Your livestock program is really decent. I can already imagine what it looks like in the game.
Some feedback:
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Define the term “value” here. When discussing livestock, it will mean their cost, train limit, food content and resource trickle.
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Given that Llamas served the Incas on Farms in a general way in addition to their work in the Plaza, it was necessary to design them for the value they provided while on the Farm. I think their value should be somewhere between Sheep and Cows as they now contain up to 400 food.
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Introduce Turkeys and Chickens. A Turkey or Chicken, which is smaller than a Pig and a Sheep, would occupy only 0.5 slots, while the value of every 2 Turkeys or Chickens should probably be somewhere between pigs and sheep. We should replace the Sheep on the Farm with Turkeys for the Aztecs, which should even be an integral part of rework.
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Since livestock can be converted, there should be a standard for their value. Goats should be equivalent to Sheep, and cattle such as Water Buffalos, Yaks, Zebu Cattle, etc., should be equivalent to Cows. That is to say, there are 5 types in total, in order: Pigs, Chickens, Sheep, Llamas, and Cattle.
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To be more accuracy, the Sacred Cow of Indians should be the Zebu.
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The Spanish should have more cattle-related cards to represent the world-famous tradition of bullfighting, rather than only getting Cows through Hacienda.
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Ever imagined Horses as livestock. But since already Stables there, I think the game most likely doesn’t need them. Even if the picture might be beautiful.
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I’m not sure which animals each civ can train. Maybe their tech tree should be set by default that they can only train one or some certain types of animal, and then use cards (like Ranching) to enable other types of training. But we shouldn’t give most of the civs the chance to train all 5 types eventually.
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I’m not sure if the fancy advice on the US is sound. At least, I feel like those shouldn’t be directly accessible. Just let the US have a common Livestock Pen, and then have a card from a certain state that allows the Livestock Pen to train Cowboys and enable those abilities of the Cowboys.
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As in my thread below, introduce herdable Deer for the Japanese as their sacred animal. The value of Deer may be equivalent to Llama.