Infantry Units 1900-Present

[Moff Jerjerrod]

Very very nice!

 

[Ares de Borg]

Forza Italia

 

[AnthonyBoscia]

Anyone else like Civ 2? Seems like it had something we're missing...

 

[Ozymandias]

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Anyone else like Civ 2? Seems like it had something we're missing...

Specifically:

• Units which could, via flag, have one unit type be "x2"against another (Pikemen vs. Knights; ATG vs. armor; etc.)
• Play balance was better: I agree with Sulla that the Temple of Zeus is in abomination; ditto Lethal Land Bombard.
• Did we really need two more "wasteland" Tile Types? (Swamp and Volcano.)
• Disease????
• I still think the game is better served by having Rivers run through Tiles, and Not around them.

Other than those ... ...

Oh, yeah:

• Readily exploited ROPs ...
• ... And the diplomacy roundtable sucks!

AND as yet another matter of All Things Diplomatic: given that SMAC is, basically, contemporaneous ...

Just my dos centavos.

 

[AnthonyBoscia]

You're the best, Oz. Yes, I agree that many elements of Civ 2 have, er, stood the test of time if you'll pardon my equivoque. I still think it was the highlight of the series.

But I was referring to something a little more applicable to the thread title...

 

[Ozymandias]

Ah, shucks …

I did always wonder about elite troops on skis in jungles, however

The paratrooper with a parawing was pretty sweet ….

My finest Civ.2 moment was when I tried, and failed to sneak a Suitcase Nuke (a feature I don’t like) into an enemy City … Next turn, said Civ (1) nuked my nearest City to its, then (2) sailed a paraglider right in - for a minute moment, it seemed there might be some near-Intelligence there ….

 

[Lionic]

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[Moff Jerjerrod]

^Awesome captcha!

 

[AnthonyBoscia]

My finest Civ.2 moment was when I tried, and failed to sneak a Suitcase Nuke (a feature I don’t like) into an enemy City … Next turn, said Civ (1) nuked my nearest City to its, then (2) sailed a paraglider right in - for a minute moment, it seemed there might be some near-Intelligence there ….

Having your spies nuke unsuspecting cities before civilians on parafoils swooped in sure beat inching the artillery/engineer doomstack forward each turn. Hard to say where she was hiding that bomb, though.

I did always wonder about elite troops on skis in jungles, however

 

[Ozymandias]

... Moving right along - back to Units:

• Mountain Infantry (skis) as Mountain Infantry (ignore Mountain movement costs?)
• Modern jungle warfare units (invisible; ignore Jungle movement costs?)
• "Para-glide" Infantry as "near-future" spec ops (luckily, we already have some stuff like the British Cold War Para, by some guy named "Tony" )
• 

 

[Ozymandias]

- Cross-post! So, we'd also need an M-Unit with a para-drop camel? - I like it!

 

[AnthonyBoscia]

World War II bonus pack on post 2. Contains helmet props from Gary Childress and sounds from Ares de Borg. Based on Wyrmshadow's original Bryce infantry and cavalry series.

 

[Civinator]

Tony, once again you have done a great job ! ... and the Finns are there !
Edit: ... and the death animations of the German and Japanese generals.

 

[AnthonyBoscia]

Thank you, Civinator!

I was thinking of Model, "A field marshal does not become a prisoner."

 

[Delta_Strife]

Great bonus pack!!! Some much needed missing items.

 

[AnthonyBoscia]

Thank you! Unfortunately, Romanian Cavalry, Italian general, and Soviet partisan didn't make the cut this time around. Maybe in the future if there's a need.

 

[Ares de Borg]

Awesome additions! Thank you, Anthony!

 

[Haddu]

Thanks! In the USSR you can also add NKVD troops.

 

[Vuldacon]

Tony... Congratulations on your continued Great Work

 

[Wolfhart]

I'm late to the release party, but still... beautiful units, Tony, really beautiful. Love them all, especially my neighbours the Finns, though I think the Savoia cavalry is my favourite! Savoia!