Black Op Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 I just thought up of an idea. There should be a command that within like say... 10 seconds can turn your male (and women with a special technology) villagers into whatever is the worst foot unit there is. This can be useful when the Enemy is raiding your village or you're all going to get killed so you go out in a blaze of glory or just that you could use some reniforcements fast. However, as long as this is in use, they can't do any other work until you give the command to go back to work. In other words, this is an alternative to "garnisoning" your villagers in a town center. Comments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quacker Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Rise of Nations has something like this. You research things such as "Militia" or "Minutemen" or "Partisans", and then your villagers can turn into one of those depending on how much you've researched. Its realistic to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swellick Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 I'll just stick with the town bell. Though this might be an interesting option that would be different for some nations, such as the Celts - who were good weekend warriors - might have a better foot unit, or the Huns would recuit a crappy horse unit? On the whole it might be a better idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Op Posted September 29, 2003 Author Share Posted September 29, 2003 Nice thought Swellick, some nations are more likely to conscript spearmen, others a mix of skrmishers and archers, and others calvary and spearmen, and so on. As a rule, they should have 1/4 the effectveness of their military counterparts so people don't use them as a decent replacement for a proper army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swellick Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Absolutly! I like it! lets see what the creators think! Be sure that nations vary though, like the Greeks should have a good spearman for milita(Hopilite)say the best at 1/3 as good, and the romans ,who are professional soldiers, have a lower end unit say 1/7th as good - just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngelBGE Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 I really like this idea ! It adds to the uniqueness of each civilization if all of them create different military-emergency-units. If this is balanced correctly, it'll definately be a good option.I have donated 10 bucks to you Black OP for this nice idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Op Posted September 29, 2003 Author Share Posted September 29, 2003 Ohhh..... thank you Tim. If I only knew how to spend it........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngelBGE Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 That's currently being worked on...how to spend it...but you should start raising it as soon as possible. It may be of great benefit in the near future. Edit: Found a typo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Op Posted September 29, 2003 Author Share Posted September 29, 2003 That's funny, I've never heard of the term "ear future" before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swellick Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 I think he meant 'N'ear future - funny . So whats this about donating - how does it work - did Black Op really get $10 dollars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quacker Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 DA gave him 10 of his own 0ads.Back on topic, Celts having a special militia bonus is a good idea. After all, watch Braveheart, its pure peasants that are kicking British soldier butt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wijitmaker Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Ah.. now this is closer to 0 A.D. than you might think Again part of the instant army idea that Ken came up with for the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Op Posted September 29, 2003 Author Share Posted September 29, 2003 Back on topic, Celts having a special militia bonus is a good idea. After all, watch Braveheart, its pure peasants that are kicking British soldier butt I wouldn't be so trusting of Hollywood if I were you. Remember, they are famous for taking factual events out of context and messing around with it. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quacker Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 Eh, true. Maybe we can work it around where there's a special ability (like "Woad Paint" or something) that lasts for like 20 secs, in which they can really kick soldier butt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swellick Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 Check out my latest post Suggestion - It handles this very delima. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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