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I see, thanks for the clarification

One civ per release. The Scythians could be next. But the Germans must be finished.

A question as someone who has not had the chance to play the Test Build, wasn't it planned to be Scythians and another nomadic type civ that would be added in? I know Germans had been considered for a while before but I thought they had come second to the Scythian/other civ addition given the results of a recent poll in the forum

Please be more respectful and appreciative of other people's work. The addition of the Germans was certainly not rushed; the pull request was open since well before the release of A27 and being reviewed for a full year before merged. And that time doesn't even include much of the work of creating the content itself, like researching, brainstorming, making the 3D models, the portraits, and putting everything together. Creating a complete new civilization takes tremendous effort and we should all be grateful for the wonderful people who dedicated their free time to achieve it. And in my opinion the Germans are definitely up to the standard of other civilizations in terms of art, historical accuracy, uniqueness, and balance. Stuff like custom phase names are just the cherry on top and can very well just be added in the future.

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Mercenaries are overpowered, especially when you have metal available. They have more experience so their stats are better. Especially the cavalry, because you spend less time doing nothing with them.

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What a total disappointment; German civilization comes out unfinished, unpolished for this release. Don't start with the portraits... the city phases haven't yet been decided upon.

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Like the gaul trumpeters. would be nice for other civs to have some kinda musician that gives "moral booster" or something

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Ambient sound effects would be nice. I mean for the units, not just random birds and stuff. It would be cool to hear the occaisonal conversation (like in Halo Wars), and for certain buildings (the market, the barracks, etc.) to constantly generate sounds (market is some low murmur of people, the barracks has weapon sounds, the forge a hamer ringing, etc.). It would also be interesting to add musicians (who rely on the ambient sounds), and make nearby units have a health or healing bonus.

What did they cost in a25?

Metal availability varies a lot by map. Metal is gathered more slowly, but if you want it, you can put as many gatherers as you want on it. If it is a metal-scarce map, then maybe reconsider using mercenaries. In a25, we rolled out a version of mercenaries where their metal costs were lower because metal was thought to be more "valuable" than the other resources and it was a nightmare for balance.

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It's just that mercenaries start out already advanced rank, citizens have to get experience or barracks time to get there.

There's only a limited amount of metal on the map. Later in the game especially I feel like I'm getting a good deal if I can trade 100 food for 25 metal at the market. At that rate mercenaries are much more expensive than citizens. Doesn't metal also take more time to mine than food or wood?

Are they? When I look at the Roman swordsman from the castra (who is advanced rank if I'm not mistaken) and some merc swordsman (also adv. rank) I see the same values for their sword attack and worse for capturing (plus the merc can't gather).

The idea behind mercenaries is that they are cheaper in total resources, but you have to pursue a lot of metal to make them. They are also quickly trained and are more effective than their CS counterparts. So you just have to prioritize metal in your build if you want to use those units.

Hello @kheeva! Can you try the upcoming version of 0 A.D.? Test bundles are available at https://releases.wildfiregames.com/rc/ There are a few bugs that we are aware of, but let's check the sound on Tahoe with your help.

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I figured out the instructions required setting the rally point before they were finished being recruited! ;P

Too late for a change in A28.

I'd like to recommend that in the next release their cost be changed to half that of the equivalent citizen soldier, plus 20 metal. So a mercenary archer would be 25 food, 25 wood, and 20 metal.