Mercenaries
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The Last Conformist
Irresistibly Attractive
I too think some form of mercenary system would be a nice addition. Perhaps it'll have to wait to Civ IV, tho - I imagine it would take a while to programme.
I think you should be able to utilize mercs you don't have the techs for. That's one of the reasons people hire mercenaries - to get troops types that aren't available at home. A real-world example might be the notorious South African mercenary groups who've brought modern military hardware (and, more important, the competence required to handle the things) to various African forces suffering from poor equipment and training. Such mercenaries will bring any necessary spares and mechanics with them (and no doubt charge an arm and quite a few legs for it).
I think you should be able to utilize mercs you don't have the techs for. That's one of the reasons people hire mercenaries - to get troops types that aren't available at home. A real-world example might be the notorious South African mercenary groups who've brought modern military hardware (and, more important, the competence required to handle the things) to various African forces suffering from poor equipment and training. Such mercenaries will bring any necessary spares and mechanics with them (and no doubt charge an arm and quite a few legs for it).
Nuclear Winter
Chieftain
Well, hmm, I kind of made up a mercenary sistem to add in PTW, kind of grotesque, through it one would get upgradeable mercenary volunteers from barbarian huts, and then upgrade them to specific, non-buildable units, so that you´d have to pay for them... I have posted it at Apolyton´s creation forum... (at this link: http://207.44.244.82/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=94271 )
Of course, an official, in game system would be the best. Take Hannibal, for an example, most of his forces were mercenaries, gallic, numidian, et al.
Unfortunately, I guess at this stage of game development Firaxis ain´t gonna add anything so complex ...
Of course, an official, in game system would be the best. Take Hannibal, for an example, most of his forces were mercenaries, gallic, numidian, et al.
Unfortunately, I guess at this stage of game development Firaxis ain´t gonna add anything so complex ...
casual_moose
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it would be cool, but maybey there could be a small chance of you getting a rep hit if your not at war with the civ who your units are fighting
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