Hello everyone,
Here is a suggestion to fix the Burgundians' unit tech.
As generally agreed, its main problem is that it is an "all-or-nothing" tech, which can either make you win the game by overwhelming the opponent with hundreds of units, or make you lose if the push fails.
On top of that, the tech was considered as OP upon release, so in the latest balance patch, developers nerfed it, making flemish militias weaker and the tech more costly (if the number of villagers is > 100, which is generally the case in practice).
However I think they didn't address the main issue that it is an all-or-nothing tech, badly suited to Age of Empires.
So here is my idea:
Instead of converting all your villagers, the tech would unlock the possibility to turn the desired villagers into flemish militia, with the following principles:
The main issue I see is from a technical perspective, it would require to develop a special button to convert selected villagers to flemish militias. I'm not sure whether or not it is a problem.
Anyway, I think it would make the tech more subtle and interesting and suited to Age of Empires.
What do you think of it?
Thank you for reading!
Pacamol
PS: I hope it is the right place to post this thread, I've not been in AoC Zone for years and I don't know how the forums are organised.
Here is a suggestion to fix the Burgundians' unit tech.
As generally agreed, its main problem is that it is an "all-or-nothing" tech, which can either make you win the game by overwhelming the opponent with hundreds of units, or make you lose if the push fails.
On top of that, the tech was considered as OP upon release, so in the latest balance patch, developers nerfed it, making flemish militias weaker and the tech more costly (if the number of villagers is > 100, which is generally the case in practice).
However I think they didn't address the main issue that it is an all-or-nothing tech, badly suited to Age of Empires.
So here is my idea:
Instead of converting all your villagers, the tech would unlock the possibility to turn the desired villagers into flemish militia, with the following principles:
- You can pick the villagers that you want to be converted to flemish militias - you can select just 1, or 20, or 150, or any other number of your villagers
- It is not a "one-shot" action, you can do it as many times as you want
- Once transformed to flemish militia, it is not possible to convert it back to a villager
- The cost of converting villagers to flemish militias is proportional to the number of villagers to be transformed.
The main issue I see is from a technical perspective, it would require to develop a special button to convert selected villagers to flemish militias. I'm not sure whether or not it is a problem.
Anyway, I think it would make the tech more subtle and interesting and suited to Age of Empires.
What do you think of it?
Thank you for reading!
Pacamol
PS: I hope it is the right place to post this thread, I've not been in AoC Zone for years and I don't know how the forums are organised.