This is in order to explain GF how adding new units and why i think would be valuable for ikariam.
How
1) Introduce a new resource that can be crafted or bought somewhere (maybe in a new building) using existing resource. To have 1 unit of the new resource you need more than 1 unit of already existing resources
2) New units need the new resource to be trained
3) The resource cost (= general score) is a little bit higher then already existing. (For example 2 or 3 times)
4) The gold maintenance cost of new units is significantly higher then already existing ( From 10 to 20 times)
As a result if a player is now able to maintain 5000 hoplites he should be able to maintain only 500 or less new front line unit
Why
1) Late game battles will involve less units so will last less round and finish early. -> Avoid endless battles
2) Chance to balancing new units values in order to prevent such unbalanced fakes like existing balloons naval fakes
Will old units become completely unhelpful? No because
3) Possibility to have a pool of more units and mix old and new units in waves -> New tatics for players to explore
4) Impossibility to have all cities protected with new units due to the high gold maintenance cost, so players can keep old units and use them for different targets/missions
Other details
0) Fix about general banks, preventing them to sell units immediately after exiting vacation mode, has been done. If units can be abused
using general banks there is no sense in introducing new ones.
1) New units will be available in server opened from 3 years, in order to prevent abuse by whales on low point players in new servers
2) New units will be trained in the barracks starting from level 40
3) New units will be sold in the black market starting from level 40
4) New units will be upped in the workshop starting from level 40. The new resource will be needed for ups.
Every up bonus will be double respect to old units' ups but the number of possible up will be capped (e.g. max 20 levels)
5) Also new barbarian units can be created for new levels of barbarian village and fleet.
