New Civ Concept: Helvetians

Hello again everyone!

As you may have seen, u/anatarion and I have been hammering out some new civ ideas, trying our best to make them at least somewhat faithful to history while still having unique civ bonuses and a distinctly aoe2 play-style.

As the Helvetian civ was one of those I had the most input on, anatarion is letting me post this to Reddit and take full responsibility (aka blame) for it - Kappa.

The basic idea of the civ (basically the name) comes from the aoe2 Realms Mod, and I credit the game SwordFall Kingdoms for helping conceptualize and balance the Helvetian UU.

Helvetians

High up in the Central European Alps, the Helvetians (known to the outside world as "Swizters") have enjoyed the protection of the world's greatest natural fortress as their common identity grew across linguistic and cultural barriers. Now, follow in the footsteps of William Tell and other patriots to throw off the oppressive Holy Roman Empire and carve out your own destiny! Guide your armies to become the most feared (and sought after) in Europe!

Helvetians: Infantry and Monk Civ

Spoken Language: High German

Architecture/Ship Design: Central European

Civ Bonuses:

• Stone mining free

• Fervour and sanctity are free

• Diplomacy permanently set to Neutral (sorry, couldn't resist)

• Team Bonus: Monasteries work 20% faster

Unique Unit and Techs:

• Unique Unit: Swiss Pikeman (expensive but heavy and improved pikeman)

Cost: 60F, 40G

Base HP: 70 (85 elite)

Base Attack: 10 (13 elite)

Base Armor: 1/1 (2/1 elite)

Speed: 0.91 (before Squires)

Creation Time: 34 seconds

Attack Bonuses: +8 (+12 elite) vs. cavalry, +8 (+12 elite) vs. elephants

Elite Upgrade Cost: 500F, 700G

• Castle Age Unique Technology: Zwangsmarsch (militia line cost reduced to 10 gold)

Cost: 300F, 300G

• Imperial Age Unique Technology: Schlachtfeldmediziner (infantry units slowly regenerate HP)

Cost: 1000F, 500G

Tech Tree Bans

Barracks: Eagle Warrior line

Stable: Hussar, Paladin, Bloodlines, Husbandry, Camel line, Battle Elephant line

Archery Range: Parthian Tactics, Heavy Cavalry Archer

Siege Workshop: Siege Ram, Siege Onager, Heavy Scorpion

Monastery: Heresy and Faith

Blacksmith: Plate Barding Armor, Ring Archer Armor

Dock: Galleon, Shipwright, Dry Dock

University: All techs available

Economy: Two-Man Saw

Basically, a mid to late-game infantry civ with a good monk rush and buffed hand cannoneers, but terrible cavalry and lackluster navy.

Cheers!