Civ: Gupta Indians

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

The Golden Age of India

The Gupta Dynasty

 

 

 

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

Committed the first draft of the Guptas

 

 

I need ideas for:

 

4 heroes and their bonuses

Unit references (for textures)

Mercenary Unit ideas (at least 3)

Unique technologies

Civ Bonuses

Team Bonus

Catafalque

[Thalatta]

Do you still need answers? Has there been a discussion about preferred units somewhere? Just a few things in the meantime. Regarding the great Gupta emperors, all were warriors and patrons of learning, giving them auras with combat and maybe tech speed bonuses. For their differences:

-Chandra-gupta I: founder of the empire, unified territory through marriage, followed by conquest. Maybe capture bonus (since diplomacy mechanics are not that complex).

-Samudra-gupta: the conqueror, put in place a great army, which probably included a navy. More combat, and military production speed bonuses.

-Chandra-gupta II: patron of learning, similar to the previous one, but maybe the greatest. Brought to maturity the empire. Production or more tech speed bonuses.

-Skanda-gupta: protector of the empire, successful against invasions, considered the last of the greats. Maybe structure's arrow count bonus.

As an alternative, Aryabhata I: famous thinker (math, astronomy, physics), if having these non-combat heroes is a thing. Could greatly accelerate tech research speed when garrisoning a building.

It’s hard for me not to give importance to the learning advances in this period, which I can only translate to tech research speed in the game (maybe could be balanced by having lots of techs to research). The Nalanda mahavihara could be a related unique structure, possibly a Wonder. Another unique structure could be the Delhi Iron Pillar, and the Aśvamedha ritual a unique tech (both could increase Hero/emperor’s stats).

Edited 1 hour ago by Thalatta