Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-34923977-20180726171130

This suggestion is going to be about the addition of hireable workers, similar to farm hands; however these units will have one specific purpose, besides gathering crops.

Types:

Miners: Miners are pretty much needless for an explantion, they would search a given area for the metals and resources of choice until, either their inventory was full, or the resource was depleted. These units would be hired from Dwarven miners and be exclusive towards dwarven factions. You would take them to an area, set their range, and specify what kind of resources you would like them to gather (i.e get them to gather iron, coal and cobblestone) there mining would be slower than a player mining. They, obviously, could only gather mining based materials (i.e stone, ores, and maybe gravel and dirt.) Also, perhaps there could be a chance that they may fall into lava and die?

Lumberjacks: Lumberjacks are also quite self-explanatory of their function (who doesn't know what a lumberjack is.) Lumberjacks would be hired from a Forester unit, perhaps exclusive to mannish and orcish factions. For the mechanics, you would take the lumberjacks to the area that you would desire for them to gather wood (a forest most likely) and set the range and specify what woods you would like them to collect, they would also gather the drops from these trees, besides wood (i.e cherries.) There tree chopping would be; however slower than a player. This would be useful in case you would like to clear out a forest.

Builder: Builders are also a self-explanatory unit, but the mechanics I am not so sure on, or even if they would ruin the gameplay. But perhaps, builders could build structures exclusive to their faction, in case a player would want to build a bunch of Gondorian smithies. You would have to give them the resources nessessary for the build which would be displayed in the units menu for the particular structure.

P.S. If anyone has ideas for a better mechanic for the builders tell me, I would love to hear it.

P.P.S Keep the comments constructive and adding to the discussion. ;)  