Distinct civ abilities should appear during the game and no more world wonders

[neilxt]

I love NeilXT's idea on Unique Unit (and completely agree with his criticism that it makes no sense for the English to have MoW UUs if they start landlocked and so forth - that's just the big problem of people insisting on "OH! I want everyoen to build the units they really had and nothing else" because that's absolute nonsense on a random map).

That said, would the AI be able to handle it?

Thanks for the compliment.

I don't think there's very much difference from the AI POV, and only small tweaks to the game mechanics. That's why I chose to use a GL and a tech. as intermediaries.

The GL would have to have a flag telling it what underlying tech it was developed from and the added ability to "research" that tech. The actual mechanics from there on would be simpler because the game would just be following all the same rules it always does.

I will give my idea 2 criticisms though, and some possible solutions.

First, the UU won't be available immediately and may often appear towards the end of their useful lifecycle. Either increase their special abilities a little, make their promotion cost to the next level unit cheaper or automatically promote to elite of the next class.

Second, GLs seem extremely rare in the early game (unless that's a factor of my playing style). If this is the case there may need to be improved chances of getting GL's early on.

I think my idea to weight the chance of getting a GL on the difficulty of the battle might help that, too.

 

[Aussie_Lurker]

Hi rcoutme,

Sorry but, once again I didn't clarify my original position.
I happen to agree 100% that different great leaders should only be able to rush wonders and improvements with traits corresponding to their 'leader status'. i.e., as you said, Scientific leaders should only be able to rush scientific wonders, etc etc....

Yours,
Aussie_Lurker.