[HRE] Suggestion for the devs: How to improve/change the HRE!

Okay, since we’ve discussed making Regnitz Cathedral’s effect become a civilization baseline stat to avoid the one-trick pony effect, the question remains what to do with the landmark now that its effect has been removed?

Let’s go with the Ritterbruder idea suggested in the original post and make it a unit production building for them, shall we?
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However, instead of making them slightly stronger than a knight, let us instead make it so that, when the Ritterbruder dies, ONLY HIS HORSE will die, while he continues to fight on foot.

Or in other words, upon death, the unit will transform from a cavalry unit into an infantry unit.
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Of course, that also leaves the suggested aura in question:
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I figured we already have damage increase buff (although the way to apply it still needs to be fixed), so let’s add the attack speed for a change. It will buff other units, except for himself and other Ritterbruders.

In the end it should look something like


With that, we’ve solved the problem of HRE having too much gold, as the unit will cost a lot more than any other unit this civ has.

Of course that still leaves the question of Burgrave Palace, which still leaves lots to be desired.
More on that later.

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