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  2. Slaves in 0AD

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    My concept for slaves:

    • Every unit have a bounty of X slave resource: let's say 10. Civil units could have a greater bounty.
    • Slaves cost X slave resource: if they cost 40, that means that you would be able to train a slave per each 4 units killed. If you kill civil units, the ratio should be lower.
    • Slaves are just plain better on working, but more vulnerable to damage. No life lost to avoid micro. Could had a train limit/ Could be free to train except the "slave resources".
    • The "slave resource" could be exchanged for other resources

    Aim of the concept

    • A representation of slavery without tedious conversions
    • Raiding and war allows you to improve economy
    • Open diferent strategies: if you choose to stick to citiziens, you are better defended against raids. If you transition to slaves, you're more vulnerable. And you could choose if you train slaves or you sell them.
    • Open space for civ bonus: some civs could have unlimited slave training, some other slaves could have hp bonus/ work rate, some could train special units with the "slave resource", some could train serfs (same cost from slaves, but with citizien stats)
    • No need for extra coding, I think
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  3. why alpha 24 is not nice ?

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    Posted · Edited by av93

    The walls were given because they usually did fortifications on hills (like a lot of cultures, btw)

    "The guerrilla warfare" (associated to Spain in Napoleon times, where the name came from the spanish) was more a Lusitanian thing. Iberians tactics weren't so different from spear walls.

    Also the sling thing it's more a feature from Balearic Islands, that were'nt connected to Iberians by any kingdom or Empire

    Before redesigning the uniqueness of civilizations, make a table and think collectively instead of adding and deleting design quirks individually on every civ.

    I would give the guerrilla/ambushing features to Britons.

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  6. Why are Kushite and Carthage mercenary camps still limited?

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    Posted · Edited by av93

    I think that I'm one of the responsibles

     

     

    My original suggestion was to choose from one alliance and stick to them among the rest of the game. Then IRC, the implementation was that embassies were limited to 2, so you could train two of the three factions. Then I think that the limit was increased.

    But my proposal was more among the lines of AoM minor gods, where you choose a path and you get units and techs, as a special feature of Carthaginians

     

     

     

      

     
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  8. Mod selection

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    4 hours ago, Angen said:

    https://code.wildfiregames.com/D3592

    Currently they are activated but not displayed in activated because there is now displayed what is saved in config 

    Then, the patch should grey incompatible mods and show what mods are active, right?

     

    4 hours ago, Angen said:

    maybe just move them between two mod sections and change to up/down arrows? not sure if removing them would not create confusion how to actually enable mods before finding out about double click

    Up/down arrows could be a solution. The best sometimes is take inspiration on how others find solutions. Total War does it in a clear way

    mods.thumb.png.5ea20619e34c57107924d84deb60ec37.png

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  9. Mod selection

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    On 22/02/2021 at 1:56 AM, wowgetoffyourcellphone said:

    I do think the mod selection screen is a little... open source. Meaning, unintuitive. 

     


    First, in a UI more option sometimes doesn't mean better, you get lost. Keep it Simple (KIS) it's a good rule always.

    In the case of Mod selection screen, I think that there's room for improvement:

    - What is the use of "Negate" button?

    - Enable/Disable it's redundant with the double click. It can lead confusion with the Start mod button. I would delete this button.

    - If I press Start mod, the game should restart and then all the mods that I activated should be listed on "Activated mods" right?

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  21. Forests and Farmlands, a new idea

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    On 26/12/2020 at 10:20 PM, wowgetoffyourcellphone said:

    Now, EA can do it differently, but DE's trees and groves do not obstruct the pathfinder, for 2 reasons. 1. I thought fewer obstructions may give the pathfinder a performance boost (not yet benchmarked) and thought it okay to do this since other games like AOE3 already does this.

    Well, in AoE3 trees aren't passable, just the forest have dispersion and the units can pass through, and the collision box of trees are very small

  22. Forests and Farmlands, a new idea

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    On 24/12/2020 at 7:56 AM, wowgetoffyourcellphone said:

    Lumber Camp mockup:

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    Capture the Lumber Camp dropsite (Yellow) and now you can gather wood outside your territory.

    Forests are made up of Groves (Red-cartouche footprint; Blue-circle footprint) and can be depleted, but they do regenerate wood over time, faster if left alone. Groves have other attributes, such as they can be "garrisoned" by some civs' soldiers for an ambush effect, and they also have auras that cause units to have lower vision and movement speeds within their footprints. 

    Straggler Trees (Green) are gatherable, but do not regenerate and can be built over by player structures (the tree disappears).

     

    How garrisoning works? just like a wall? or the groove it's not an obstruction?

  25. celtic reference

    in Tutorials, references and art help

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    Ambigatos, Vae Victis and Montefortino makes great synergies as a rush civ, good design. Take care about a farming bonus, to be different enough to Ptolomies, the civ that should have the greatest bonus to farming

    In contrast, Britons suggestions are more all round and defensive oriented. Weren't more decentralised and not so tech developed (so they could fill beter the "barbarian" rush trope? (I would give them also a skirmisher champion, instead of the not historic double sword man. (they should be the ultimate javelineer faction, because Iberian ambushers fit more Lusitanians rather than Iberians, regarding some sources that I've read in the past)

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