posted 02-19-99 05:00 PM
ET (US)
10 / 19
Epic I am an intermediate player and would like to tone down shang if possible. I play under a different name and have been your partner on more than one occation. You are a better player than I am, but a villager cost of 40 would be the same as a base carry of 8. Their carry would go up through the ages and if a tech or 2 were added down the line, that would make up for the carry penalty. If you micro manage your peons it well, it would not be that much of an imposition. Almost 80% of the games on the zone that I play are either noshang or slow civ. (noshang, assy, or yam) why yam and assy are included is from AOE. I guess old habits ie hard.
FanatiC KaBaN
Clubman
posted 02-19-99 05:07 PM
ET (US)
11 / 19
yes, it is because the Chinese alwyas had a big populationg and a good economy... They were isolated and therefor couldn't fight. But in RoR there is no such thing as isolated. So Shag gets to have rushes and good economy. ES should have given them less units, and weaker units. IMO that could balance the game out
Cherub Desert R
Clubman
posted 02-22-99 09:36 AM
ET (US)
13 / 19
They had scythes historicly,so lets let em keep them,but yeh,tone down their military by -such and such attack for cavs/infantry and -such and such attack for archer units.Make them the only civ with a bad attribute.
Ender
Guest
posted 02-22-99 12:31 PM
ET (US)
15 / 19
sorry I wasn't trying to say anyone was weak, I meant in AOE shang was okay because they had the strongest economy but one of the weakest militaries in iron. That set the flavor for the civilization, you need to rush early to win, or boom to stay even late. I think changing anything with the villagers loses that flavour, but limiting the military tech tree so they don't get everything would work.
PippinTook
Banned
posted 02-24-99 10:24 AM
ET (US)
16 / 19
Yes but remember that Chinese also has the largest standing Army, I think they should at least I have Phalanx and Long Swordsmen in Iron, also any unit not mounted should be somewaht cheaper. ( well Shang is only good in early bronze accurtly)
posted 03-02-99 04:49 PM
ET (US)
19 / 19
Thanx Sting I really like contributing to conversations