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Samurai Mod

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This mod tweaks the abilities of Japan’s Samurai unique unit. It also reflects some of the changes made in the upcoming patch that Firaxis has revealed.

I’ve given Samurai a new ability which is similar to the Pictish Warrior, except you gain 50% culture from kills instead of faith, depending on your foe’s strength. The Way of the Warrior promotion is lost upon upgrading, when the samurai lay down their swords for the rifles of western cultures.

I also removed the Shock 1 promotion, and instead, increased the Samurai’s combat strength from 21 to 24 (equal to a Musketman). You lose the extra head start towards higher tier promotions, but you gain a boost which is more constant and reliable. Plus, it makes other % increases more valuable. Also, you're now not encouraged to go down the Shock path and can choose the Drill path if the current situation favors it.

The culture loosely represents their honor and chivalrous code, along with the idea of warrior-poets: dedication to the mind and body. It also compliments Japan’s new addition to its unique ability which grants +1 culture to fishing boats and +2 to atolls (a feature of the new patch).

Also, the extra culture can help support the flavor of Japan’s isolationism in history, since in game, it’ll make it a little bit harder to gain influence over Japan with tourism points.

I made the Samurai a bit stronger since it's a unique unit which requires a strategic resource and is limited to your quantity of it. Also, because it now needs to last longer since it goes obsolete a bit later in the tech tree. And finally, with just the next tech, Musketmen can quickly become available to all civs, so the Samurai need to be able to take these on and prove their superiority as one of the best warriors since the Roman legions.

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• Shock 1 promotion removed.
  
  
• Combat Strength increased from 21 to 24, which now matches musketmen.
  
  
• Gains a new unique promotion: Way of the Warrior. Earns culture from kills equal to 50% of an opponent’s strength. This promotion is lost once the unit upgrades to a rifleman.
  
  
• Ability to build fishing boats removed. Unit AI updated to reflect this. (This is a new feature in the upcoming patch.)
  
  
• Becomes obsolete at Rifling instead of Metallurgy. Upgrades to riflemen instead of mustketmen. (These are new features in the upcoming patch.)