More unit abilities

[Sirotnikov]

I have sat for some time and decided to invent new unit abilities to allow for more interesting units.

Most of these should apply to special forces units, which should make the gameplay more interesting.

Basically, i'm slightly bored with the litte special forces we have.

Here are my ideas:

Alpinist - The enemy has no height defense bonus, when attacked.

Commando - The enemy has no forest / jungle defense bonus, when attacked.

City Warfare - The unit does not kill civilians when attacks.

Terrorist - Kills civilians and not military units. Ignores military units parked in the city (They do not defend against him) unless they have AT ability.

Anti-Terrorist - Defends against terrorist.

Policing - Doubles unit's martial law effect.

[Panag]

Re: More unit abilities

Originally posted by Sirotnikov
I have sat for some time and decided to invent new unit abilities to allow for more interesting units.

Most of these should apply to special forces units, which should make the gameplay more interesting.

Basically, i'm slightly bored with the litte special forces we have.

Here are my ideas:

Alpinist - The enemy has no height defense bonus, when attacked.

Commando - The enemy has no forest / jungle defense bonus, when attacked.

City Warfare - The unit does not kill civilians when attacks.

Terrorist - Kills civilians and not military units. Ignores military units parked in the city (They do not defend against him) unless they have AT ability.

Anti-Terrorist - Defends against terrorist.

Policing - Doubles unit's martial law effect.

hi ,

what about an anti-tank unit , .....

have a nice day

[Nostromo]

I like your suggestions, except the ones involving killing civilians. Have you noticed the "enables bridges" flag in the editor's "civ advances" tab? This flag doesn't seem to be implemented yet. But it opens interesting possibilities. I would add a new worker order: build bridge. Since rivers run between tiles, bridges should be 2 tile improvements. I would also add a new unit ability: unit can cross rivers without a bridge. The marine, for example, could be such a unit.

[Panag]

Originally posted by nostromo
I like your suggestions, except the ones involving killing civilians. Have you noticed the "enables bridges" flag in the editor's "civ advances" tab? This flag doesn't seem to be implemented yet. But it opens interesting possibilities. I would add a new worker order: build bridge. Since rivers run between tiles, bridges should be 2 tile improvements. I would also add a new unit ability: unit can cross rivers without a bridge. The marine, for example, could be such a unit.

hi ,

well the killing of civilians is normal , take a couple of jet-fighters or bombers , they do the same thing , ....so why not spoil wter-well , .......

have a nice day

[Yurt]

I don't like Terrorist / Anti-Terrorist... it sounds too much like a CTP2 thing. Lawyer / Corporate Branch, Slaver / Abolishonist. It seems realistic but it doesn't work when you have to actually devote a city's entire production to making these specialty units. I like the other ideas.

[Panag]

hi ,

a "sabotage" unit would be great , aldo it would have to cost a lot , .....

have a nice day

[Panag]

hi ,

what about soldiers for rent , ....like a mercenary , ...

a B-52 should be in , for the famous carpet-bombing , ... with a range of 20 , ...

have a nice day

[Spiffor]

Nostromo :
"Enables bridges" works. It does only one thing : before bridges are enabled, a unit crossing a river on a road doesn't benefit from the movement bonus.
For example, your warrior start at left side of the river, on a road. He wants to go to the right side, on a road too. Normally, he would use only 1/3 move, but he used 1 whole move because bridges arent enabled.

[Nostromo]

Originally posted by Spiffor
Nostromo :
"Enables bridges" works. It does only one thing : before bridges are enabled, a unit crossing a river on a road doesn't benefit from the movement bonus.
For example, your warrior start at left side of the river, on a road. He wants to go to the right side, on a road too. Normally, he would use only 1/3 move, but he used 1 whole move because bridges arent enabled.

I see... But the "enable bridges" flag doesn't seem to be used in the standard game: I just checked in the editor and no civ advance seems to enable bridges. They kept it for Mods I guess.

[Panag]

Originally posted by nostromo


I see... But the "enable bridges" flag doesn't seem to be used in the standard game: I just checked in the editor and no civ advance seems to enable bridges. They kept it for Mods I guess.

hi ,

wait a minute , what about "construction" , ....

have a nice day / night

[Nostromo]

Originally posted by panag


hi ,

wait a minute , what about "construction" , ....

have a nice day / night

I just checked. No, "construction" doesn't enable bridge either.

[eewolf]

engineering

[Panag]

Originally posted by eewolf
engineering

hi ,

yep , "engineering" allows road movement across rivers , ....

that's what it say's at the tech three , ....
its one of the three first tech's in the middle ages .

have a nice day

[Nostromo]

Originally posted by eewolf
engineering

I missed that one... Thanks for the info eewolf!

[Sirotnikov]

Everyone - I'm not suggesting new units, rather new unit abilities.


No one is suggesting a new unit made just to kill (or save) terrorists.

But if I want to build a super-cool-commando unit, that can do those things among others, why not??