Viking Special Unit

[Panag]

Originally posted by snuggs
That would be nice, but a huge departure from the current rules. It has to be one or the other given the constraints of the game system.

hi ,

, actually it would not do the game any harm , ....

there can be a UU for each civ in each era , .....

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[TexasPride]

To tell the truth I like the idea of a longboat but.............. I dont feel its workable with the current game systems. I think the idea of an amphibious swordsmen by some odd name ( i dont care if you call it the fluffy pink thingy!) is probably the best idea for the situation. Besides its the epidemy of what they did militarily.

[Panag]

hi ,

actually the vikings where amphibious swordsman , ....

the should get veteran status from the start or so , ....

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[Hagbart]

Originally posted by panag
hi ,

they should have a second UU , they should have a warrior with marine abilities , and a ship , that would transport lets say ONLY that unit , no settlers or workers , that ship should also be cheap , ...

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well, why should it only be able to transport that unit? The Vikings were merchants and a lot of them immigrated (yes, by boat) to England, Ireland, France, Iceland, Greenland, Russia plus more. So I don't see your point panag.

[Panag]

Originally posted by Hagbart


well, why should it only be able to transport that unit? The Vikings were merchants and a lot of them immigrated (yes, by boat) to England, Ireland, France, Iceland, Greenland, Russia plus more. So I don't see your point panag.

hi ,

well it should be a ship that should only transport 3 or 4 of those famous raiders , ....if they want to transport other units they should stay with the regular tech tree , ...
their special transport should also be able to move ocer sea units from the start , so they should get far on that , ...

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[ThePlagueRat]

Originally posted by Athelstane
Ì saw Eric Bloodaxe was an option. Well, he was the son of Harald Luva and was king in Norway a coupple of years before he was chased to Northumbria, but it is no way the leader Canute (Knud) was.

Leadership gained from beheading his two elder brothers, (thereof the name Bloodaxe) was indeed not Civilized, so we'll stick to Knud I think...

[Panag]

Originally posted by ThePlagueRat



Leadership gained from beheading his two elder brothers, (thereof the name Bloodaxe) was indeed not Civilized, so we'll stick to Knud I think...

hi ,

hey , we do it in most games , .... , so why not

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[snuggs]

I've already explained that Canute was preferable, I just brought up Bloodaxe as preferable to Erik the Red.

Whatever they've chosen, I hope they make him less hideous than they've made Genghis Khan.

[Patriqvium]

After looking at the new screenshots @ Avault, it seems to be clear that the Berserk's bonus is the marine ability, since one of the shots shows a Berserk attacking Yakutsk directly from aboard a Galley. What unit it replaces is still unclear.

[Odin]

Originally posted by Patriqvium
After looking at the new screenshots @ Avault, it seems to be clear that the Berserk's bonus is the marine ability, since one of the shots shows a Berserk attacking Yakutsk directly from aboard a Galley. What unit it replaces is still unclear.

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[History Guy]

So, we now know...

The Viking Special Unit can attack from the boat...it has the ability of amphibious assault!!

[Gangerolf]

great news!

link?

[Panag]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
great news!

link?

hi ,

front page > CIV 3 section

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[Firebird]

This is certainly good news.

[Cesa]

Horray!