This reminds me of the Chinese card rework we discussed before.
No changes:
- Mongolian Scourge (II)
- Repelling Volley (III)
- Siege Combat (III)
Removed:
- Siege Hitpoints (II)
- Siege Attack (II)
- Standard Army Hitpoints (II)
- Territorial Army Combat (III)
- Manchu Combat (IV)
- Old Han Reforms (IV)
With changes:
- Double-Faced Armor (II): will now also affects Steppe Riders.
(Make up as Standard Army Hitpoints removed.) - New Army (III): Renamed to “New Weaponry”. Turns Qiang & CKN into Changdao & Arquebusiers, and additionally gives Changdao & Arquebusiers +5% HP.
- Fire Dragon Manual (IV): Gives Flamethrowers & Flying Crows better improvements than their current effects, but now costs coins.
- Western Reforms (IV): Also allows researching Infantry Breastplate, Flint Lock and Paper Cartridge in Villages.
New cards:
(Basically a redistribution of the effects from the removed cards.)
- Ancient Tactics (II): Gives CKN, Qiang & Flamethrowers +20% HP.
- Baturu (III): Gives Qiang, Changdao & Keshiks +15% HP & attack.
(Anti-cav units improvements are consolidated here.) - Field Force (III): Gives Changdao, Arquebusiers & Meteor Hammers +15% HP & attack.
- Imperial Hunt Ritual (IV): Gives Steppe Riders & Keshiks +50% HP & attack, but +25% cost.
(Split up from Old Han Reform.) - Tuanlian System (IV): Gives CKN & Qiang free Disciplined upgrade, -33% cost & train time.
(Split up from Old Han Reform, but make them cheaper rather than stronger.) - Crouching Tiger Cannon (IV): Gives improvements to Hand Mortars, but also makes them use 2 population.
Reuse card icons:
(So, except for Flamethrowers, we can almost directly match the card effect targets to the units shown in the icon art.)
- Standard Army Hitpoints → Ancient Tactics
- Manchu Combat → Field Force
- Old Han Reforms → Tuanlian System
Split the War Academic into two buildings:
- Banner Camp: Costs 150 wood, Buildable from Age II, can train Old Han, Standard, Ming, and Mongolian, and upgrade their units.
- Banner Garrison: Costs 250 wood, Buildable from Age III, can train Territorial, Forbidden, Imperial, and Black Flag, and upgrade their units.