experiences with Legion units, Mandekalu etc. UUs

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Building useless roads inside enemy border to hurt their gold income, sounds like fun. I wonder if the AI keeps the roads or destroys them.

Otherwise, chu ko nu feels like way stronger than other UUs because it retains the extra attack when upgraded, it would be very hard for any other unit to attain this type of advantage trough promotions without relying on honor tree(patronage is vastly superior) and even with it it would be hardly on the same scale as the chu ko nu which can be mass produced. I would be surprised if this isn't nerfed eventually.

Companion cavalry and even hoplites are also very strong and allow for a very decisive dominance of the battlefield early game.

Others didn't feel as powerful, many are good but they don't seem to give the same kind of ridiculous advantage(longbowmen maybe if you don't beeline to rifling but most warmongers would). I guess Iroquois on a forest-heavy map would be quite a sight tho.

 

[Rathelon]

as long as a unit has an ability that is "promotion-like", as in, it's a red or yellow triangle on its promotion list, then yes, it does stay with the unit. On several games I've had a scout get a unit upgrade by visiting an ancient ruin, and in each case they turned into archers who could ignore terrain penalties.

Yep, I've had archers like that several games. Gotta like those guys.

 

[Doubleplusgood3]

Jaguar is ridiculous. Esp. in the early game with the culture bonus. Once I've got about 5 or 6 I head straight for Steel. Longswordsman with 2+ HP after a kill is epic.