Hippus: The mercs of the game?

[Black Whole]

A long time ago, I read that the Hippus should be able to "lend" their units to other nations for money like...well, like mercenaries. Will they be able to do so? Or did I misunderstand something?

 

[Crisqo]

Just thought i'd bump my old thread.

I havn't forgotten you! I still think you're a good idea!

 

[Ecofarm]

No diplomatic war modifiers for hippus (or even no negatives only).

So it has been written, so let it be done.

Regarding "loaning" units, you can buy mounted mercs and donate them to a war partner.

 

[Mewtarthio]

True, but that's not something the AI can handle. I'd prefer it to be more automatic. One idea I've seen is allowing anyone with Open Borders with the Hippus and a certain tech to cast the "Hire Hippus Mercenaries" spell. This costs money and automatically gives the Hippus gold, and you get a Hippus Mercenary that's roughly as strong as the best mounted unit the Hippus could produce. Once the Hippus Mercenary either dies or has its contract expire, the Hippus get a War Veteran unit with a portion of its experience that can be upgraded to any mounted unit.

I'm not entirely sure how to balance that with the Guild of the Nine. Bear in mind that you are giving units to your opponent. Though, perhaps it would be best if hiring mercernaries were disallowed if the Hippus have been vassalized or if you're in a permanent alliance with them.

 

[Crisqo]

No diplomatic war modifiers for hippus (or even no negatives only).

So it has been written, so let it be done.

Yeah, I suppose not. I can't help but feel Hippus is lacking a little extra something though.

They get an extra movement speed on all their mounted units. Booooriiing.
It may be effective, but its not as fun as blowing the world up at any rate.

 

[El_Duderino]

well i tried playing rye's and fall of civilizations from the beyind the sword disk and couldnt quite figure out the hire mercenary and send out troops as mercenaries option but perhaps something like it could be added to the game but only the hippus are allowed the send out the mercenaries

 

[Ecofarm]

Yeah, I suppose not. I can't help but feel Hippus is lacking a little extra something though.

They get an extra movement speed on all their mounted units. Booooriiing.
It may be effective, but its not as fun as blowing the world up at any rate.

I meant I agree. Hippus should be immune to war diplo modifiers, or only get positives (perhaps even better).

I suppose, since everyone sees them as war mercenaries, no negatives is fair enough.

If you meant - from a code/technical viewpoint - that it was not possible, well, I'm code-ignorant and a dreamer so I am highly resistant to your criticism. Good luck convincing Kael it can't be done