Firing up my first game of EL. So far i really like it. i need some help on game mechanics:



1 - How do i equip my soldiers with new gear? I have opened up the unit editor window but do not see how to drag or purchase new items for the units. Note, i have my hero fully upgraded, he is fine.



2 - How do i get new heroes?



3 - How do i increase my cities happiness? At 30% right now. Says -20% (Food symbol) for unhappiness, i am playing Broken Lords so i cant produce food.



Thanks!

1) Open units (f6), select template, hit edit (or double click template, I believe). On the left of the unit picture, there should be some equipment that you can double click on or drag into the appropriate boxes. After you adjust the template, you'll have to retrofit your units.



2) Research Mercenary market tech, open market (f8), switch to Heroes tab.



3) Luxuries, improvements like sewer system, level 2 districts, some heroes, techs like bread and circuses.

Vexorg wrote:
3 - How do i increase my cities happiness? At 30% right now. Says -20% (Food symbol) for unhappiness, i am playing Broken Lords so i cant produce food.

The shapes of your cities effect happiness to a great degree. Here is a very excellent guide on how to shape your cities and why you do it that way.



Basically you either want to use the two lines (without bending or snaking) shape or a triangle. If you are just building boroughs in a snake pattern to pick up the best hexes your happiness and FIDSI will suffer greatly. The guide has two pictures of those city shapes at the bottom of the guide.