Hey all
So if you all remember a while back when I made a thread on giving Bulgarians a buff, almost every suggestion ended up going through, more notably their siege workshop tech discount and blacksmith buff. This is because despite having great siege, they were generic with no bonuses.
It has always been the norm since AoC where if a civ has access to Siege Ram + Siege Onager + Heavy Scorpion that the civ is classified as a siege civ and therefore is granted a civ bonus.
Celts with firing speed, extra HP and faster Siege workshop workmate
Mongols with faster moving siege
Slavs with cheaper siege
Bulgarians with cheaper (on food) siege techs
Ethiopians with increased blast radius
And now Sicilians is basically where Bulgarians were with their siege workshop.
Don’t get me wrong. The change is good and I approve of it. And I do commend the fact first crusade offers conversion resistance. But teutons get that by default too and they also get Heresy whereas Sicilians don’t.
You’re probably thinking to yourself, well we are out of siege bonuses. So nothing else will work right?
Well actually. I was thinking maybe once you’re in Imperial (you can even put it behind their imp tech Scrutage) that their siege takes less bonus damage.
I will admit 50% is probably absurd so maybe try something like 33% possibly even 25%
That way their siege has some distinctive value. I think the civ itself is fine but I really would like to give them a siege bonus that they deserve once they get access to Siege Onagers.
Bombard Cannon will still be a considerable threat as they lack redemption block printing and no real power unit with mobility. So I don’t think this change hurts them too much.
What do you think?
P.S thoughts on giving them thumb ring too?
Discuss