Who knows, maybe The war Chiefs will come with a surprise such as this? -remember the unique technology for civs in The Conqueror´s expansion.
Anyways here are my ideas, they would also speed up the game a bit I think:
French: 1 free cuirassier upon reaching colonial / 2 upon reaching fortress / 3 upon reaching industrial.
Why- How cool would it be to have a singke free cuirassier in colonial?
Spanish: 1 free vill, 5% faster vill training upon reaching colonial/ 3 vills, 10% faster villie training in fortress/ 5 vills, 15% villie training in industrial
Why- They took -1 vill from them, and we know about their good military. This would boost their eco back up a little.
Russian: wood upgrades at market given for free in their correspondent ages. Ex: they start the game with the first wood up already researched.
Why- They always seem to slow to get going, especially on the wood department -houses and strelets.
Dutch: 10% faster gold mining in discovery/ 15% in colonial/ 20% in fortress/ 25% in industrial --> British: all military units produced 10% faster in colonial/ 15% in fortress/ 20% in industrial --> Portuguese: musketeers 1 more damage in colonial/ 2 in fortress/ 3 in industrial --> German: unit types available at the barracks -xbows, skirms, pikes, dopples- attack 5% faster in colonial/ 10% in fortress/ 15% in industrial Ottoman: hussars 20 extra hit points in colonial/ 40 in fortress/ 60 in industrial --> You think this type of bonuses would be good? or maybe not? [This message has been edited by unjugon (edited 05-04-2006 @ 08:00 PM).]
Why- it refers to gold gathered from mines only, and I think it would be the definite bonus the dutch need to get on par.
Why- opposite to the Spanish, we know about British manor boom and all in all good eco -villie cards, etc-, but this bonus would benefit their military department and give them an edge over opponents.
Why- simple bonus, this would make the reliance on cassas and/or dragoons not so obvious, and make their military more feared.
Why- again, this would open up alternatives for germany, so maybe players would actually build a barracks every once in a while.
Why- cool bonus, would give otto the option to train hussars for a change.
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