Hello, fellow gamers ! I am here to share some love for the forgottten and not picked in pro games civ - THE BYZANTINES! I believe that they are great and people sadly ignore them @@ ...pro people do not pick them usually...
I am sad and I feelthe fact they are a great civ with many options. THEY GOT a lot of possibilities surely. and I do not see why not use them more!! The fact they have no direct eco bonus should be ignored since they got cheaper trash and this /in the long run/ saves a lot offood and wood. Not to mention spamming cheaper trash since age III means more gold for expensive stuff / monks or siege/. Very few civs have so many techs available in the techtree !
How ever I know that BYZ. = weaker age I and early age II. No eco bonus early forthem and no good speed bonus, too.
So, I believe they should GET BLOODLINES. Yes, you read it correctly and I m not crazy. The idea is as follows :
1. Give +20 HP-bloodlines upgr.2. REMOVE 20 hp from the castle age Cataphract 3. Remove 15 hp from the Imperial Elite Cata.
4. Increase the Cataphract cost by +5 food. Someone might even say +10. It is OK since the Elite version gains a total of 5 hp.
They would still be counterred by fully upgr. archers and scorpions if microing is good enough.
This would make the Byzantine camels better . They are very very weak now with lacking hitpoints and-2dmg / cause they do not have access to level 3 melee attack tech from the blacksmith /
Let me hear what you think.
I am sad and I feelthe fact they are a great civ with many options. THEY GOT a lot of possibilities surely. and I do not see why not use them more!! The fact they have no direct eco bonus should be ignored since they got cheaper trash and this /in the long run/ saves a lot offood and wood. Not to mention spamming cheaper trash since age III means more gold for expensive stuff / monks or siege/. Very few civs have so many techs available in the techtree !
How ever I know that BYZ. = weaker age I and early age II. No eco bonus early forthem and no good speed bonus, too.
So, I believe they should GET BLOODLINES. Yes, you read it correctly and I m not crazy. The idea is as follows :
1. Give +20 HP-bloodlines upgr.2. REMOVE 20 hp from the castle age Cataphract 3. Remove 15 hp from the Imperial Elite Cata.
4. Increase the Cataphract cost by +5 food. Someone might even say +10. It is OK since the Elite version gains a total of 5 hp.
They would still be counterred by fully upgr. archers and scorpions if microing is good enough.
This would make the Byzantine camels better . They are very very weak now with lacking hitpoints and-2dmg / cause they do not have access to level 3 melee attack tech from the blacksmith /
Let me hear what you think.