Swein Forkbeard
Nintendo Fan
it saddens me that there is no spy UU. I wish there was a nation with a spy that needed -50%
In Empire Earth II the Japanese Ninja and the British MI-6 Agent are spy UUs. Perhaps the idea can be incorporated into Civ4 sometime? BTW here are the UUs from Empire Earth II that are in Civ4.
The German Panzer (called "Jagdpanther" in EEII)
The Russian Cossack (I don't remember exactly whether it's in EEII, though)
The Roman Legionnaire (called "Praetorian" in Civ4)
The Greek Hoplite (called "Phalanx" in Civ4)
The Babylonian Bowman (called "Assyrian Bowman" in EEII)
The Turkish Janissary (also the Spahi is in EEII)
The Chinese Cho-ko-nu (called "Dragon Archer" in EEII and ironically only available in the stone age to dark ages there)
The Japanese Samurai (also only available in stone age to dark ages in EEII)
The Korean Hwacha (available in middle ages to industrial age in EEII)
The Aztec Jaguar Warrior (but EEII's version is called "Jaguar Knight," is available in the middle ages to industrial age, and is mounted!)
The Incan Bola Thrower (called "Quechua" in Civ4)
As far as the idea for the Viking Longship...well, I think the Viking UB reflects their naval superiority well enough. Also, the longship was a less complex design than the trireme (but more complex than other Dark Ages ship designs), so I'm not sure whether it warrants being a UU in Civ4.
