1. US navy SEAL-(only USA can build) this unit could be paradroped in the water, and swim in, and out to shore 2 squares, any farther, and it has a 50% chance of drowning. he can also do amphibious assaults.

2. Air Transport-this unit would be just what it says, an air transport, it could load, and transport up to 6 ground units. this unit would also be a paratrooper/navy SEAL carrier. it would drop the paratroopers and navy SEALS, instead of an unrealistic way of paratrooping in civ2.

3. more specific units for different civs, like the US navy SEAL would be for US only, a new unit, british commando, would be the elite english infantry, etc.

4. British Commando- (English only) this unit would be like the US Navy SEAL, except for the british only.

5. Siberian Special Forces- (russians only) this unit would be again like the navy SEAL, except for only the Russians, and also, it would have a special defence, and movement when on snow/ice.

6. Satelite- this unit could be launched from a city, and travel around the earth. it would stay up in space for only a certain amount of time though.

7. Poison Gas- this weapon/unit would be a chemical warfare unit, much like the Nuclear Missile, except it would only destroy the population.

1. Sniper-Snipers have been very important military stuff in the last couple decades. I suggest this unit.

2. Coastal Battery Gun-This would be like a Howitzer unit, except it would be placed on the coast, and could not move around, it would be specified in naval defense. It would be able to shoot at ships 2 tiles out to sea. And it would have 2X defense against any naval bombardment.

3. Recon Vehicle-This would be a tracked vehicle, specified in Radar, and scouting areas.

4. V-2 Rocket-This would be a pre-missile to the Cruise Missile, pretty much does the same thing, just not as much damage.

quote: Originally posted by Deity Dude on 12-14-2000 05:33 PMOne unit I would do away with, or at least rename if you want to keep its capabilities, would be the Alpine Troop. I can't believe people on skis would be too effective in the desert, jungle, plains or forest.

Not to mention that the only time such troops were used effectively in the real world, was in Finland, far away from the Alps ...

Units I would like to see are:

- Canoe [The Canoe] (rivers & coastal, 1/1, move=2, hold=1)
- Ship-of-the-Line [Colonialism] (6/4/2/1, move=3)
- Militia [Nationalism] (cheap, but no movement, 2/4/2/1)
- Balloon [Theory of Gravity] (0/1/2/1, move=2, "heli")
- Airship [Ecology] (6/1/1/2, move=4, hold=1, "heli")
- Sappers [Logistics] (4/2/2/1, all terrain as road, can destroy walls and occupied fortresses)
- Hovercraft [Combined Arms] (2/2/2/2, move=8, hold=2, units held are amphibious)

quote: Originally posted by Deity Dude on 12-14-2000 06:05 PM I'd like to make a suggeston. When posting an idea for a potential unit, tell us how you envision it being used. I have no idea what a Ship-of-the-line is or a sapper for that matter and am not sure how you would use a hovercraft.

Lazy, huh?
A Ship-of-the-Line is a larger but slower version of the Frigate. A Sapper is a military engineer.

Edited my post above to accomodate you

and about the Satelite, it would circle the globe, and reveal stuff, but only certain stuff. And also, if the idea of comonutications is impemented, then there would have to be satelites. And the satelite would connect with the radar, as long as you dont have a satelite up there, you dont get radar. of course the satilite could only stay up there about 10-30 turns, then you could launch another one. And also, the Siberian Special Forces unit would replace the Alpine Troops (they were russians), except be much more realistic. On dessert, grassland, plains, etc, it would be a normal infantry unit. but on ice and snow, it would move like the alpiner, and it would have a +1 to attack and defense when on the snow.

quote: Originally posted by Diablo, Bro. of Mephisto on 12-14-2000 02:52 PM 1. Sniper-Snipers have been very important military stuff in the last couple decades. I suggest this unit.

There have never been a regiment of snipers. When talking units, it is generally accepted that you are dealing with a large number of those units, not just a single rifleman or marine! Snipers are simply normal troops that are positioned in a place where it is hard to identify them so they can easily pick off enemy targets with little chance to being spotted. A unit of snipers wouldn't make sense.

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quote: Originally posted by Diablo, Bro. of Mephisto on 12-16-2000 05:23 PM Even in civ2 not all units are groups. if they were, then you are saying that the diplomat is a group of 100 dips, walking into enemy cities, yea, sure, thats realistic.

Don't be stupid! And yeah, pretty much all units in civ are groups! If not, then it would be taking 300-400 years for a city to grab a single citizen, arm him with a stick and deploy him as a warrior! Yea, sure, that's realistic.

Then you can have the US navy SEALS and the Brittish commandos, or the US commandos and the Brittish navy SEALS. or the US SEALS and the Brittish SEALS. or the US Commandos and the Brittish commandos...