Team bonus: Reveal huntables at the start My favorite is a civ that has never been touched by any modder or civ brainstormer so far.įoot archers benefit from Squires, Arson and Tracking (the bonus infantry LoS in DE) I have a few civ concepts tucked away in a google doc somewhere. Team Bonus: Construction Ship available from docks starting in Castle Age (basically just as an experiment to see how much of a difference it could potentially make) Golden Spurs (spear line and goedendag +2 pierce armour, as the french did try some archer volleys during that battle) Gaues (Town Centres are built 15% faster. Irl the goedendag users were placed behind pikemen and their polearms stuck put together)Ĭonstruction Ship (builds stone/fortified walls and gates on water) Designed for use alongside other infantry in line formation. Goedendag (heavily anticavalry 1 range infantry, but rather fragile as they were still technically a militia force and irl some of the miltiamen at the battle of the golden spurs lacked full sets of chainmail. Heated Shot free (to go with my concept of naval defensive play)

Militia line have +10 health starting in Castle age (the goedendag you mentioned was part of a militia)Ĭan trade with self, but at a 50% rate (a lot of Flemish areas were quite autonomous) trade carts and cogs cost 20% less Here's my version of the Dutch following some research of my own on the Flanders territory, can't think of a new civ right now: Seems a bit too specialised into amti-cavalry though. Notable missing techs: Two-Handed Swordsman, Champion, Paladin, Plate Barding Armor, Stone Shaft Mining, Two-Man Saw, Siege Onager, Siege Engineers Unique Techs: Golden Spurs (Castle Age UT, archers +2 attack vs cavalry), Burgundian Inheritance (Imperial Age UT, +20 Spearman line HP) Unique Unit: Goedendag (infantry UU with a bonus against cavalry) Given their fame for their polders (a way to reclaim land from the sea in an area where places can be below sea level), their wealth from trade, and their fierce independent streak (including a victory at the Battle of the Golden Spurs where French knights were soundly defeated), I'd peg their bonuses as this:įarms +10/20/30 food in Feudal/Castle/Imperial Age This civ would represent the peoples of the Low Countries, especially around Flanders or thereabouts. So my challenge to you guys is think up a concept for a civ. While Age of Empires II has a whopping 35 civs as of Definitive Edition, it's safe to say there's still room for historical civs to be included within the game as far as some fans are concerned.

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