Civ idea: Siege Focused Civilization v1.1

Overview:

Swedes(?):

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Siege Civilization

Economic buildings (besides town centers), support +5 population, and have a +1 drop-off radius

Siege Units can be healed by Monks (at 60% rate)

Suicide units (petard, demolition ship) have a -60% build time, and benefit from blacksmith techs

Siege Workshops cost -100 wood

Arson & Sappers available in Feudal age (via Barracks & Town Center, respectively)

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Unique Units:

Thunder Bomber--ranged infantry, armed with staff sling, and explosives. Inaccurate, but has splash damage. Counts as a siege unit, and deals bonus damage to walls, towers, castles, and archers. (Somewhat similar to Grenadier from AoE3, and Slingers from AoE1)

Saboteur: Upgrade of petard.

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Team Bonus:

Repair costs reduced by 60%

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Unique Techs:

Castle--Siegecraft: Castle units can be produced at siege workshop.

Imperial--Shrapnel: Siege Units deal +50% damage to units

OR

Imperial--Salvo: Siege weapons have better accuracy, and move faster

OR

Imperial--Barrage: Onagers, Scorpions, Bombards, and ships deal greater bonus damage to buildings

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TECH TREE:

Barracks:

• Militia line capped at 2-handed swordsman
• Full access to halberdiers
• No Eagle Warriors
• Full access to all techs

Archery Range:

• Full access to Arbalest
• Full access to Elite Skirmisher
• Cavalry Archer capped at base
• Access to hand cannoneer
• Access to Thumb Ring
• No Parthian Tactics

Stables:

• Cavalry units capped at Light Cavalry & Cavalier
• No Camels, Battle Elephants, or Steppe Lancers
• Access to Bloodlines
• No Husbandry

Blacksmith:

• Full access to Ring Archer Armor, Bracer, Blast Furnace, and Plate Infantry Armor
• Cavalry armor capped at Chainmail

Siege Workshop:

• Full access to all conventional siege units
• After researching Siegecraft, castle units can be built at Siege Workshop

Docks:

• Full access to galleon, heavy demo ship, and cannon galleon
• Fire ship capped
• Full access to Dry Docks
• No access to Shipwright

University:

• Access to Masonry, without Architecture
• No access to Fortified Wall
• Full access to Chemistry and Bombard Tower
• Full access to Ballistics & Siege Engineers
• Towers capped at Guard Towers
• Access to Murder Holes, Heated Shot, and Arrow slits
• No access to Treadmill crane

Castle:

• Access to everything
• Sappers possibly available in Castle age from here, if we go with it being available in Feudal age, from Town Center
• Petards would be upgraded into saboteurs in the castle, just as Thunder Bombers, and the upgrade would be above-average, in cost.

Town Center:

• Full access to Everything

Monastery:

• Access to all techs, except for Fervor, Sanctity, and Atonement

Mining Camp:

• Access to all techs, except for Stone Shaft Mining

Lumber Camp:

• Full access to Two-Man Saw

Market:

• No access to Guilds

Mill:

• Upgrades capped to Heavy Plow

CONCLUSION:

So, what do you guys think? Is it unbalanced? Most likely. Could it be interesting? Any ideas to fine-tune it? And would it be different enough in gameplay, to be its own thing?

And even if you don't like this idea, please let me know! I genuinely want constructive criticism!

Feedback always appreciated!