Brainstorming Remaining Uniques

[fredrikslicer]

They wouldn't have to rid of Cataphract for Byzantium at all.
I'm sure there's a name they could use for the Persian Cataphract UU, just make each one named differently, look bit different, have different capabilities/strengths, and there you go, you can clash your Persian Cataphracts against AI's Byzantine ones in a mighty battle.

They could call it Zahyedan meaning immortal as they served as the elite cataphracts of the Sassanian empire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhayedan

 

[daft]

They could call it Zahyedan meaning immortal as they served as the elite cataphracts of the Sassanian empire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhayedan

There you go, give them bows too if possible (think they started out as Armored Horse Archers).
And then you've got an excellent 2nd UU for Persia, besides Immortals, and they thoroughly deserve it, Persia was one of the top 10-15 civilizations in the history of the world in my opinion.

On the other hand, they could include Parthians or Sassanids, they used the cataphract to a much larger extent than Persians did.

 

[Jewman]

There you go, give them bows too if possible (think they started out as Armored Horse Archers).
And then you've got an excellent 2nd UU for Persia, besides Immortals, and they thoroughly deserve it, Persia was one of the top 10-15 civilizations in the history of the world in my opinion.

On the other hand, they could include Parthians or Sassanids, they used the cataphract to a much larger extent than Persians did.

Cataphract for Persians would be nice. Armored horse archer specifically. I would also like it cuz it would make the Byzantines that much more likely to have Varangian guard which are awesome.

I would like to see less 2 UU civs tho. Persian should get special UB post office/court house style buildings that help post-occupation integration into empire to reflect the advanced administrative methods of the Persians.

 

[fredrikslicer]

There you go, give them bows too if possible (think they started out as Armored Horse Archers).
And then you've got an excellent 2nd UU for Persia, besides Immortals, and they thoroughly deserve it, Persia was one of the top 10-15 civilizations in the history of the world in my opinion.

On the other hand, they could include Parthians or Sassanids, they used the cataphract to a much larger extent than Persians did.

Don't you mean the Arsacids and the Sassanids used them more than Achamenids otherwise it sounds like your saying sassanids weren't Persian and that's inaccurate.

Also Zhayedan were Sassanid cavalry the Achamenids did use heavy cavalry but it was a form of chariot archer with the horse and rider clad in scale armor

Then there is infantry the Achamenids had two primary forms of infantry the Sparabara (Shieldbearers) who made up the bulk of the army meant to hold the enemy from going after the archers largely cannon fodder and then there was the Immortals/Companions who served as the personal regiment for the emperor.

The sassanids had Paighans who were essentially cannon fodder and peasant levies alternatively one could have Daylamites who served as heavy infantry as well as Kamandaran archers.

Personaly I think that the setup for sassanians should be:

Leader: Khosrau
UU: Zhayedan chargers ()
UU: Kamandaran archers (Improved composite bowman)
UB: Fire temples (The endorsement of the faith was one of the pillars of the sassanians) Provides additional faith
UA: Deghan reforms (Khosrows attempt at fixing the administration of the empire) +1 gold per district

Leader: Shapur I
UU: Zhayedan archer (Has a melee attack in defense)
UU: Paygan conscripts (Cheaper than the equivalent)
UB: Fire temples (The endorsement of the faith was one of the pillars of the sassanians) Provides additional faith
UA: Captor of Romans: destroyed enemy units have a chance to turn to a builder


Of course we could go with Iranian Intermesso civs or Safavids or even Median (though fairly little is known about them)

 

[fredrikslicer]

Olmec
UB: Ball court (Replaces circus does not require horses gives +2 faith in addition to the rest)
UU: Shaman (replaces missionary gain culture when proselytizing)
UU: Obsidian warriors (Spear infantry replaces warriors have higher strength and ignores jungles for purposes of movement)
UA: Fathers of Mesoamerica (All cities start with monument, every world wonder increases the positive effect of completing missions for city states)

 

[fredrikslicer]

Macedonia
UU Light hopolite (Has combined arms upgrade which makes them more effective when stacked with another unit)
UU Hetairoi (Has combined arms upgrade which makes them more effective when stacked with another unit)
UB Doric courtyard (Courtyard with doric colnades) replaces garden provides units with +15% experience and an additional 25% towards great general
UA Hegamon of Greece like Leauge of Hellas in Civ V