troytheface
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The Legion, the Three Man Chariot, The Babylonian Bowmen, The Javalin Thrower, and the Samarii are UU's associated with civs that should be on top of the war mongering catagory- and they all share a common trait-attack uu's with beefed up defense. The UU's that fall into this catagory have a nice edge when launching an invasion or preparing a defense- an edge i think that is clarified when u see Legions in action. I think we can see the advantages of a strictly defensive or offensive UU (or one with xtra movement) But these in between UU's are the real killers if implemented at the right time. The Legion and Samarii can tear a neighbor apart and too they are both militaristic Civ UUs. (Zulu/Mongols are also first rate war mongering and they are militaristic-however ... the Zulu UU is defensive (but with movement...a real exception to the theory) and the Mongol UU may be offensive but with no defensive bonus...(another movement/cost issue-and being on a mountain is arguably enhanced defense)...and too i read somewhere that it now has bombard- a feature which reserrected the Babylonian Bowmen and the archer path in general) ) That said, no Civ's UU marches with more certainty than a stack of legions ...in a later age the Samarii take that role..but the point is that any Civ that fields an attack UU with a defensive bonus (add militaristic for even more intensity) will be first rate war mongering civs...even over Persia, Iroquios, or Celts, civs one would think would be the war mongerers choice. And only Rome and Japan meet both of the criterea-militaristic-with an Attack UU that has a defensive bonus . Both should be at the top of the list for those that like waring. (emperor/huge/Continent)