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20 Dec, 2012 @ 6:55pm
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Legion Mod

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Legion: Gains the Cover I promotion (+33% defense against ranged attacks) and cost increased to 85 instead of 75.

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The bonus promotion is a flavorful representation of Rome’s famous testudo (“tortoise”) formation where each soldier worked together to form a barrier of tower shields to protect them from ranged attacks. Also, this now gives the Legion a promotion which will remain with it as it upgrades to more powerful units.

I also felt that the Legion should be quite powerful since it’s limited by your quantity of iron very early in the game (which is also just discovered with the Legion's prerequisite tech), unlike most of the other early unique units which either replace a regular unit or grant the ability to build them without the strategic resource. The Companion Cavalry and Cataphract are the only other early uniques which are limited by a resource (horses, which are a little more common than iron and located more often in fertile areas).

I increased their cost a little bit for balance (these guys are elite after all!), because not only is it very useful to start with Cover I, but the promotion has the Legion’s already very high combat strength to work off of for even more benefit against ranged attacks.
22 Comments
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Hollow6724 14 Mar, 2021 @ 9:07pm 
Thank you for making this mod Barrowulf!
Elitegamer010 20 Nov, 2017 @ 1:49pm 
can you make it so that Legions can build improvements after upgrading them?
Frikster 5 Aug, 2017 @ 5:57pm 
What @ndeeney621 said
kertdog 14 Jan, 2017 @ 8:01am 
TheCosmicHound the greek phalanx's purpose was not to block missiles it was to create a tight formation that kept enemies at bay and prevented them from pushing through. However the roman testudo's purpose was to protect missiles.
The Order(SD) 12 Nov, 2016 @ 1:03pm 
Escellent idea my dear boy, it's only fitting that the people who conquered just about the whole fucking world should get a buff to the military unit that in conjuction with the marian reforms and fantastic generals, made it all possible.Also this mod has great synergy with the ''Legions get Spear throw'' mod.
Mr. Goldman 21 Aug, 2016 @ 5:14pm 
Barthor, you need to make a rome mod to replace the balista with something else, or buff the balista (cover 1 as well or something) The balista gets rekt in 1-2 hits anytime you try to use it XD)
ndeeney621 15 Jul, 2016 @ 9:12am 
Is there any way for the legion to retain their ability to build roads and forts after being upgraded?
Barrowulf  [author] 7 Oct, 2015 @ 6:55am 
*sigh* (This is why I'm glad I don't mod Civ 5 anymore... everybody is a history expert and/or they want things to be over realistic and less abstract at the cost of gameplay and balance.)

Google "testudo formation". It's Roman.
The Roman testudo and the Greek phalanx are both famous types of shield wall formations. The testudo was a tactic primarily used against missle fire, hence the promotion in this mod.
Smoovest Brane 28 Feb, 2015 @ 5:06pm 
Rome is underpowered considering how much of an impact it had on history. You should give the legion a "first strike" promotion like the impi because the roman legions were known for their use of the ranged "pilum" to devestate enemy shield formations.
Garon 1 Feb, 2015 @ 8:57pm 
If the legion was historically accurate then it would be the most OP unit in the game.