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Uh, they get a fixed 5 damage bonus against damaged units, which is good but nothing to write home about, lots of civs get +5 under different circumstances.

Engineering and science were in full swing pre-ww2 for sure. The timeframe is of little import - Russia has made a huge impact on the world due to its science and engineering, not religion and that is the important part that should be bolded.

That's quite funny how they copy-paste the article then avoid parts that conflict with the gameplay's depiction of the nation. Russia was always famous for being highly competitive in science and engineering particularly post WW1, giving them a special holy site is just, for a lack of a better...

There's many religious institutions that supported governments of the existing civs on and off during the eras, Russia is hardly different in that aspect to be honest. I wouldn't say giving russia a unique campus would be OP, first because campuses and science in general isn't nearly as...

Production from tundra is fine and makes sense, in fact production should be the centerpiece of Russia, so why invovle faith at all? Russia and Russians were never that big on faith. Sure, there's the orthodox church but it's hardly as defining of the nation. I'd understand if, apart from...

It's just one guy's tier list. Whether or not a civ makes it doesn't mean anything because obviously people haven't tested the game nearly enough to draw definitive conclusions. Being able to rush any district and saving up massive hammers on workers from the moment you start the game (where...

Sorry but Hoplites just annihilate horsemen even if you send them 1 by 1 (in formation it's not even a contest) and the saka horse archer, while great at their time, loses steam quickly. But more importantly, they both transition very, very poorly as they miss upgrades for TWO whole eras...

I don't think the culture gain is that relevant to winning on Deity. My first game I've won with Scythia (didn't abuse the sell feature) and you just win in all fronts due to the sheer amount of cities you conquered. In my game I got assaulted by both brazil and sweden and a barb camp but I had...

Solution is to build the industrial district everywhere, asap and work from there. There's really no other way other than that if you're trying to compete for any type of victory condition.

The grand embassy is probably the worst leader ability I've ever seen. I get that some bonuses aren't obvious and shouldn't be always worth to go for, but even when this thing works.. I can't believe they can put that in the game with a straight face, so, so bad, this nets you like 1...

It's not the same for everyone though, knights can hold their own until they become tanks, but horsemen have strength on par with some ancient era units which makes it much harder for them to endure to the industrial age.

The biggest culprit here is the selling exploit. Once that gets fixed, Sumeria is clearly better like mentioned above - cheaper, stronger, available from the get-go, and their carts transition far better later than horsemen who take ages to get to cavalry.

Ah that makes sense, I was always doing a very quick genocide rampage through every civ I didn't notice the cities didn't grow by the time I eliminated their owner.

Since there are no courthouses / puppets or any similar mechanics, you gain full control over cities immediately and their "weariness" resolves quite fast from my experience. It is more probable that the city had no food by working on the wrong tiles.

- Go to war with me, friend! - Ok. - The world will know of your bloodthirst!

I just know where I'm settling before the settler is built let alone selected. Then just move him there ignoring the lenses. They are just active while he's selected anyway.

Yeah I can understand that was the intention, but aren't unit counters supposed to fill that purpose - if your army isn't broad, it'll get countered easily if scouted properly. With this system, some unit types are just flat out better than others.

She speaks italian and french in game.

Would definitely rate scythia higher, from a competitive strategy. I've been attacked by 2 very close neighbours on deity, including barbarians and was able to fend them all off, recuperate for a bit then mass an army and wipe off one of them pretty fast. I am not sure if germany can live...

I just think light cav could use a more nuanced role than what we have at the moment - better flanking bonuses for sure. Knights have the raw strenght to pull through two eras but it's really hard to make light cav work through both medieval and renaissance because the differences become less...