CREE
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NEW TECHS
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Cree Buffalo Pound (50w, 50c): The Cree will teach you how to build buffalo pounds.
New Effect: Delivers 1 bison pound travois. Bison pound attracts huntable animals to it and locks their movement. Increases villager’s gather yield rate around it by 10%. You can use it multiple times but the cost is increased by +10w/10c every time (max active Pound= 3)
Why: It’s essentially a granary but better: animals don’t run away upon being shot, resources last longer and has slightly bigger radius. Cree doesn’t have an economic improvement, or anything related to great plains, so here is one.
Lore: The buffalo pound was a hunting device constructed by native peoples of the North American plains for the purpose of entrapping and slaughtering American bison. The common Cree name “Poundmaker”, refers to someone who makes buffalo pounds.
Buffalo pound -Wikipedia
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Cree Tracking and Scout (180f, 180c): The Cree will continuously scout the area and move to inform you of harm.
New Effect: Cree Tracker automatically gains +1 range/LOS every age past Commerce Age. Cree Tracker cannot be snared while moving.
Why: This basically gives back Cree tracker’s original range/LOS taken back during USA’s rework, so they can be used past Commerce Age to fight off light infantry.
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Cree Network Trading (200f, 200w, 200c): Establishing trades with the Cree turns your colony more engaging with your Home City and other cultures.
New Effect: Gives special resources for every 3 minutes that has passed,up to 30min, based on the civilization you are using. African= influence; Asian= export; All others=XP.
Why: I always wanted to see a technology that gives special resources but I’m not setting values because XP, export and influence graduate differently from each other. It’s just like techs that give wood, food and coin based on time.
Lore: Fur trade had an gigantic impact on the Cree nation culture and relationship with europeans and natives. .
Digital Library - Fur Trade
Waskaganish.ca - fur trade
CURRENT TECHS
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Cree Kinship (125, 125c): Native warrior and Cree Coureur des Bois train time -45%
REWORK: Also increases their train limit by +10%.
Why: The current effect is kind of blend but not bad specially if you compare to improvements such as Nootka Potlatch. Even so, it’s still a uninteresting tech. -
Cree Tanning (100f, 100c): Infantry and, cavalry hit points +10%
REWORK: Cost increased to 200f, 200c
Why: After the USA rework this technology became WAAAY too good.