[Vote] (7-81) Hand-Axe Buff (+1 CS and +1 RCS)

[Yngwie]

Current Hand-Axe: 5 CS, 6 RCS (same as a Slinger)
Proposed Hand-Axe: 6 CS, 7 RCS (same as a Waraq'Ak)

Rationale: Hand-Axe is a UU of Barbarians and every UU deserve to be a little stronger than normal Units.

 

[azum4roll]

Brute, Archer, Horseman, Swordsman: ???

 

[Yngwie]

Brute, Archer, Horseman, Swordsman: ???

They are not completely unique - all the weapons are same. Hand-Axe use completely different weapons compared to Slingers (or to Chariots before)

 

[CppMaster]

It's barbarian UU, though. Could just aswell replace them with regular slingers and call it a day. What's the difference between a Hand-Axe and a Sling in Civ5?

 

[Recursive]

Rationale: Hand-Axe is a UU of Barbarians and every UU deserve to be a little stronger than normal Units.

The Barbarian UUs are intentionally weaker than normal units.

 

[hokath]

I for one am of the opinion that Hand-Axe are totally pathetic at the moment, and I would definitely want them to be scarier!

 

[Tekamthi]

I think the +1 strength is too flat, I'd want them to be more situationally scary or at least survivable. I think withdraw from melee would work well on handaxe, though barbs would have to be trained not to use them to defend camps. Maybe the dazed debuff

 

[azum4roll]

Don't forget they appear on turn 2 (or whatever turn barbarians start appearing).

 

[hokath]

I sponsor this.

 

[dostillevi]

This is either a perfectly fine or really annoying change, and I’m on board to find out which.

 

[varis78]

As someone who plays with Raging Barbarians, this makes me nervous. That said, I mostly laugh at the unit now, so it probably does need a buff so I at least give it *some* respect, so I'll vote yes.

 

[Recursive]

Timestamp post to arrange all the threads in a neat order.