Nifty Lanun Idea

[Zechnophobe]

So, with the change to make workboats build pirate coves, I had what could be a fun idea for the game.

What if anyone's workboats can build a 'cove', with the same rules? The basic cove would give the normal +2 gold to the tile, but only the Lanun's coves actually upgrade?

Benefits:

1) Coastal squares become a bit less undesireable.

2) PIRATE ships have more things, on average, to pillage (This of course includes the lanun)

3) AI tweaks telling a civ how to use a 'cove' would be uniform for all civs.

 

[Tiarilir]

I don't really know how the lanun building pirate coves, but they certainly shouldn't be named that for other civilizations.

Trade docks or something like that would be a more desirable option, and they should COST about 20 gold, so that you invest in them, and the workboat should disappear, and it should take 5 turns for it to build. The workboat cannot move until the Trade dock is done, so you'd have to protect it, too.

 

[MacGyverInSpace]

They'd look ugly spammed, maybe they could be built only in a NEW feature, 'Islands' - which look like several unit sized <1 tile islands. Maybe they could also be multi-domain... with the new feature check code, only certain units could enter afaik...

 

[deadliver]

The main reason to play Lanun is that they pimp the sea UNLIKE any other civ.

 

[westamastaflash]

The main reason to play Lanun is that they pimp the sea UNLIKE any other civ.

They overpimp the sea in .33. Coves are insane, Hannah gets 9 commerce after you grab fishing!

 

[civ_king]

yea they gotta be uber on the water, otherwise they cant defend themselves