All right, the expansion brings many changes to the game, big and small.
On my current game I've kept thinking how this and that might be a bit different with G&K, from embarkation to hit point system etc.
Here's some of the things that are going to be different:
Pillaging
As I pillaged with my cavalry I constantly had to retreat to heal, even thogh I was harassing a more underdeveloped civ, their crossbowmen kept bombarding me. With the 100 hitpoints I think I can more easily pillage the improvements when there's no proper defence.
Research Agreements
I've been signing RAs to all directions, interesting to think that with expansion you can only do it with your allies/leaders you've DoF with..
also there's been some vague comments about spies sabotaging RAs (in some arcticle, how a RA between two civs is tempting for a spy??)
Embarkation and naval activity
It won't be (hopefully!) as easy to live isolated on a small island anymore, as naval invasions will be more easy for the AI to conduct, and you can't just ram their units over with your ships. If the AI can do good invasions to other side of the world I'm in ecstacy!
City state buying
Ok this one is obvious, but so often in game there's a contest between me and another major power throwing gold at a CS as their favor swings from left to right. Glad this will be a bit different, and also cool that religion and espionage will be a factor. I'm just puzzled about a quote of how in later eras "City-states hold elections between 12 turns", does it mean they choose between Freedom/Order/Autocracy ideologies as their goverment..?
If the release date is going to be around May 25th, damn it means we'll be playing it.. next month!
On my current game I've kept thinking how this and that might be a bit different with G&K, from embarkation to hit point system etc.
Here's some of the things that are going to be different:
Pillaging
As I pillaged with my cavalry I constantly had to retreat to heal, even thogh I was harassing a more underdeveloped civ, their crossbowmen kept bombarding me. With the 100 hitpoints I think I can more easily pillage the improvements when there's no proper defence.
Research Agreements
I've been signing RAs to all directions, interesting to think that with expansion you can only do it with your allies/leaders you've DoF with..
also there's been some vague comments about spies sabotaging RAs (in some arcticle, how a RA between two civs is tempting for a spy??)
Embarkation and naval activity
It won't be (hopefully!) as easy to live isolated on a small island anymore, as naval invasions will be more easy for the AI to conduct, and you can't just ram their units over with your ships. If the AI can do good invasions to other side of the world I'm in ecstacy!
City state buying
Ok this one is obvious, but so often in game there's a contest between me and another major power throwing gold at a CS as their favor swings from left to right. Glad this will be a bit different, and also cool that religion and espionage will be a factor. I'm just puzzled about a quote of how in later eras "City-states hold elections between 12 turns", does it mean they choose between Freedom/Order/Autocracy ideologies as their goverment..?
If the release date is going to be around May 25th, damn it means we'll be playing it.. next month!