Why Leonardo's Workshop not back in CIV 4?

[Good Omens]

Perhaps a better approach would be a Military Great Person optionally creating a city improvement that gives all troops built there a free promotion that reduces their upgrade cost. This promotion woud either be impossible (or very hard, maybe after combat 5) to get otherwise.

That would work. Call it "Engineer" maybe, and have several levels--Engineer 1 might reduce the cost by 10%, then 20%, then 30%. By that time, such a grizzled veteran unit should be able to learn to use new weapons pretty easily.

 

[Ryanstein]

I forgot all about this wonder before reading this thread!

I would build this every game in Civ2! It rocked!

~Ryanstein

 

[Jimbo30]

I was playing a little CIV 2 over the weekend and was wondering why Leonardo's Workshop was not back in Civ 4...

Is it too powerfull? I would love to have all my units upgraded for free...

It's away on a mission to find the Great Wall.

 

[Beleg Strongbow]

As much as I loved Leo (in both Civ 2 and 3), you don't actually have to call it "Leonardo's Workshop" (a rather contrived name anyway), but I would like to see some wonder that reduced upgrade costs. If you're worried about balancing it could always be expensive and without a resource boost, and perhaps even an expiration tech, but remember that we now have the Krimlin, which I don't think is too powerful.

With upgrades being as expensive as they are, it's usually necesar to rebuild most of your units , so a Medieval/Renn. wonder that helped me out would really add to the game.

 

[Desert-Fox]

I miss the building what created free troops.
I do not remember the names but ... one made crusaders and the other made ancient cavalries.
Crusader factory should be available from monotheism and when you discover liberalism it would be obsolete(who needs crusaders when everyone has freedom to have their own faith).

 

[Mauritania]

I miss the building what created free troops.
I do not remember the names but ... QUOTE]

That was the Terracotta army from the Rise of Nations

 

[mjs0]

I miss the building what created free troops.
I do not remember the names but ... QUOTE]

That was the Terracotta army from the Rise of Nations

There were two wonders introduced in Civ3 Conquests that did this

• Statue of Zeus - Ancient Cavalry every 5 turns
• Knights Templar - Crusader every 5 turns