1) New modern age units, including guided missiles and missile cruiser
2) Cool new diverse scenarios!
3) A very detail espaniage system!
4) Visible trade routes and the abilty to stop them!
5) Corporations that add new depth to the modern age
6) An upgraded air combat system!
7) So many new civs and leaders!
8) New wonders.
9) The chance to win a diplomatic victory much earlier and the abilty to defy
resolutions!
10) Random events that make each game different from each other!

PS 11) And so much more! :)

12. Because I havent felt this excited about buying something since He-Man figures in about 1985. Think the episode of the Simpsons where Smithers is waiting for the new Malibu Stacey doll going "iwantIwantitIwantit!!!"

Actually... trade routes are invisible. But blockaded areas by ships are

10 reasons why BTS will be awesome:

1 - Big improvement to the tech tree especially late game
2 - Space race will be awesome especially with spies stuffing things up
3 - The ability to be a rogue state by defyiny resolutions - religious and UN.
4 - A system of colonialism means no shitty little island tundra outposts costing lots for a resource.
5 - Spies and complex espionage
6 - no more "Rub, Rub, Rub, three orcs in a tub" title song from Warlords
7 - Those new Random events to spice things up.
8 - Smart AI
9 - All the little improvements too many to mention such as Civic balance changes, corporations, better graphics, civs, leaders... ARRGHHH!!!
10 - An end to the withdrawl symptoms

Mine 10:

1. Because it's for Civ4 (duh)
2. New leaders
3. New civs
4. Espionnage
5. Corporations
6. Ability to choose founded religions
7. Culture-specific unit graphics
8. Apostolic Palace and UN overhaul
9. New wonders
10. Better space race.

I am a nerd
I disapprove of piracy
Suryavarman’s sex appeal
Better stupid A.I.
Sid Sushi Co.
Politically correct German flag in the WW2 scenario
de Gaulle of the Mayans vs. Charlemagne of Ethiopia
Buddhist Apostolic Palace
Micromanagement of counterespionage
I will learn some history from the Civilopedia

P.S.
11. No CANADA

1. With Blake, the AI will be much smarter, especially during wars
2. Corps will be a very nice addition, allowing for many different strategies (see my thread 'Corporation Strategies')
3. The Apostolic Palace should give nice early strategic options
4. Random events will make each game feel unique
5. Most of the scenarios look cool. My favorite will probably be Rhye's one and also Fall From Heaven, but I'll love Next War too !
6. The trade routes will be handled better (blockades !!)
7. Colonies should help lessen the micromanagement
8. Many nice new civs and new leaders (and nice UUs / UBs !) !!
9. The Air and Naval Warfare will be handled much better !
10. The balance has been improved (Cavalry rush and siege weapons will be less dominant options, protective will be a stronger trait, and so on...)

1) Expanded space race
2) Random events
3) Corporations
4) More new civs and leaders than you can shake a stick at
5) The return of Babylonia deserves a point all of its own :run:
6) Reworked overseas trade routes
7) Improved AI
8) Ethnically diverse units
9) Colonies
10) Expanded espionage

PS:
11) The return of Babylonia deserves two points all of its own.

I only need one.

1. Because I've pre-ordered it.

Well.. more than 10 reasons :D

1. The hugest X-pack ever made!!! :)
2. I bought Warlords, and it's smaller
3. New main game tweaks such as Corporations and Espionage
4. A dynamic Random Event system increases the feeling of creating history
5. Alternatively, 'own' civs can easier be 'made by combining leaders and civs
6. ... And there is many new civs and leaderheads
7. New impressive Scenarios
8. Interface overhaul (With ethnical units)
9. Spaceship customization
10. GILGAMESH ROCKS!!!
11. Colonies sounds like a dream-like element ;)
12. New improved AI, making me want to go over Noble (I don't play higher because then they're cheating)
13. Return of old civs

God, now I know how Cartman felt when he was waiting for the Wii! :cry:

All of the above reasons pretty much apply to me as well! :D

Oh, and I'd buy it even if it was a lot less, but still included the Netherlands.. Can't blame a Dutchman for being excited about that! Spreading the word of tolerance, love, understanding, liberalism and relaxation in Civ IV.. ;)

1. It'll be a chick magnet.
2. Already paid for it
3. It's the middle of winter where I live
4-10.Three reasons is enough

1. Corporations
2. Better AI
3. Colonies
4. New Civs
5. New Leaders
6. Scenarios (specially Fall from Heaven and Rhye's and Fall)
7. Random Events
8. Espionage
9. New Wonders
10. New Modern Age Units

