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| Civ Specific ---------------------------------------------------- Britons: * TCs only cost 1 /2 wood in Castle & Imperial age. * Unique tech is called "Yeomen" and will give their foot archers an additional +1 range. * Will get halberdiers. * Will NOT get thumb ring. Byzantines: * Their Unique Tech is called "Logistics". It will give their Cataphract trample damage (just like the elite war elephant). * Will get Halberdiers. * Will get Hussars. Celts: * Their unique tech is called "Furor Celtica" and will give their siege more hit points (except trebs). * Woad Raiders have been changed. They now have more pierce armor and are trained faster. * Will get halberdiers. * Will get hussars. Chinese: * Unique tech is called "Rocketry". It will give their Chu Ko Nu and scorpions more attack. * They will not be as fast anymore. They will start with even less resouces then before. * Will get Halberdiers. * Will get Thumb Ring. * Thumb Ring and Rocketry both effect the Chu Ko Nu, but only the first arrow he shoots, all the subsequent arrows are unaffected by these techs. * Will NOT get Hussars. Franks: * Unique Tech is the "Bearded Axe" which will increase the range of the throwing axeman by one. * They will still have the strongest cavalry in the game. * Will get Heresy. * Will get Theocracy. * Will get Herbal Medicine. * Will NOT get Hussars. * Will NOT get bloodlines. * Will NOT get thumb ring. Goths: * The only civ with two unique techs, one is available in castle age. * One unique tech is called "Anarchy". It is available in the Castle age. It will let Huskarals be trained at the barracks. * Their second Unique tech is called "Profusion". It gives them +50% Barracks unit build speed (7 seconds for a champion). * Goth hunters now carry +15 meat. * Will get Hussars. * Will get Halberdiers. Japanese: * Samurai is now as fast as a pikeman, does more damage to unique units then he used to, and has more pierce armor. * Their unique tech is called "Kataparuto". It will let their trebs pack, unpack, and fire faster. * Will get halberdiers. * Will have access to the Thumb Ring tech. * Will have access to the Bloodlines tech. * Will have access to the Parthian Tactics tech. * Will NOT get hussars. Mongols: * Will have access to the Hussar. Their Hussars will benefit from their light cav civ bonus. * Will have access to the thumb ring tech. * Will have access to the Bloodlines tech. * Will have access to the Parthian Tactics tech. * Unique tech is called "Drill". It will give their siege more speed (except Trebs). Persians: * Unique tech is called "Mahouts" and will give their elephants more speed. * Will have access to the new cav archer techs. * Will NOT get heresy. * Will get halberdiers. * Will get Hussars. Saracens: * Unique tech is called "Zealotry". It will give their camels, and marmelukes 30 more hit points. * Will have access to the Bloodlines tech. * Will have access to the Thumb Ring tech. * Will have access to the Parthian Tactics tech. * Will get Hussars. * Will NOT get halberdiers. Teutons: * Town Center bonus WILL be changed. They no longer have the +5 range. They still have +5 line of sight however. * Unique tech is called "Crenellations". It adds +3 range to castles and permits garrisoned infantry to increase the attack of their buildings as if they were villagers. * The Teutonic Knight will remain the strongest, and slowest, infantry unit in the game. * Will get Halberdiers. * Will get Bloodlines. Turks: * Will get the new Hussar upgrade for free. * Their petards benefit from their gunpowder civ bonus. * Janissaries are slightly changed. Their bonus against infantry has been taken away and they have slightly lower hit points (about 10), but now they do more general damage (about 4). * Unique Tech is called "Artillery". It will give bombard cannons, bombard towers and cannon ships +2 range. * Will get Thumb Ring. * Will get Bloodlines. * Will get Parthian Tactics. Vikings: * Berserks now have more pierce armor. * Their unique tech is called "Berserkergang" and will triple the regeneration abilities of the Berserkers. * Will NOT get halberdiers. * Will get thumb ring. |