We should preserve the "original" Unique Unit designs

Age of Empires II: DE II - Discussion
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In the Update 141935 some Unique Units like the Longbowman or the Kamayuk got two new design (for the standard and the elite version).

I think we should preserve the original DE design, for example, by giving it to a hero. I mean the Hero “Robin Hood” would be perfect for the original DE longbowman design, rather than deleting the original design completly and giving Robin Hood the new elite longbowman skin.

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Lets not forget the original unit icons as well.

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Agreed we should have their original skin preserved in some way. Heroes or “royal” what ever mercenary bandits version units would be a perfect legacy.

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I really like the idea using of using hero/editor units to preserve the pre-update sprites. For three out of five models, we already have appropriate heroes:

  • Robin Hood - Longbowman
  • Pacal II - Plumed Archer
  • Aethelfrith - Woad Raider

No hero Kamayuk at the moment, but there should be a number of usable names.
Is there a name that could be used for a hero Gbeto? (Unit actually based on people not part of the Mali Empire, but that’s another story.) But just calling her something like “Mercenary Gbeto” might also do the trick.

Devs, please add the sprites back in this way.

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