If the Americans get a second CU, what should it be?

Saint Marcus · September 9, 2001, 15:50

If the Americans get a second CU, what should it be? Providing the American CU is the F-15 Eagle.

Enterprise Class: Carrier
Iowa Class: Battleship
Mustang: Fighter
Apache: Helicopter
Militia: Partisan
Seal: Marine
B-52: Bomber

Felch · September 9, 2001, 16:00

An enhanced settler or worker type of unit. It could either work faster, or be cheaper. This would be to demonstrate that America tranformed wilderness into an industrial society very quickly.

static · September 9, 2001, 16:23

Minuteman - stats somewhere between a musketeer and rifleman, with partisan abilities.

Gramphos · September 9, 2001, 16:28

Cowboy (Double movement in deserts)

All theses UU/CU polls are boring

Inverse Icarus · September 9, 2001, 16:48

and MarkL's icon scares me

static · September 9, 2001, 17:04

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Originally posted by UberKruX
and MarkL's icon scares me

Odin · September 9, 2001, 18:30

Enterprise Class carrier

The American Carriers kicked Japanese butt in World War 2

September 9, 2001, 19:35

Navy Seal.
Because they go do their job only none of us know what their job is. They are never talk about period.

ancient · September 9, 2001, 20:53

drunken attica rioter..

d_dudy · September 9, 2001, 20:56

minuteman defenately. they should have the same as musketmen or whatever the typical gun toting unit is at the time but with hella movement bonuses

maybe treat all squares as roads

Felch · September 9, 2001, 23:00

Historically the Minutemen were ineffective in battle. If they could reduce the stats and along with a reduction in cost and an increase in speed, that would be cool. America could have swarms of cheap minutemen that overwhelm its enemies.

Kc7mxo · September 14, 2001, 10:16

Its true that minuteman weren't great in battle. They were just militia after all.

I do like the idea of special guerrila fighters, perhaps they'd get a bonus for attacking from forrests. That was when the minutemen were most effective.

On the other hand, the settler unit would be reasonable, a special settler that could do everything the civ2 settler does.

EnochF · September 14, 2001, 10:37

I'll vote for the Minuteman as well.

We can use the same logic for Minutemen that Civ3 is already using for the Persian Immortals. Yeah, they might not have been more effective in battle individually, but their sheer numbers and the quickness with which they were mobilized essentially equate to improved stats.

Also, I don't want to overload the Americans with late-game power units.

Steve Clark · September 14, 2001, 12:49

While I think the Minuteman is a good idea, I think the Enhanced Settler or Worker is brilliant idea. That truly would be a Unique Unit and one that can be easily defined in its context.

tniem · September 14, 2001, 14:33

The U.S. used the carriers to dominate the sea for much of the 20th Century. An important fixture in the military even today although many military strategists now say they are obsolete.

It should be the unique unit.

Minutemen would be a cool unit but seems to only fit in Revolutionary war scenarios.

jdd2007 · September 14, 2001, 17:02

The settler would be good, but I think the militia is truly american. 1860s american militia could beat 1940s British "Homeguard." The Revolutionary war and the first years of the (american) civil war were fought (almost) completely with militia. It would fit into a good time period too, after the french musketeers and before the german panzers. because they obviously werent the best fighters, they should get a movement bonus (treat all terrain like road?) and/or a defensive bonus when in its own (home?) city radius

how u like my ... 3rd post?

Dimorier Maximus · September 14, 2001, 17:48

I vote for other, please specify...the Abram's Tank. That is a good possibility.

KrazyHorse · September 14, 2001, 21:00

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Originally posted by jdd2007
1860s american militia could beat 1940s British "Homeguard."

I could beat the entire British Home Guard. By myself. As long as I had a heavy stick of some kind.

September 15, 2001, 01:24

Considering the AI probably WON'T be able to utilize carriers, Enterprise Class would be a dumb idea. I go for minutemen also. Sure they weren't so effective but they also could came from the citizenry with little training. So make the cost equal to infantry unit of the time (to represent increased manpower or whatever) and keep attack/defense equal (again, increased manpower/guerilla tactics) - but increase speed (guerilla tactics and the ability to mobilize locals by using riders) and no special resources like the Indian Elephant UU (fighters bring their own stuff to the battle).

splangy · September 15, 2001, 09:46

I always thought a good idea would be that it ignores all deffense bonuses for enemy troops besides fortify and City Walls... I meen they were BEST when Fighting in the woods...

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