[gameplay] introduce maur elephant civ bonus.
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Authored by Nescio on Jul 4 2020, 8:56 PM.

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rP23823: Give Mauryan a 30% bonus to elephant build time.

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This patch is a follow-up to D2861/rP23804/D2684/rP23810.

It gives Mauryas a 30% training time discount on elephants. The number is chosen to get theirs under those of the African civs (0.7 × 1.1 = 0.77 < 0.9).
It explicitly does not affect heroes.
Elephant archer training time is increased from 15 to 20, to keep it about the same (0.7 × 20 = 14).
Worker elephant training time is not increased, because it is considered already too high (see D2852).

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Check for mistakes, agree with the idea, approve of the suggested values and text strings.

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Nescio created this revision.Jul 4 2020, 8:56 PM

Owners added a subscriber: Restricted Owners Package.Jul 4 2020, 8:56 PM

Nescio mentioned this in D2861: [gameplay] differentiate African and Indian war elephants.Jul 4 2020, 8:58 PM

Successful build - Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

Link to build: https://jenkins.wildfiregames.com/job/docker-differential/2584/display/redirect

Kṣhatriya Warrior Caste cannot currently be considered a bonus. I like this idea, it has a historical base. I am not completely sure about the value of -30%, but it seems to me an interesting value. I will test.

Harbormaster completed remote builds in B12306: Diff 12554.Jul 4 2020, 9:15 PM

I am not completely sure about the value of -30%, but it seems to me an interesting value. I will test.

With the proposed value champion elephants have the following training times:

23: maur
27: cart, kush, ptol
33: pers, sele

borg- added a comment.Jul 5 2020, 2:27 PM

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borg- mentioned this in D2852: [gameplay] Tweak maurya worker elephant stats.Jul 5 2020, 2:28 PM

The values are good for "normal" games, my only doubt are dm games.

Given that the Mauryas are the only ones who can build an elephant stable, we could address that by changing the <BatchTimeModifier> from 0.7 to 0.8.

In D2862#122899, @Nescio wrote:

Given that the Mauryas are the only ones who can build an elephant stable, we could address that by changing the <BatchTimeModifier> from 0.7 to 0.8.

Not necessary

borg- accepted this revision.Jul 10 2020, 12:50 PM

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jul 10 2020, 12:50 PM

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Nescio edited the summary of this revision. (Show Details)Jul 12 2020, 9:48 AM