Some Suggestions

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I also believe that many natives should cost gold and not wood. Although I think many would make more sense if they cost wood like archers.

How to make the native semi-civ more useful?

Other ways to improve the alliance with the natives would be: The natives who use firearms or metallic weapons such as spears, swords or pikes would cost gold instead of wood. If the natives with whom you are allied use firearms, but your civilization does not use firearms or have access to the arsenal, then in that town some improvements will appear associated with those that would be in an arsenal. The capitol upgrade ‘Deforestation’ makes wood in the markets much cheaper, and the trading …