Greek nation Bonus !

[Gallowbane]

The Greeks bonus is pathetic. The reduced building times mean I get to shave off 5 minutes and an extra for every age I move up in. Example in the classical age it takes 24hours to upgrade a tower, as a Greek I get 20 mins off if I log in and click it myself. 1. It should be automatic it's not fair for those less active players. 2. It should worked out as a percentage because as you progress the times get bigger by a lot so 5 mins will do nothing. The next bonus is reduced building cost which is also pointless. Only the initial build is reduced not the upgrades meaning I save what 1k which is nothing. It should reduce upgrade costs aswel otherwise the bonus is useless the further you go. Now the troop companions. Companions are the best cav in the game but in comparison to the other nations special troops it's by far the weakest. Improved hp and slightly improved dmg but costs 6 slots. The Romans for example have hard hitting infantry and a lot more hp and only cost 1 slot. Maybe reduce the slot cost or improve stats.

 

[Gavromancer94]

Here ye here ye! Im playing the Greeks too and I totally agree with you!

 

[King Ila]

I agree entirely with this. As a Greek, my speed-up construction ability is only useful for upgrading certain buildings to level 2 or 3 quickly. I'm in the Classical Age, and I can't remember the last time I took advantage of the faster build time. The automatic percentage reduction in time seems reasonable to me. I also agree that the companion could use a buff, maybe to damage. Something to make up for the troop space.

 

[mwedwards]

Am Greek as well, and while the resource refund is good and scales well throughout the game, I have to agree that the Companion UU does not adequately stack up against other military bonuses. The unit needs something else -- immunity from anti-cav/defense bonuses (incl. ballista tower) or reducing the pop cost to 3 would bring it back into the game (like the cav raider). As it stands, the Companion is just too weak to be of any use by late Classical. Building/upgrade time savings need to scale better through the ages. By late classical, but building/upgrade times are 12 hours or more, so 20 minutes is irrelevant -- 20% would make it much more interesting.

 

[Redgar]

Greece is not world power now, what did you expect lol? ))) I play British and if there is no nice archers, their 5% to bonus loot is a joke too, so it's kinda balanced. Those differences are really nothing.