CrocWorks' Fire Emblem TMS Mod: Performa Overhaul

Have you ever played Civ 5 Fire Emblem, reached the Industrial Era, and realized all of the Fire Emblem flavor dies out since FE by nature is a "Medieval" Fantasy? Sounds like it's TMS#FE to the rescue; introducing the Performa Overhaul mod by CrocWorks, bringing Fire Emblem and Tokyo Mirage Session mechanics into Civ 5's late game!

## **Performa and Mirage Units**

Performa resources  become available from various music-themed buildings (e.g. the Opera House or Musician Guild) upon researching Acoustics and allow for the construction of Mirage units. Mirage units permanently consume a  Performa resource if defeated, and civilizations receive a  Performa resource upon killing another Mirage unit. Mirage units generally are stronger than their contemporaries, but take significantly longer to promote into the next unit (on average 1.5 to 2 eras of techs), and also have a horrible matchup against cities, taking a -100 penalty when engaging one.

Mirage Medeus is a special mirage unit that can only be obtained via the "Perform the Opera of Shadow" Congress Proposal, boasting a respectable 115  combat strength and a free blitz promotion along with the ability to fly freely over land or water, though is still bound by the same limitations as other Mirage units. Mirage Medeus requires 3  Performa to make full use, and thus is more severely hampered if  Performa is eliminated via the "Perform the Opera of Light" Congress Proposal.

If the Weapon Triangle mod is active, non-flying mirages follow the weapon triangle:

* Myrmidons - Sword infantry
* Mages - Dark Magic infantry
* Cavaliers - Lance cavalry
* Barbarians - Axe infantry
* Knights - Axe armor
* Archers - Bow infantry; retains intercept abilities
* Wing Knights and Scale Riders (fighter and bomber mirages) do not follow the weapon triangle
* Mirage Medeus is not bound by the Weapon Triangle

## **Melmarks**

Melmarks  are obtainable upon researching Music Theory. They are tokens used as a loyalty program for making purchases in a city that contains a Hee Ho Mart or any of the World Wonders that share the same trait. These tokens can be traded with other civilizations or can be exchanged in the Melmark Lottery for various random prizes (see National Wonders).

## **Congress Proposals**

Perform the Opera of Shadow: Available once any civilization has researched Idol Promotion

* Gold: Receive the Opera of Shadow world wonder, spawning Mirage Medeus into the game
* Silver: Free Great General
* Bronze: Permanent +15%  Production when building military units

Perform the Opera of Light: Available once any civilization has researched Lasers

* Gold: Receive the Opera of Light world wonder
* Silver: Free Great Musician
* Bronze: Permanent +4  Tourism in the capital

## **Improvements**

* +1  Culture
* Additional +1  Culture upon researching Idol Promotion
* Additional +3  Culture upon researching Vocaloid Technology

## **Buildings**

* Purchases in this city provide an additional  Melmark

## **National Wonders**

* Increases Military Unit  Production by +10%
* Every 10th turn, expend one  Melmark to randomly receive one of:
	+ Nothing
	+ Lump of  Gold
	+ Lump of  Faith
	+ Free Infantry unit
	+ Free Bazooka unit

## **Changelog**

Update 8/18/2020 (this balance change is v2 of the mod in case people prefer the old balance)

* Added lua code to allow AI units to obtain their own Melmarks (since AI almost never purchases items).
* Removed Weapon Triangle support for Bomber and Fighter Mirage units because it was causing a bug where they would receive ground promotions instead of air promotions.
* Buffed the Blackscale Rider Mirage (bomber unit) from Ranged CS 39 to 42.
* Buffed the Idolasphere Gate national wonder from providing 3 Performa to 5 Performa and made it improve military production by 10%.
* Nerfed the Idol Promotion tech so that Vending Machines receive only 1 additional culture at that tech instead of 2.
* Buffed the Vocaloid Technology tech so that Vending Machines now receive an additional 3 culture at that tech.
* Moved the Carabia Jewelry world wonder from the Idol Promotion tech to the Concert Logistics tech.
* Minor text error fixes.

Update 7/7/2020

* Fixed a bug that was sometimes forcing Mirage Medeus to embark on water. Mirage Medeus should now always fly over water or land. (This was done by changing him to DOMAIN\_SEA, so internally he is treated as a flying boat instead of a flying land unit)