Gary Childress
Student for and of life
I have this idea for the mod I'm working on. What I think I will do is give each civ a specific number of "free" units based upon the civ's government (which will be locked into place using hidden techs and civ specific techs) and then impose severe penalties for exceeding that number.
So for instance Axis Fascism (it's a WW II mod) might have a limit of 300 units and then a cost of 10 gold per unit over that limit. That way you can build an army of 300 units easily but exceeding that number will be very difficult. The only exception will be militia units which are free upkeep. Unlike first rate units which can only be built in the home cities of a Civ, Militia units can be built in any city but are very weak compared to first rate units.
I'm wondering what people's thoughts on this method are? Are there any drawbacks to it which I haven't forseen? What I'm basically trying to do is make it so that the more a civ expands, the more difficult it is to maintain an army big enough to go further. So for instance the more territory a civ takes, the fewer units will be available to defend it or to take more territory.
Thoughts? Comments?
So for instance Axis Fascism (it's a WW II mod) might have a limit of 300 units and then a cost of 10 gold per unit over that limit. That way you can build an army of 300 units easily but exceeding that number will be very difficult. The only exception will be militia units which are free upkeep. Unlike first rate units which can only be built in the home cities of a Civ, Militia units can be built in any city but are very weak compared to first rate units.
I'm wondering what people's thoughts on this method are? Are there any drawbacks to it which I haven't forseen? What I'm basically trying to do is make it so that the more a civ expands, the more difficult it is to maintain an army big enough to go further. So for instance the more territory a civ takes, the fewer units will be available to defend it or to take more territory.
Thoughts? Comments?