Lord of the Isles
12-03-2002, 13:08
Finally got round to playing Poland last night and this has prompted some thoughts on the v1.1 changes to units. I was looking forward to using Polish Retainers, having read the favourable comments about them in the War Assembly. Then I realized that they are no longer available in Early; you have to wait till the High period before they become available.
The trouble with that is that their main attraction pre-1.1 was that Poland got decent medium cavalry when other nations only had light cavalry (read the comments in the 1.0 War Assembly). Now that they aren't available till 1205, you might as well go with Feudal Knights, which are better units (though costing 425 against 300 but by 1205 money isn't usually an issue, whereas unit quality is).
This isn't a criticism of the 1.1 changes. I *like* the way that units are tied to a particular period. I just suspect that CA might like to rethink some of the decisions; particulary with Polish Retainers, since Poland has a tough enough time as it is. Can anyone come up with examples of other units that have become effectively obsoleted in this way?
And I know I can mod it myself, and probably will.
I've also seen some wierd point scoring in this GA game: at 1100 I went into the lead with 5 points Half the major powers stayed at 0. But I'll comment on that in another thread.
The trouble with that is that their main attraction pre-1.1 was that Poland got decent medium cavalry when other nations only had light cavalry (read the comments in the 1.0 War Assembly). Now that they aren't available till 1205, you might as well go with Feudal Knights, which are better units (though costing 425 against 300 but by 1205 money isn't usually an issue, whereas unit quality is).
This isn't a criticism of the 1.1 changes. I *like* the way that units are tied to a particular period. I just suspect that CA might like to rethink some of the decisions; particulary with Polish Retainers, since Poland has a tough enough time as it is. Can anyone come up with examples of other units that have become effectively obsoleted in this way?
And I know I can mod it myself, and probably will.
I've also seen some wierd point scoring in this GA game: at 1100 I went into the lead with 5 points Half the major powers stayed at 0. But I'll comment on that in another thread.