MOD request: Expanded Classical era

[Pouakai]

The classical era is, what, 6 techs? Seriously, needs expanding. Fast.

 

[Pouakai]

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[factorial]

Not trying to be a jerk or anything, but this probably won't get you anywhere, no matter how many times you "bump" it. Like, if you said "Hey, here's a bunch of cool techs that should be in the Classical Era, and here's what they should give you. Can someone with technical skills make the mod?" then maybe someone would. Or if you said, "I want to make a mod that expands the Classical Era, does anyone have any suggestions?" then some people might chime in. But saying "Hey, someone think of something cool and then make it for me", well, it doesn't really accomplish anything.

 

[Pouakai]

I thought that might happen. When I posted this I had to leave for school in less than a minute, and as such didn't have time for a full post. I apologise for sounding like a jerk. I would like suggestions, as I am currently learning to code technologies for a Tourism / natural wonders mod.

So please, suggestions for Classical era techs would be welcomed!

 

[Spatzimaus]

So please, suggestions for Classical era techs would be welcomed!

The best suggestion I could give would be to mine Civ4 for ideas. Religious-related techs like Code of Laws, Monotheism, etc. were in Civ4 but many/most weren't translated to the new game (although the buildings they unlocked usually were) and could easily be put into those earlier eras; you'd just need something other than religions to add. (Alternatively, you can space out some of the existing buildings/units/bonuses by spreading them across the new techs.)

 

[Pouakai]

Good idea, thanks.

Could a historian tell me when the real life equivelent of the 'Classical era' was? Would it have been Greek / Roman antiquity?

 

[Shadowclaimer]

Good idea, thanks.

Could a historian tell me when the real life equivelent of the 'Classical era' was? Would it have been Greek / Roman antiquity?

I put my vote on that era most likely, the Iron Age era till the fall of the Roman Empire imo

 

[ripple01]

I put my vote on that era most likely, the Iron Age era till the fall of the Roman Empire imo

I agree, I would say roughly 1200 BC to 476 AD.

Some tech ideas:

I always thought an Athletics tech would be nice; could unlock the Colosseum and a new Olympic Games wonder/project;

Code of Laws from Civ4 could be renamed Jurisprudence and put in the classical era.

Currency and Metal Casting, while both put under Medieval Era in Civ5, are probably more appropriate under the Classical Era.

Drama and Literature could be brought back from Civ4 for the Classical Era.

Also, maybe a Military Tactics tech (think Sun Tsu)?

 

[Putmalk]

Yeah, you could go the distance with Road Construction, Heavy Cavalry, religion, etc.

 

[killmeplease]

i thought classical era was from ~7 bc to 5 ad

 

[Shadowclaimer]

New Units:
Slinger - Pre-Archer Ancient Ranged
Cataphract - Classical Era Heavy Cavalry with Spear
Skirmisher - Classical Era Light Infantry with Shield and Spear
Centurion - Classical Era Heavy Infantry with Shield and Spear
Onager - Ancient Era Siege Weapon

*Still working on it

New Buildings:
Silo - -5% Food required for Growth
Baker - +1 Food Production (Requires Windmill or Watermill)
Bathhouse - +1 Happiness
Fishery - +1 Food Production (Must be bordering water)
Arena - +5 experience for Land Units 
Stadium - +2 Happiness (Replaces current Colosseum)
Council - +1 Happiness, +Culture
Forum - (Upgrade for Council?)
Forge - Increases production in the city
Blacksmith - Increases the production of Land Units in the city (Requires Forge)
Sports Complex - (Upgrade for Arena/Stadium, Modern, loses land exp bonus)
Aquaduct - 

Supreme Court (National Wonder) - Requires a Courthouse in x/all cities - No unhappiness from unoccupied cities, +2 Happiness
Grand Basilica (World Wonder) - Requires a Council/Forum in every city - Lowers unhappiness from number of cities
Colosseum (World Wonder) - Requires an Arena in x/all Cities - All Land Units hired begin with +15 more experience
Ark Project (World Wonder) - +from all Animal/Plant related Luxury Resources (Modern)
Olympic Stadium (World Wonder) - Requires a Stadium in x/all cities - 
*Still working on it

Changes to Buildings:
Barracks - +10 experience for Land Units
Courthouse - +2 Happiness
Granary - -10% Food required for Growth (Replaces Silo)
Windmill - +1 Food Production (Requires Farm Improvement)
Watermill - +2 Food Production (Requires River and Farm Improvement)
Colloseum - Turned into Arena

Notes:
-Implement a Bronze Strategic Resource required for certain units
-Might have to enhance Unhappiness amounts in general to counteract the new +Happiness structures.
-Goes without saying, stats are not meant to be exact

Me being bored and working on some new stuff for the Earlier Ages.

 

[Pouakai]

Awesome! Although, Stadium is already ingame (Modern era, Mass Media), so I would have Arena as the stadium as well as it's current role

 

[Putmalk]

How about Siege Towers for a late-game siege unit (no ranged attack, but extremely powerful against cities and has a good defense against units, but bad offense against them)?

 

[Mynex]

Uhrm... classical era... Ballista.

Also a decent step (and more logical, to me anyways) to go from an archer>>xbow>>ballista>>cannon then.

Ballista, the other, OTHER 'white meat' of siege equipment.

 

[Putmalk]

Romans already have the Ballista.

 

[Mynex]

Ah well, since I don't play em and haven't dug into the UU's yet, no idea they did.

I'll have to dig through some books/net to find some decent stuff... And the check to see if it's already present! lol

 

[Shadowclaimer]

Wow I missed the Stadium at Modern, well in my changes notes I'll redirect it as a Sports Stadium and a base Stadium will b a Classical era thing.

 

[Mannu]

I would bump Philosophy into the classical era. Maybe also Construction. Maybe there is stuff from the renaissance era that could be moved to classical.

 

[killmeplease]

philosophy is a classical era tech already

 

[Ahwaric]

I have prepared a bronze/classical age tech tree for my mod.
Take a look here: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=9839165&postcount=2
Pictures 1-3
The placement is based on the date of discovery (if I found one), with only minor adjustments to better distribution.

And yes, this applies to necromancy - described by Homer in Oddysey