Great mod Wolfshanze. I've been enjoying the current WolfRevolution, and I'm really impressed with the tech and unit changes.
Got some ideas about helicopters, since they have relatively short thrift in the mod. Are they slated for future improvements?
My thoughts would be to represent the evolution and diversification of the helicopter better.
1. M*A*S*H evac helicopters unit. Basically a medic promotions only unit with good mobility so it could fly between stacks, to represent both the helicopters and the field medical hospitals. Possibly has an ingrained medic promotion that stacks with the Medic 1 promotion, and maybe requires the Red Cross to be built first.
Unit graphic could be a Huey or with red-cross/red-crescent/red-buddha? painted on it.
Possibly available with 'Flight'. Technically the Nazi's had the first military helicopter.
2. Airmobile (101st) as a national wonder and infantry/artillery promotion. Basically a 'Fort Campbell' national wonder that gives a free 'airmobile/air assault' promotion to any infantry/marine/artillery unit constructed at that city. Possibly try to get it so such units require extra hammers to build, or the wonder charges the city x hammers/y gold per turn (to represent cost of construction/maintenance of the helicopters).
Advantage of the promotion would be that the unit's 'fly' ignoring river crossing penalties, and generally move faster than when un-promoted.
Promotion graphic could look like a UH-1.
3. ASW helicopters as automatic tech promotions for appropriate ships. Basically a research the tech, and a select group of units automatically gets the ASW promotion. Maybe add the requirement of a national wonder as well.
Promotion advantages would be free Sentry and 30% vs. submarines, or similar.
Promotion graphic could look like a SH-3 Sea King, with maybe a submarine showing.
4. Also I think the Gunship shouldn't need Satellites as a pre-req, though Rocketry is logical. Possibly it'd need it's own tech (Helicopters? branching off of flight). Also possibly create two separate units. A Gunship and a Heavy Gunship (with Composites tech?). Heavy gunship would get a free Ambush promotion.
What do you think? Maybe I could try to do a minimod if there was interest, but no one else with free time.
