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Here are Modern Age Unit lineups.
So far this satisfy me quite much. No more pseudo units like 'A regiment of Machine Guns' 'An Antitank Regiment', and Antiaircraft doctrines are now tied with Commanders rather than individual AA guns. (AA never deployed as homogeneous units). In addition, Aircraft Carrier is now Commander class, and now an upgrade of Fleet Commander (hopefully, infact they should! even not every navy in the world has a real CVs) This because Infantry and Cavalry classes are now converged from the beginning (too bad there's no helicopters now). But some units, in fact, too many units are very off to me.. and here are some or too many critics
1. Tier 0 unit names are VERY off to me. Only Field Cannons are correcty placed where it is. right off the bat. and properly modelled rather than cartoonist Civ6.
- First units of Infantry linege in this Age is 'Line Infantry'. A die-hard tradition from Civ6. now with emblem being Rifle marksman badge rather than crossing muskets, it is very off to me.
And @Boris Gudenuf NEVER agrees with 'Line Infantry' nomeclature, instead Fusilier should be chosen instead.
Firaxis may have a reason to keep Line Infantry name. But the reason should be that French UU is named 'Fusilier' and that's an acceptable compromise. This because 'Fusilier' covers the entirety of basic French infantry even to this day. Imperial Guard? Naah.
And so far this French UU Infantry still wear tallskin cap which was Imperial Guard (and also generic Grenadiers) headwear, instead they should wear shako, maybe with golden trim and Tricolour plumes.
and generic Linear Infantry now became in tone with 18th Century. this appeals to Boris kun more. but not everyone gets 18th Century uniform, some got Napoleonics instead.
- Second, There are Cuirassiers being 'The Last Horsemen'. Proper name should be either Line Cavalry or Carabiniers. This because NOT EVERY ONE employs Cuirassiers, and even a country that does, cuirassiers only comprised of a fraction of cavalry forces. More of Shock Cavalry even in 18th Century were aromrless, and many weren't even historically began as cuirassiers.
And US Army NEVER raise any!.
- Artillery still diverged. with no real points of convergence anywhere. Civ6 tradition dies hard. and even becomes more stiff here--Ranged is 'Field' piece (and thus 'lightweight), while Siege is 'Heavy' piece. More details come soon.
- Siege choice is Mortar. Not really to argue about BUT..... the 18th Century is when Howitzer-as siege artillery- shines.
And this is 18th Century Howitzer looks like
And it has better ranges than a mortar. while not neccessary replacing ones however.
And Howitzer means that a gun can be elevated higher than a Cannon.
And About a mysterious ship showed at Airoch's page
^To me it may not even be a unit at all. but rather a new quarter (fishing boat). yet it also looked very anachronistics to me. it is clearly Caravela Latina. a premier explorer boat of 14-15th Century, firmly Age 2. (And not even last long, replaced by Galleon of similiar size (but still larger).
In Age 3 it can only be a Xebec. But the size showing here doesn't indicate pirate capabilities AT ALL.
But before a final game comes out, i'd keep this speculation that it is Tier0 warship while actually it shouldn't be.
UPDATED: It was Age2 and 3 scout embarked. and yes he rides Caravela Latina or Xebec at sea. not a proper warship.
Onto Tier 2
So far no more silly 'homogeneous regiment of Machineguns'. But MGs should be graphical representation addons to Infantrymen of two last tiers. not replacing but appearing RIGHT NEXT TO.
Still Nomeclature is not what I can agree with. Not mentioning that Boris strongly disapproves diverged 'Field' and 'Siege' Artillery lineage after this point.
1. Fieldgun. This will complicate localizations REAL GOOD. Since 'Cannon' and 'Guns' are SAME word in many European languages (French, Spanish, Italian, Germans.....). For them, Field Cannon and Field Guns 'Are one and same'. especially 'Cannon' and 'Guns' are either 'Canon' or 'Kanone'.
