Would you say there are any differences between an Agent and a Ninja?
I suppose Agents might be a bit more high society disguised in public, while a Ninja might be low/middle class disguised in public.
Sure there is a Eastern vs Medieval Europe aesthetic difference,
Maybe Ninjas, have secret hidden Clans in fiction, more than Agents.
I'm just fiddling around with RTS idea designs for fun,
Always thought the unique units in Command and Conquer Generals were pretty fun,
LOTR BFME2, had some interesting units, same with Warlords Battlecry series, Starcraft, really, just RTS's in general.
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Skirmisher, bonus vs archers, bonus vs spears
Rogue, gains gold when fighting, Slower than light infantry, less armor than heavy, no bonus defense against arrows. Fights about euqal with light infantry in a fight.
Agent, Can Attach burn charges to buildings, Can steal information from a building, more expensive building more info that is stolen of opponent resources, shows up in reports, can go invisible like starcraft ghost, but attacking will break cloak. Can attach burn charges to buildings timed faster or give the order. Can target a unit for cloak attack. Can scan area for invisible units this can be set to upkept which will set floating eye sigel above their head eye is not targetable. Can disguise self. Only 1 Agent can be disguised at a time?
Archer, It's an archer. Can build a scout post or eagle/drone that flys above.
Ranger, an archer Substandard Archer, Substandard melee with still a weakness to skirms, though being able to melee might force some skirms to run for distance. Can switch to melee. Archers and skirms can't destroy buildings. Hm, why only skirm run away in AOE2? Maybe have rangers auto melee, and switch ability, while archers run away. Can build a scout post or eagle/drone that flys above.
Geurilla, Light infantry speed, with cav speed in forests, hills, or mountains. Can build a scout post or eagle/drone that flys above.
Ninja, has a ranged attack, can climb walls, more vision, smaller scan area for invisible, less costly stealth, slower in getting reports, faster burn charge, slower order charge. Better melee than Agent and ninja able to kite heavy infantry with ranged. Can disguise self. Smoke bomb teleport.
Shadowdancer, Smoke bomb teleport is faster, but worse cloak, stronger ranged attack, weaker melee. Least health.