If every civilization had two UU what unit of civilization would you like to see?

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Chinese

• Gain access to the Hand Cannoneer.
• Gain the Flamethrower (cart) as a UU available at the Siege Workshop in the Imperial Age.
• The speed bonus for Fire Lancers and Fire Ships has been removed. In exchange, the Dragon Ship gains +10% base speed.
• Gain a new bonus: gunpowder foot units fire two additional secondary projectiles in their ranged attacks.

Introduce Flamethrower with a dragon-head-shaped nozzle, aligning the civ more closely with its gunpowder identity. This might end up being more of a situational unit, even if its stats would be different from the one currently in the Scenario Editor, so I’m not really trying to discuss its impact on balance.

The previous bonus for faster Fire Lancers and Dragon Boats was not very practical. Historically, fire lances were used to fire shrapnel—such as iron pellets or pottery shards—similar to the effect of shotguns. Multi-barreled hand cannons like the three-eyed gun from the Ming dynasty were also employed. Based on this, it would be more appropriate for the bonus to grant gunpowder infantry additional pellets, instead of boosting speed.

They already have strong archers, so having Hand Cannoneers doesn’t particularly affect the balance—at least I hope so.

Japanese

• Rename Yasama to “Yagura” (櫓/矢倉).
• Remove Kataparuto.
• To follow the siege warfare theme, grant access to the Bombard Cannon and introduce a new UT named “Bohiya” (棒火矢), or “Ōzutsu” (大筒).
• The new UT grants Hand Cannoneer projectiles a small blast radius, and gives gunpowder units additional attack bonuses against buildings and ships.
• Add the Ninja as a second UU for the Japanese.
• Introduce the Sohei, a monk-spearman unit, into the Scenario Editor. It can be enabled in the Monastery for Japanese in campaign scenarios.

Renaming Yasama (矢狹間) makes sense. The Japanese translation of the University tech Arrowslits is sama (狹間), only differing by the ya (矢, “arrow”). This is comparable to having a unit called “Scout Cavalry” and another called “Scout Cavalryman” in English.
“Yagura” is one of the Japanese terms for towers and refers specifically to defensive towers (corner towers and wall towers) in Japanese castle structures. Its etymology—meaning “arrow warehouse”—distinguishes it from tou (塔), which has been used to the in-game Watch Tower line.

Kataparuto is completely fictional and should not be used as a UT to represent the history and culture of the Japanese.

Trainable Ninja will be cool! Redesign it as a fast-moving shock infantry unit with a unique gimmick, such as the ability to cross walls without a siege tower. It could become available at the Castle once Conscription is researched, and it could be a highly situational unit like an expensive glass cannon.

Koreans

• Lose access to Hussar in exchange for gaining Blast Furnace and Plate Barding Armor.
• Change the class of War Wagon to siege cavalry.
• Change the War Wagon’s projectile to a straight volley of around 4 rockets, arrows, or bullets.
• Shinkichon also benefits War Wagons.
• Introduce the Hwarang, a sword unit that maybe is mounted and has healing abilities, into the Scenario Editor. It can be enabled at the Monastery or University for Koreans in campaign scenarios.
• Bombard Tower tech can be no longer free.

The Koreans don’t particularly need free Bombard Tower tech. The free Keep upgrade and the extra range from Eupseong already make them favor building archery towers. Removing the free Bombard Tower tech opens the possibility of using it as a bonus for another civ instead.

Hussars without key upgrades are often weaker than properly upgraded Light Cavalry. Strengthening Koreans’ Stable without directly buffing War Wagons won’t make the civ overpowered but will help make cavalry a viable support option. Meanwhile, the War Wagon is reworked slightly to better reflect its historical inspiration and make it more logically classified (e.g., not being countered by skirmishers).

The Hwarang unit can help spotlight early medieval Korean history. The current Korean UUs—War Wagon and Turtle Ship—are from relatively late periods, so Hwarang would help add earlier representation.

Mongols

• New Castle visual.
• Gain access to Fire Lancer and Heavy Rocket Cart instead of Siege Onager.
• Nomads now affects all building types, including Castles and TCs.
• The extra HP for Scout Cavalry and Steppe Lancers is now bundled into the effects of Nomads.
• The effect of Drill is changed: siege units move 25% faster and unlock access to Naqara at the Castle.
• Naqara is a new UU: a war drummer mounted on a Bactrian camel, trainable at the Castle. It inspires siege units within 10 tiles to move 25% faster.

The current Mongol Castle visual isn’t inaccurate, but it’s also appropriate for the Khitans. It would be better to reserve it for them and instead give the Mongols a new Castle design that reflects a more nomadic aesthetic—perhaps decorated with yurts and felt structures like the Wonder of Cumans.

While I agree that it may seem unconventional to give an iconic civ like the Mongols a unit having aura, this could be a useful step toward slightly softening their late-game dominance. Their strongest power spike remains intact, but they now require extra preparation and protection for the Naqara to maintain full siege mobility. This introduces both tactical depth and counterplay. Moreover, Naqara are mentioned in the narrative of the Genghis Khan campaign from the very beginning, which supports their introduction.

Saracen

• Release an official skin mod that changes the Mameluke’s mount from a camel to a horse.
• Bimaristan also enables the Camel Ambulance at the Monastery.
• Camel Ambulance is a new UU: a mobile field ambulance drawn by camels. It can heal nearby units with the healing aura like a Monk. However, it cannot attack, convert enemies, or carry Relics.

I saw that there is a statement (here) that the Abbasids utilized field hospitals and also ambulances drawn by camels. This could be a good addition so that Bimaristan can be used more actively, as the Camel Ambulance is supposed to be mobile and able to keep up with the speed of mounted units.