Proper name should be 'Quick Firing Gun'. Which is much more descriptive. as it says this aritllery piece uses finish-load cartridges just like small arms. Which can be loaded in a single simple movement.
If this doesn't contribute to 'quick firing' quality enough. It comes with recoil dampener to keep the entire piece in place. only barrel jerkes backwards when fired. effectively eliminates repositioning times.
^ This is why it should be called 'Quick Firing Gun', and the Brits are rights about it.
2. Howitzer. and FXis means THIS
Actually this is a throwback to Civ2. where 'Howitzer' means modern artillery with recoil dampener. The name applied here because it was actually a direct evolution of Enlightenment Era Howitzers discussed earlier.
Not really an okay nomeclature to me. well Artillery is still better name.
And this gun shows here uses the same shells and propellants and Dreadnoughts and Superdreadnoughts.
3. Both Fieldgun and Howitzers are enabled with Industrialization technology. it can be shifted earlier to enable factory and railroadings however.
The proper enalbing technology should be Smokeless Propellants. (also enables Rifle Infantry)
4. I don't understand why Landship should appear? This weapon is rather like Helepolises of the Classical Era (or Age 1), the very materials that became Collossus of Rhodes.
It didn't shown up in Civ6 AT ALL. What is this thing represents actually? and it upgrades from cuirassier even!
Not what I nor Boris can approve. Too slow to meet with Cavalry needs. (only as fast as a man's step). Made to solve ONE problem - to cross No Man's Land and take enemy trench lines. and this venture was the most successful of the First World War.
These weapons were not used again after that. only became museum piece. the 'Mobile' iterations came sometimes after. to be precise the first 'tanks' that acheves cavalry quality shown up in late 1920s. the most successful was Vickers 6ton
^ This thing is not slow, while tanks of 1910s were very slow and not really reliable.
4. At Sea
4.1 This 'Dreadnought' showing here is actually 'Pre Dreadnought', or 'Semi Dreadnoughts' (Two were made in Japan, the first BB to be made there). The name isn't really correct and capabilities are significantly different, also placement isn't really right much, especially with Original Dreadnought classes, while itself outclassed everyone in the World, however, by the 1914 they were outclassed by Super Dreadnoughts. which essentially a staple to Battleships of Civ franchise.
Civ6 Brazillian UU 'Minas Gerais' is 'Dreadnought' also.
en.wikipedia.org
4.2 There's another naval unit. I don't know if it's submarine or cruiser.
5. In the Sky. There also three separate classes of aircrafts, Fighter, Bomber, and another light plane I don't know what it is. Bushplane or Attack Craft?
To me I think there MAY be 'Bushplane' which the final evolutions will be Attack Helicopters.
Tier 4. There's Battleship as unit. It shown up about the time it is about to be obsolete. and it represents Post-Treaty Battleships. the likes of Iowa, Bismarc, Richielieu, King George class, and more famously. Yamato.
But... mmm an interesting subject is that... there's Antitank gun. This could be an answer to converged Infantry class. Advantageous against AFVs, but shouldn't be bad against footsloggers.
In the end however. it became a generic Field Artillery as ATGM shown up in 60-70s completely replaced this one. Even before that, many Antitank guns were made as large caliber (90-100 or slightly bigger) Dual Purpose QF Field Guns. Particularly the Soviet Bloc loves 100mm Antitank field guns.
My opinion is 'indifferent'. because it is also descriptive, showing its capabilities. though it ended evolution stage as a generic field gun, and this included Mobile Gun System things carried by late generations armored cars, which dropped 'Antitank' name from 'guns' altogether.
en.wikipedia.org
^ 100mm Field Gun M1944 BS3. Later became all purpose artillery.
^ Stryker Mobile Gun System. FXis actually studied this combat vehicle to the core and use this one to back the reasons to keep Ranged and Siege separate class. While not appearing in this game. it could appears in an expansion.
EDIT: Original post is not completed. and i have to edit because it is very long.
