POLL: Should the Variant Civilization Names Change?

[ArrivedLeader22]

No. Obviously it’s just a thing for me in AOE4 because I’m an evil hater seeking to undermine the game.

Some thoughts regarding the consulate

I have a lot of complaints with the consulate: It is the only way Asian civs can get “normal” artillery. It makes each consulate unit a separate unit on its own (even if they are the same type like the many musketeers or hussars. Why?). Many of the options are odd or out-of-place. Like many TAD designs it’s in a weird spot. DE new civs as well as the reworked Europeans are much more gimmicky but these are well researched. Consulates are the opposite. I think at least some of the consulate optio…

Anyone wondered why the monitor is so huge

Before battleship, monitor is the largest ship on par with frigates. However: It gives the impression of being tanky but actually has only 1200hp. In reality bomb vessels or mortar ships were generally smaller. Do people think the model should be made smaller? (BTW monitor is not a proper name for the unit)

The weird model of the Portuguese ordinance besteiro (again)

I know we have 17th century or even renaissance units in the industrial age, but at least those units are consistent. You’re not getting repeating carbine elmetto or something. But this one is not: [image] By no means a guy wearing Napoleonic Portuguese uniform would carry a crossbow. It’s like redcoat longbowman. People were very opposing a 18th century redcoat in the industrial age so you changed it to a Napoleonic one (good job BTW), and I can imagine people would oppose a redcoat longbow…

My humble suggestions for some building VISUAL improvements

I don’t want to waste a good amount of nice discussions. British church does not change appearance at age 4. And Maltese is still using the Spanish church. There are a lot of real-world models that can be used for both. Anything that fits is okay. Inca and Aztecs should have a more “religious” community plaza in the form of temples, to separate them out further as a different culture group than Hauds/Lakotas. Aztecs can get the typical pyramid temple, and give the “Maya castle” a more pro…

Some ideas of renaming/remodeling artillery units

Disclaimer: this is not suggesting changes in the role of existing units. Premises: Since vanilla artillery units have not followed the “guard/imperial something” naming convention for their upgrades, but use entirely new names to reflect their technical improvements. However, some of them still do not make much sense to me. Also, only the crew model changes with the upgrade (aka gained a hat), and the model of the artillery piece does not change. Newer units like leather cannon/infantry gun …

Random ideas inspired by history

TEAM Customs Union (Germans) Age 2 When the trader passes a trade route owned by your team, all allies (including yourself) receive 33% of the income. Crystal Palace (British) Age 4 Ship 1 Factory Wagon; Factories increase the work rate of nearby buildings by +20%. (replace one regular Factory card) HMS Victory (British) Age 4 Ship 1 Battleship; Battleships deal +25% damage within 20 range. 1000c (British is the only one that lacks a unique Battleship improvement now). Kiheitai (Japa…

Royal guard names that still need to be improved

First of all it has been much better than legacy (where many royal guard names are nonsense or misplaced) but here are still a few that bothers me: Czapka uhlan: why does it upgrade to a hat? (not to mention with imperial upgrade only the hat part remains) This name fits better for an improvement card, but I don’t know what would be a better name for RG uhlan. Anyone has any ideas? Legionario musketeer: okay that’s better than Guerreiro…but still rather generic. In fact both Portuguese RGs are…