The Biggest, Baddest Unit

[Calouste]

The GDR is not an outright replacement for any unit, because of its Uranium requirement.

Can I turn that around and deduct that you can only upgrade to a unit that has the same (or maybe fewer) resource requirements as the one you are upgrading from? I.e. a Spearman could upgrade to a Pikeman, but not to a Swordsman as that has an iron requirement? Or is it simpler than that?

 

[croxis]

Perfection must be peeing his pants right about now....

 

[Kramer3980]

150 is a lot, but might not be that much considering a tank is already 50 and there is probably a modern armor that we don't know anything about yet. and there may be a counter unit we don't know about yet

 

[2K Greg]

Can I turn that around and deduct that you can only upgrade to a unit that has the same (or maybe fewer) resource requirements as the one you are upgrading from? I.e. a Spearman could upgrade to a Pikeman, but not to a Swordsman as that has an iron requirement? Or is it simpler than that?

That would be reading too much in to what I said

 

[Calouste]

Removing the giant death robot will cause balance issues? I always thought adding 150 strength GDR would cause balance issues!! This future era sounds mind boggling!

I see a size 50 city plus a garrisoned strength 36 infantry (or some higher strength Mech Inf) plus some fortification bonusses holding out quite well against anything below a GDR or a Nuke.

 

[The_J]

Removing the giant death robot will cause balance issues? I always thought adding 150 strength GDR would cause balance issues!! This future era sounds mind boggling!

Maybe a tank has a strength of 149?
Come on, we don't know anything else, every speculation here is completly hot air.

Perfection must be peeing his pants right about now....

That might be a good time to add a link to the original thread again: Giant Death Robot

 

[seasnake]

Very cool. GDR's will give me something to enjoy at the end of the game, which is great because that's a time when many people feel the game has lost a lot of appeal.

 

[bjbrains]

Maybe a tank has a strength of 149?
Come on, we don't know anything else, every speculation here is completly hot air.




That might be a good time to add a link to the original thread again: Giant Death Robot

This. We know that industrial era tanks have 50 strength. This is a near-future era unit with a highly restrictive resource cost, it's been tested/balanced like every other unit.

 

[2K Greg]

Hey would you guys like another feature tonight, or should I wait until tomorrow?

 

[bjbrains]

Hey would you guys like another feature tonight, or should I wait until tomorrow?

The answer is always now Greg.



ALWAYS NOW.

 

[Centurio]

Wow...

So much for realism...

 

[The_J]

Hey would you guys like another feature tonight, or should I wait until tomorrow?

Please tomorrow, i can't take more tonight .

 

[bjbrains]

Wow...

So much for realism...

Come on. Civ has never been realistic by any stretch of the imagination. It's always sacrificed realism whenever it made something more fun/interesting. This is no exception.

 

[D712]

Hey would you guys like another feature tonight, or should I wait until tomorrow?

Depends, is that the last one for this week?

If it is, then tmrw, EARLY tmrw.

If if its not, then definitly now.

 

[W|M]

omfgeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[12agnar0k]

Gdr!!!!!!!!!! Yes!,

 

[ace94d]

Hey would you guys like another feature tonight, or should I wait until tomorrow?

Now.

Definately now.

 

[Mathalamus]

i don't like this.

 

[Thunderfall]

haha! This is awesome!

I am not really surprised though because GDR was my first guess for this super-secretive unit!

 

[bjbrains]

haha! This is awesome!

I am not really surprised though because GDR was my first guess for this super-secretive unit!

This doesn't fit with the 'super secret unit', which supposedly won't come up every game and requires a certain series of choices/events. This looks like it's the same as any unit (besides the obvious).
Oh, and if we're talking unrealism: This unit uses uranium yet apparently uses a fusion reactor. Explain that one.