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[gameplay] let spart start with a champion
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Authored by Nescio on Jan 18 2021, 1:53 PM.

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Summary

The Kushites start their games with an healer, the Mauryas with an elephant. The Spartans were known for their superior hoplites; this patch gives them one champion infantry at game start, to make them feel a bit different from other factions. It won't suddenly make them win games, although it could help a bit defending against very early raids.
To be clear, Spartans still need to be in the city phase to be able to train more.
Somewhat relevant forum threads: https://wildfiregames.com/forum/topic/35419-differentiating-civs-spartans/ and https://wildfiregames.com/forum/topic/22868-rethinking-the-meta-with-sparta-a-historical-approach/?tab=comments#comment-338125

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Agree this is an improvement.

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Nescio created this revision.Jan 18 2021, 1:53 PM
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Nescio requested review of this revision.Jan 18 2021, 2:03 PM

The only way i see this being used is to send the unit over to the enemy right away and cause guaranteed idle time. Kind of like the briton war dog just with less mobility, more hp and higher damage output.

wraitii accepted this revision.Jan 18 2021, 4:15 PM
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I like this actually. It's a fair resource bonus and kind of original. The slow speed makes this not completely OP I think. Can probably be used efficiently to cut off the enemy from an area with nice resources too.

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jan 18 2021, 4:15 PM
Palaxin accepted this revision.EditedJan 18 2021, 5:10 PM

As the author of one of the forum discussions you mentioned in the descriptions, I like that change, too.
If it turns out to be OP (what I do not expect), we could e.g. remove one of the citizen spearmen at start for exchange.

borg- added a subscriber: borg-.EditedJan 18 2021, 5:14 PM

I like too but i need test mainly in nomad map with cf off.

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