in Jungles or Forests. (Lost upon upgrades)
Heals 25 HP when it kills enemy units. (Keep during upgrades)
Starts with the Woodsman Promotion. (Keep during upgrades)
"Sentry" (Keep during upgrades)