Unit | Tier 0 | Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 |
Scout | Scout | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Infantry | Line Infantry | ------------------------------------------------------ | Rifle Infantry | Assault Infantry |
Cavalry | Cuirassier | ------------------------------------------------------ | Landship | Tank |
Ranged | Field Cannon | ------------------------------------------------------ | Fieldgun | Antitank Gun |
Artillery | Mortar | ------------------------------------------------------ | Howitzer | Self Propelled Artillery |
Generic Warship | Ironclad | Cruiser | Destroyer | |
Battleship | (Ships of the Line)+ | ------------------------------------------------------- | Dreadnought | Battleship |
Recon or Attack Plane | N/A | N/A | Bushplane | Attack Plane |
Fighter | N/A | N/A | Biplane Fighter | Streamlined Fighter |
Bomber | N/A | N/A | Biplane Bomber | Strategic Bomber |
Aircraft Carrier | N/A | N/A | N/A | Aircraft Carrier# |
So far this satisfy me quite much. No more pseudo units like 'A regiment of Machine Guns' 'An Antitank Regiment', and Antiaircraft doctrines are now tied with Commanders rather than individual AA guns. (AA never deployed as homogeneous units). In addition, Aircraft Carrier is now Commander class, and now an upgrade of Fleet Commander (hopefully, infact they should! even not every navy in the world has a real CVs) This because Infantry and Cavalry classes are now converged from the beginning (too bad there's no helicopters now). But some units, in fact, too many units are very off to me.. and here are some or too many critics
1. Tier 0 unit names are VERY off to me. Only Field Cannons are correcty placed where it is. right off the bat. and properly modelled rather than cartoonist Civ6.
- First units of Infantry linege in this Age is 'Line Infantry'. A die-hard tradition from Civ6. now with emblem being Rifle marksman badge rather than crossing muskets, it is very off to me.
And @Boris Gudenuf NEVER agrees with 'Line Infantry' nomeclature, instead Fusilier should be chosen instead.
Firaxis may have a reason to keep Line Infantry name. But the reason should be that French UU is named 'Fusilier' and that's an acceptable compromise. This because 'Fusilier' covers the entirety of basic French infantry even to this day. Imperial Guard? Naah.
And so far this French UU Infantry still wear tallskin cap which was Imperial Guard (and also generic Grenadiers) headwear, instead they should wear shako, maybe with golden trim and Tricolour plumes.
and generic Linear Infantry now became in tone with 18th Century. this appeals to Boris kun more. but not everyone gets 18th Century uniform, some got Napoleonics instead.
- Second, There are Cuirassiers being 'The Last Horsemen'. Proper name should be either Line Cavalry or Carabiniers. This because NOT EVERY ONE employs Cuirassiers, and even a country that does, cuirassiers only comprised of a fraction of cavalry forces. More of Shock Cavalry even in 18th Century were aromrless, and many weren't even historically began as cuirassiers.
And US Army NEVER raise any!.
- Artillery still diverged. with no real points of convergence anywhere. Civ6 tradition dies hard. and even becomes more stiff here--Ranged is 'Field' piece (and thus 'lightweight), while Siege is 'Heavy' piece. More details come soon.
- Siege choice is Mortar. Not really to argue about BUT..... the 18th Century is when Howitzer-as siege artillery- shines.
And this is 18th Century Howitzer looks like
And Howitzer means that a gun can be elevated higher than a Cannon.
And About a mysterious ship showed at Airoch's page
^
In Age 3 it can only be a Xebec. But the size showing here doesn't indicate pirate capabilities AT ALL.
But before a final game comes out, i'd keep this speculation that it is Tier0 warship while actually it shouldn't be.
UPDATED: It was Age2 and 3 scout embarked. and yes he rides Caravela Latina or Xebec at sea. not a proper warship.
Onto Tier 2
So far no more silly 'homogeneous regiment of Machineguns'. But MGs should be graphical representation addons to Infantrymen of two last tiers. not replacing but appearing RIGHT NEXT TO.
