EitB 0009 Wishlist

[Tasunke]

What I was proposing was
Mithril1 unlocks Phalanxes, reveals Mithril, stays at its v8 cost or maybe comes down slightly
Mithril2 unlocks mithril weapons, allows Mithril Golem. Maybe also comes down in cost.

If it comes to a vote ... this is what I'll vote for.

(assuming it wasn't obvious with my latest post)

[Mardoc]

If it comes to a vote

Of course it comes to a vote!

Just one detail: Sareln is the only eligible voter

[Tasunke]

Of course it comes to a vote!

Just one detail: Sareln is the only eligible voter

b-b-but ... I thought this was a d-d-d-democratic modmod!

[uberfish]

Yeah, the Mithril Working / Mithril Weapons divide is rather confusing, and it's not clear to me why Mithril Working was made cheaper in the first place.

(it also messes up the Chariot - Horse Archer balance)

[Tasunke]

I'm all for regaining proper Chariot/Horsearcher balance

[Sareln]

Do you see a poll anywhere? Maybe after V9 .

Pushing weapons back to the later tech makes sense. I'll do that and we can see what happens.

[uberfish]

Controversial suggestion: Increase starting palace commerce to 10 to speed up the early game a bit without messing with the late game

[Tasunke]

Certainly an interesting suggestion.

I would also be tempted to see if we could have a tech unlock the commerce bonus from rivers (to give non river starts a bit more of an even shake)

[uberfish]

Thing is everytime people propose a PBEM at high difficulty levels, the early game tech costs stifling expansion is what gets complained about, and it would be good to fix this somehow

[Mardoc]

I guess I'm missing what's supposed to be controversial about that!

Seems like a reasonable approach to me. Would be a slight nerf to a Doviello Beastman rush, but that doesn't seem to happen anyway. Doesn't much affect anything else except early game pace. Even most rushes require early commerce, to get to axes or horsemen.

Would rather buff Doviello if necessary than hurt everyone else, if that becomes an issue.