I am a big fun of the civilization series. I own and played all of them endlessly with the exception of 4, which I bought, played for 4 hours and returned. My favorites got to be Civ 2 and 3 and now 5 is becoming my 3rd favorite of the series. This game has so much potential.
Besides playing the game one of my favorite aspects of the series is the customization it allows you to do. I love realism in a game and always work on improving it on Civ. Obviously changing too much can affect the AI so I always take precaution how the AI is going to react to the changes. I've done for both Civ 2 and 3 as they came with editors and now I want to do it with Civ 5 but I find it quite challenging.
Anyways here is some of the modding I want to do:
Change the battleship CS from 55 to 100 and increase the cost to 500 from 375. I find it silly that both the destroyer and battleship have the same CS and cost.
Reduce the cost of the destroyers to 325 from 375.
Reduce the move of the frigate and privateer to 4 from 5.
Add unit - Dreadnought CS 55, RS 55, range 3, move 4, cost 375 requires oil. Available with steam power. I find there should be an upgrade between the frigate and battleship and here is where the dreadnought comes in. I mean frigates were first introduced in the 17th century and lasted until maybe early to mid 19th century. Battleships as they appear in the game were introduced between the world wars. So the dreadnought is the perfect addition.
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Add technology - Jet Engines. Requires rocketry. Allows jet fighter and jet bomber.
Add unit - Jet Bomber RS 75, range 15, cost 425 requires aluminum. Again silly to upgrade a WW II type bomber to the stealth bomber. Also there are 21 stealth bombers in the world and a jet bomber like the B-52 has been in service the longest out of any combat plane in the world. In this case I would make the stealth bomber more expensive like 475 cost
Add unit - Stealth Fighter RS 75, range 10, cost 475 requires aluminum. Same attributes as the jet fighter and give it evasion 100.
Btw the in game unit graphics, animations and unit icon of the jet fighter are of an F-22 which is a stealth fighter. So the new unit stealth fighter would have the game's jet fighter animations and unit icon.
I am also thinking about adding a cruiser but it will be hard to fit in the game. If there is space for the cruiser than it would upgrade to the aegis cruiser.
Finally, I really hate how Civ 5 units are named after wars. I really like general unit names. Why great war bomber and not a biplane bomber. Why great war infantry and not infantry. Name the in game infantry modern infantry.
PS. I really like danrell's unit graphics. I think they are perfect for my mod. http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=435156
Besides playing the game one of my favorite aspects of the series is the customization it allows you to do. I love realism in a game and always work on improving it on Civ. Obviously changing too much can affect the AI so I always take precaution how the AI is going to react to the changes. I've done for both Civ 2 and 3 as they came with editors and now I want to do it with Civ 5 but I find it quite challenging.
Anyways here is some of the modding I want to do:
Change the battleship CS from 55 to 100 and increase the cost to 500 from 375. I find it silly that both the destroyer and battleship have the same CS and cost.
Reduce the cost of the destroyers to 325 from 375.
Reduce the move of the frigate and privateer to 4 from 5.
Add unit - Dreadnought CS 55, RS 55, range 3, move 4, cost 375 requires oil. Available with steam power. I find there should be an upgrade between the frigate and battleship and here is where the dreadnought comes in. I mean frigates were first introduced in the 17th century and lasted until maybe early to mid 19th century. Battleships as they appear in the game were introduced between the world wars. So the dreadnought is the perfect addition.
S
Add technology - Jet Engines. Requires rocketry. Allows jet fighter and jet bomber.
Add unit - Jet Bomber RS 75, range 15, cost 425 requires aluminum. Again silly to upgrade a WW II type bomber to the stealth bomber. Also there are 21 stealth bombers in the world and a jet bomber like the B-52 has been in service the longest out of any combat plane in the world. In this case I would make the stealth bomber more expensive like 475 cost
Add unit - Stealth Fighter RS 75, range 10, cost 475 requires aluminum. Same attributes as the jet fighter and give it evasion 100.
Btw the in game unit graphics, animations and unit icon of the jet fighter are of an F-22 which is a stealth fighter. So the new unit stealth fighter would have the game's jet fighter animations and unit icon.
I am also thinking about adding a cruiser but it will be hard to fit in the game. If there is space for the cruiser than it would upgrade to the aegis cruiser.
Finally, I really hate how Civ 5 units are named after wars. I really like general unit names. Why great war bomber and not a biplane bomber. Why great war infantry and not infantry. Name the in game infantry modern infantry.
PS. I really like danrell's unit graphics. I think they are perfect for my mod. http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=435156