1. It'll be a chick magnet.


:lol: :lol: :lol:

1. Random Events
2. Espionnage
3. HRE is in!
4. Smart AI
5. New Air Combat System
6. EDU
7. Cool Scenarios
8. AP
9. Corporations
10. Pirates

#1 The next phase of FfH (http://kael.civfanatics.net/About.shtml) will require BtS!
#2 The next phase of FfH (http://kael.civfanatics.net/About.shtml) will require BtS!!
#3 The next phase of FfH (http://kael.civfanatics.net/About.shtml) will require BtS!!!
#4 Improved AI (hopefully complete this time)
#5 Mod friendly changes to the XML and Python
#6 Apostolic Palace
#7 Random Events
#8 Expanded Space Race
#9 New World Types/Maps
#10 Scenarios that play like new games not just versions of Civ


I'd list Gyathaars MAF fix but that shoulda been a patch for previous versions.

1. PORTUGAL!!!:) :lol: :cool:
2. Better AI
3. Colonies
4. New Civs
5. New Leaders
6. WWII:)
7. Events
8. Espionage
9. New Wonders
10. New Modern Units

1. steal tech
2. tact nuke
3. boomer sub
4. corps
5. naval UU's
6. better airforce
7. any leader for any civ
8. putting the race back in space race
9. next war/ future era on main game
10. I already pre-ordered the bloody thing.

only 2,073,600 seconds...2,073,588.........

Greatly Improved FORTS!!! Enough said.

1. Corporations.
2. Random events.
3. The Apostolic Palace.
4. The other new Wonders.
5. Pericles.
6. The remodelled espionage.
7. Colonies.
8. The Khmer.
9. Improved forts.
10. The levees.

I could add other reasons, actually.

God, now I know how Cartman felt when he was waiting for the Wii! :cry:

All of the above reasons pretty much apply to me as well! :D

Oh, and I'd buy it even if it was a lot less, but still included the Netherlands.. Can't blame a Dutchman for being excited about that! Spreading the word of tolerance, love, understanding, liberalism and relaxation in Civ IV.. ;)

Perhaps one the futuristic scenarios or techs will have a time machine, thereby letting you go back in time to today, give you the time travelling device, and then move forward into time by one month, just in time to buy BtS... yesss... it just might work. :lol:

OK, my laundry list:

1) Kick-ass events for my kick-ass empire
2) Colonies, or my version of indentured BFF Civ-style
3) Awesome new wonders/improvements
4) Ability to pick my own religion... talk about Freedom of Religion
5) Corporations, central banks, did I mention colonies?-- capitalistic paradise
6) Mine network of spies!-- evil dictator paradise
7) Super-sexy Suryanvaman just rocks my world
8) MP rounds with two Roman emperors
9) Ethnically diverse units/buildings... it isn't a small world after all
10) I've been seriously way too bored with Warlords to bother playing anymore since hearing about BtS

1. By far the number one reason for me is new civs, although I have a deep disappointment that Israel isn't in.
2. Late era tech changes
3. Ability to defy the U.N.
4. Latest and greatest program changes and balances
5. Latest and greatest AI improvements
6. Culturally linked unit graphics(the un-unique units :D)
7. The Apostolic Palace
8. Civilization upstarts via colonialism
9. New Units
10. I'm a Civfanatic ;)

1) Because it's there ;) ........even though it'll drive me nuts at times, and provide great gaming moments at others, it's just the most compulsive game yet devised :)

Who cares why I want BTS?!? I could make a list of a million reasons why I want it! The point is that I want it and I have to wait another four weeks! Hurry up July!

(1) Espionage and other sneaky fun
(2) Privateers and their kin
(3) Portugal and the Dutch
(4) The levee
(5) The ability to defy the UN (I might leave diplo victory on!)
Hopefully also the ability to vote in universal slavery. LOL
(6) Corporations and all the new strategies they open up
(7) The game may NOT be over in 1500 AD
(8) You can only trade techs you've researched yourself
(9) Pick your religion, so I don't see the same ones over and over
(10) Improved, actually useful, FORTS

(11) Most everything else mentioned in this thread and much more

PS - hope the guy who did the 10 reasons I'm not buying is still reading the forums and sees this. LOL. Look what he started.

1x10. Portugal

This expansion looks very very promising. Got Civ 3 complete lately and I'm getting back into Civ..bit rusty though :P

As for 10 reasons..gah I'm tired and can't think :P

Ps

11. No Canada!

#1 - everything good anyone's said in this thread so far
#2 - REALLY amazing and promising scenarios (looking forward to Borken Star)