Thanks, though I'm not sure it needs any special bonuses for it.
Most units do require some sort of bonus access to build. If they require it to build, they require it to upgrade. Many are on your trade routes when they are 'anywhere' and some units don't require but just get modified in their build costs by access and those are much more easily upgraded 'anywhere'.
I guess I'd need to wait until "Trade by SEA" is unlocked, right?
That's my running theory on the situation yes. Pretty sure that's the case.
Damn, forgot to check THAT point.
Building prereqs make it even more difficult
Well, the annoying part isn't so much that you can't upgrade, but more so that it's pretty much impossible to predict WHERE you CAN.
So @Thunderbrd either change description, or make it upgradeable absolutely anywhere - that is no matter of location.
I'd prefer "removing the limits altogether", since it's more clear than "you can upgrade on trade routes, which are invisible and must be guessed".
Yeah, noted - it was somewhat left a little unfinished in that - the ability was explained that way on one of our previous core traits a long time before complex traits included it. There's not enough room to get into details on a quarter line text display so it needs a bit more in the pedia or something or a rename to say 'usually everywhere' which leaves an unanswered vagueness to the rule. There are a few complexities beyond just saying can upgrade fully qualified units wherever they are - which is still clunky as well. Plus, I have always wanted to split that tag into a gradient of abilities to ignore those qualifications.
Whatever, though it's a bit sad to not be ACTUALLY "everywhere", lol.
Yes/no... it will be optional so there's only so much overhauling. It will mostly be a way to swap out specializations for your units and qualify sometimes for some unusual benefits, as well as reflect some technological gradients of development at a more granular pacing than the upgrades alone are tracking.
That's how it works in FFH2 but it will be a little more like status promotions and a very separate inventory system for transporting what isn't directly applied (being used) to the unit. Think of differing ways to outfit a unit. For example, a stone thrower may have many small stones or a few fist sized ones or one really large one, maybe higher quality ones if there's a riverbed in the city radius where the stones are produced and maybe higher quality still if stone or marble is available. And yes, for a small amount of time, what's dropped in the field can be reclaimed by local units who want access to something they just earned, or to be picked up by transportation units to be brought elsewhere.
Unitcombats determine what a unit can and can't use and there will be promos that let you train units into different or crossover roles - (axemen trained to use rifles for example). The equipment themselves will be promos if applied and they can be swapped out when the situation allows for local access to other options.
Let's just say that you're still at v.41 for a reason, lol.
Like I keep saying (and this is echoed by a crowd of others):
There is still a difference. There are also a few promotions that would be possible in real life, like Clubman -> Spiked Clubman. More would be possible with engineers present (and engineers have been part of the army since ancient times). But building a completely new ship in the middle of the ocean is on a different level.
