Totem Poles

[blizzrd]

I wonder if anyone has ever been in a game of RFC where the Natives have built a Totem Pole in a city?

Interestingly, Totem Pole is in the civilopedia as one of the possible buildings, but is unique to the Native Americans. I think this is just a carry-over from BTS and perhaps was left by mistake? The Totem Pole is basically a beefed up Monument that also gives barracks upgrades for archery units built in the city.

For a Totem Pole to ever be built though, firstly the Natives in North America would have to capture a city somewhere - but I've seen this often enough for it not to be too unusual. But how would you ever know if the Natives had built one? I think there would be no chance that the Totem Pole would survive city conquest by a human player, so I don't know if you could ever tell if Totem Poles were built. Would the Totem Pole be converted to a Monument upon conquest?

Certainly, I've never seen a native archery unit in North America. Just hordes of Dog Soldiers and occasionally Jag Warriors.

Anyone had any further experience with Totem Poles in RFC?

 

[Evil Ernst]

Interesting question indeed.
As far as I know, even if they would have built a totem it would vanish upon conquest hence no cultural buildings "survive" a conquest, to my knowledge though. Please correct me if I'm wrong on this point.

Other then that, I agree, I haven't seen any others then Dog soldiers and Jaguars either...which is a little funny since I thought it was very common for the native Indians to use bows.

 

[Lone Wolf]

I think there would be no chance that the Totem Pole would survive city conquest by a human player, so I don't know if you could ever tell if Totem Poles were built.

City graphics. You need to look closely, through...

 

[AnotherPacifist]

A related question is whether natives can build research after they capture a city, and can they know calendar.

 

[blizzrd]

Another question that came to mind was do the Natives know Archery?

 

[Lone Wolf]

do the Natives know Archery?

They do. I've seen Archers in Mombasa and Quelimane.

 

[civ245d]

For a moment, I thought you were talking about these Totem Poles.

 

[Lone Wolf]

BIW, the Natives can't do it. They are based on the Zulu civilization, and their special building is Ikhanda.

 

[blizzrd]

Then the civilopedia should be changed at some stage to remove Totem Poles in the RFC mod.

 

[say1988]

That is what I thought lone wolf, they were introduced in Warlords, after all.
I personally can't recall seeing a native archer, only melee units, but I generally stick to Eurasia before colonization.

 

[Lone Wolf]

Delete,sorry.

 

[Metal Alloy Man]

Whooh, astrognash's games must be quite different compared to ours.