Still Nomeclature is not what I can agree with. Not mentioning that Boris strongly disapproves diverged 'Field' and 'Siege' Artillery lineage after this point.
1. Fieldgun. This will complicate localizations REAL GOOD. Since 'Cannon' and 'Guns' are SAME word in many European languages (French, Spanish, Italian, Germans.....). For them, Field Cannon and Field Guns 'Are one and same'. especially 'Cannon' and 'Guns' are either 'Canon' or 'Kanone'.
Proper name should be 'Quick Firing Gun'. Which is much more descriptive. as it says this aritllery piece uses finish-load cartridges just like small arms. Which can be loaded in a single simple movement.
If this doesn't contribute to 'quick firing' quality enough. It comes with recoil dampener to keep the entire piece in place. only barrel jerkes backwards when fired. effectively eliminates repositioning times.
2. Howitzer. and FXis means THIS
Actually this is a throwback to Civ2. where 'Howitzer' means modern artillery with recoil dampener. The name applied here because it was actually a direct evolution of Enlightenment Era Howitzers discussed earlier.
Not really an okay nomeclature to me. well Artillery is still better name.
And this gun shows here uses the same shells and propellants and Dreadnoughts and Superdreadnoughts.
3. Both Fieldgun and Howitzers are enabled with Industrialization technology. it can be shifted earlier to enable factory and railroadings however.
The proper enalbing technology should be Smokeless Propellants. (also enables Rifle Infantry)
4. I don't understand why Landship should appear? This weapon is rather like Helepolises of the Classical Era (or Age 1), the very materials that became Collossus of Rhodes.
It didn't shown up in Civ6 AT ALL. What is this thing represents actually? and it upgrades from cuirassier even!
Not what I nor Boris can approve. Too slow to meet with Cavalry needs. (only as fast as a man's step). Made to solve ONE problem - to cross No Man's Land and take enemy trench lines. and this venture was the most successful of the First World War.
These weapons were not used again after that. only became museum piece. the 'Mobile' iterations came sometimes after. to be precise the first 'tanks' that acheves cavalry quality shown up in late 1920s. the most successful was Vickers 6ton
^ This thing is not slow, while tanks of 1910s were very slow and not really reliable.
4. At Sea
4.1 This 'Dreadnought' showing here is actually 'Pre Dreadnought', or 'Semi Dreadnoughts' (Two were made in Japan, the first BB to be made there). The name isn't really correct and capabilities are significantly different, also placement isn't really right much, especially with Original Dreadnought classes, while itself outclassed everyone in the World, however, by the 1914 they were outclassed by Super Dreadnoughts. which essentially a staple to Battleships of Civ franchise.
Civ6 Brazillian UU 'Minas Gerais' is 'Dreadnought' also.

Dreadnought - Wikipedia
4.2 There's another naval unit. I don't know if it's submarine or cruiser.
5. In the Sky. There also three separate classes of aircrafts, Fighter, Bomber, and another light plane I don't know what it is. Bushplane or Attack Craft?
To me I think there MAY be 'Bushplane' which the final evolutions will be Attack Helicopters.
Tier 4. There's Battleship as unit. It shown up about the time it is about to be obsolete. and it represents Post-Treaty Battleships. the likes of Iowa, Bismarc, Richielieu, King George class, and more famously. Yamato.
In the end however. it became a generic Field Artillery as ATGM shown up in 60-70s completely replaced this one. Even before that, many Antitank guns were made as large caliber (90-100 or slightly bigger) Dual Purpose QF Field Guns. Particularly the Soviet Bloc loves 100mm Antitank field guns.
My opinion is 'indifferent'. because it is also descriptive, showing its capabilities. though it ended evolution stage as a generic field gun, and this included Mobile Gun System things carried by late generations armored cars, which dropped 'Antitank' name from 'guns' altogether.

100 mm field gun M1944 (BS-3) - Wikipedia
EDIT: Original post is not completed. and i have to edit because it is very long.
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