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Metal is relatively more plentiful now though.

Cyrus and Boudicca are out of Empires Ascendant's timeframe too. Unless a better alternative could be found, Temple at Uppsala could definitely be a good choice.

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I personally don't like long research times, but longer than the standard 40 seconds would be good. In DE, upgrading ranks adds extra cost to most of the units, so I for sure agree with that element. Perhaps additional train time would be enough. We could "self balance" Blacksmith techs by making them a little cheaper but add extra cost to the soldiers they affect. I think the Elite upgrades would be reserved for those units that civ is known for. Hoplites for Greek civs, Archers or Cavalry for Persians, Swordsmen for Romans, etc.

This is overblown. One's suitability to join the army on campaign was often predicated on economic status and age. Middle class Greeks and Romans did serve in the infantry, but lower peasants and those too young and too old often did not. A certain number of upper class citizens had to provide cavalry for the army, but those were often the sons of the landowners and serving in the cavalry could be avoided by being willing to supply additional horses. Often a campaign did not necessitate a "full call-up" of available manpower either. Full call-ups usually only occured during times of severe national emergency or siege. Athens could only field 10,000 hoplites from a population of 30,000 citizens and 100,000 non-citizens for the "national emergency" Marathon campaign. And Gauls had a warrior class, separate from the peasantry.

Could be as simple as making it +1 pop instead of +2 pop.

Hey guys. My mod was never intended to be woke, progressive, or to "right historical wrongs," or to reduce female representation, remove/promote misogyny/misandry, or anything pro/con politically or socially. I just felt it made more sense to have male and female variants of civilian citizens, aka "villagers." That's pretty much the extent. I think it also just looks cooler to have male and female villagers working side-by-side.

Well, male gatherers make more sense, historically, than female soldiers. True, but then that would then be turned into the Citizen Rush. Agreed there. I would just merge the two-gender citizen mod into the base game, so you don't have to install a mod.

I think they are a step up from ours though. They look a lot denser and I like how the farmer moves around and harvests the grain and new green stalks grow in place.

Clicky -> https://github.com/JustusAvramenko/0-A.D.-Alpha-24---Two-Gendered-Citizens

Question. In DE, if I were to add a Lusitanian merc for the Iberians, what class of soldier would be the most iconic to use?

Yeah, many of the models are fine. Redoing the UV map with new textures, but keeping much of the old model work, could work nicely.

I'm curious about the economic bonus applied to the pyramids. What's the historical justification here? Or even what's the non-historical justification?

I think that's what they're shooting for, but I think the style misses the mark. With every icon using the same 2 colors (black and yellow), any "clarity" achieved with the simplified shapes is made moot by the new lack of distinction. Players need icons and buttons to be distinct at a glance. AOEIV's and other games icons don't have this.

I think he wants to remake the building models. If so, then this would be the perfect time to make new textures.

Aww, I thought being able to upgrade Barracks and Stables to Royal Barracks and Royal Stables was pretty unique.

Check out my "Every civ is my Favorite civ" thread for some Mace ideas. You like them?

I agree. I hate the super generic pixel art-ish style of modern game icons.

¡Eres bienvenido! ¿Quieres que haga texturas normales y texturas especulares? lol *Google Translate

Something I do like in AOE IV is the farms.

I just gave them daggers.

Nah, merge DE.