BNW Barbarians from the Future!

[BlackWizard]

I've seen Barb riflemen and infantry in my games (the first BNW game I played had some barb spawning riflemen and destroyers). I use a mod now that gave the barbarians a few more mid/late game units and they spawn them just fine in my games but occasionally I'll still see a crossbowman in a camp to roll over with my tanks.

It has to do with barbarian tech level. They don't research, they just have access to whatever tech is shared by 75% of the existing empires. If you're seeing mainly old era units, check to see what eras the AI have reached, chances are you've out-teched a lot of them and hence the barbarians are primitive as well.

It happens also when all AI's are on industrial era or above

 

[Sturmgewher88mm]

I seem to have just opposite problem. Barbarians from past! When game progress early pn barbarians gain more advanced weaponry Pikes etc but after certain point(industrial era?) their technology seems to decay! I encounter only very primitive barbarians in modern era/atomic era etc. When I found new barbarian encampment in late game it only spawns ancient units and usually only warriors. Is this bug or intentional because long time ago I remember seeing barbarians riflemen,infantry etc but not anymore

If you start a game in the future era, barbs spawn XCOMS.