I was looking through other threads and suddenly i thought Flamethrowers. An infantry unit that uses 1 oil and is great against infantry but rubbish against armor. And maybe rubbish against bombardments (weak against the actual bombardments, not the bombardment unit which it could destroy easily)
Flamethrower equipped infantry were never especially prevalent, even at the height of their use. It's really difficult to make such specialized land units like flamethrowers be useful without being gamebreaking. A similar argument can be made for snipers, which have been around for far longer than flamethrowers. How can you make a Sniper unit that fills a unique and worthwhile battlefield role without making them overpowered?
I also thought about snipers. Again, maybe a unit that is powerful against infantry and rubbish against armor. The sniper could have really low melee strength and 2/3 range. The flamethrower could have good melee strength and could be melee or ranged. Haven't decided yet. Could be 1 tile range like gatling/machine guns but it would be way more realistic!
For an upgrade for machine guns you could have a sort of ranged mech infantry. A sort of fast moving/mobile machine gun. Or a light tank
I also thought that every 'thing' i.e. production culture gold science faith and units has a great person except food. Great Farmer?
