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Fosse
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U.S.A.
Mar 2002
time: 23:24
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My guess is that it's a reference to the now well known feature of awarding traits to units upon their promotion.
If a unit wins in combat you are able to select a promotion that might either make it heal faster, or fight in forests better, or use enemy roads.
I think that the "totally customizable armies" quote is just standard hyperbole.
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Fosse
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U.S.A.
Mar 2002
time: 23:24
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quote:
Originally posted by GAZ082
I believe that the promotion system is much better than the design system in SMAC. It is much more useful, in SMAC you just added a big gun with a fat armor and you were ready for smacking factions. |
To be fair, it wasn't quite that simple.
A big gun with fat armor would cost a LOT to build, so you could have a handful of awesome troops or lots of regular ones, and that brings balance.
There were also so many special abilities to add on that you created the same paper/scissors/rock dynamic they are talking about in Civ IV. Defenses against fast units, air defenses, anti aircraft attackers, etc.
It would be an entirely inappropriate system for a Civ universe, but it was more comlex than you suggest.
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