Pointed at D2846.
"special_war_horses" gives the player a +20% health for all cavalry (including champions). Cost is not equivalent to its gainThe idea for this patch emerged from the discussion in D2846.
"mace_silvershields" must have research time equivalent to similar tech.
My proposal:
Increase the research time to 60 for upgrade_mace_silvershields;Nisean war horses were reserved for the heaviest shock cavalry (i.e. champion spearmen in 0 A.D.) This patch makes the `special_war_horses.json` technology similar to the `spartans_agoge.json` technology:
Pointed by @Nescio, Nisean horses were used for heavy cavalry, so it only makes sense to affect champion cavalry.* increased health bonus to 25%, Cost 300f 300m (value equivalent to other techs).but added 10% training time;
* instead of all cavalry, limited to Champion Cavalry Spearman;
* cost raised to 600 food, 300 metal.
(For comparison, `upgrade_mace_silvershields.json` costs 1000 metal.)