Bring back conscription?

[migkillertwo]

Subject.

Civ 3 and 4 had conscription but Civ 5 did not. There seem to be two obvious gameplay motivations, and one historical.

On the gameplay front, government types are going to be thoroughly developed in Civ VI compared to previous titles, and conscription and the consequences thereof can provide an extra layer of strategy to this part.

Further, less developed civs are at a pretty major disadvantage in any military conflict. Conscription provides a good second-best solution to a lack of a military that would not otherwise exist.

Historically, conscription is a major part of the social pact between people and their governments, and is responsible for huge social change. Further, if not for conscription, the USSR would not have stood a chance against the German invasion.

 

[stiiknafuulia]

If conscription is to work similarly to how it did in Civ IV, i.e. simply cost population, then imo each unit should cost 2 pop, because units are more valuable with the 1upt system, and we don't want any crowding issues. Otherwise I think it'd be good addition to the game, for all the reasons that you mentioned.

 

[skyclad]

Yes, I would love to see the return of this. Also the policy potentials: early game policy to allow it for defensive wars, later one to let you do it even for aggresive wars, also military tradition to make conscripts (almost) as good as regular troops... Sounds fun!

 

[m15a]

If conscription is to work similarly to how it did in Civ IV, i.e. simply cost population, then imo each unit should cost 2 pop, because units are more valuable with the 1upt system, and we don't want any crowding issues. Otherwise I think it'd be good addition to the game, for all the reasons that you mentioned.

It could also give a temporary hit to ammenities. So, not only do you lose population, but you can't grow back so quickly either (if you are already at your limit).

It could be simpler to just have a pretty strong limit on how quickly you can get new units. Like, you can only have X conscription units at a time, where X is defined by government and policies.