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    Map Labels

    This mod is simply amazing. It adds so much immersion to the games that you can't give up using it. I'm waiting for the next update and occasionally checking the thread. Hope they fix the autosave lag some time soon.
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    How should I play the Huns?

    In one of my plays I tried non-stop warmongering with Huns and I was able to destroy 5 of 7 civs by the medieval era in emperor difficulty. Huns are great in offense, they have means to destroy everything in pangaea like maps. But in my opinion rams are a bit overestimated, they are only...
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    What do all of the civ insignias mean?

    Ottoman Empire is a Turkic empire no matter how many different cultures and peoples they ruled (after all, empires meant to be like this). So the symbol is relevant. Crescent have been one of the most popular celestial elements among Turkic people of Eurasia. There are many theories about...
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    Annoying ethiopia colours

    Yes, some colors give more pressure to the eyes than others, although it differ from person to person. Generally it's the combination of red-green (Ethiopia) and dark blue/purple-red (Korea) but there are some colors that also can be very annoying to look at. I personally find Korea, Siam and...
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    Figure out what Attila is speaking

    My guess was right then. I knew it :lol:
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    Preferred Religions For All Civilizations

    I would suggest Tengriism for Iroquois. It would make much more sense than Christianity. Tengriism is unorganized, non-clerical system of belief of natural powers and harmony in the world. It clearly differentiates from the religions that are highly organized and hierarchical like Islam and...
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    What do all of the civ insignias mean?

    In all steppe cultures of Turan, the top part of the Yurt is interrelated to the cosmology as well as other parts of it. Design and architecture of Yurt has some very interesting resemblance to the mythology. Yurt is always considered as the center of spatial dimension, certain territory, not...
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    Figure out what Attila is speaking

    I don't think he speaks any Caucasian language. At least I'm sure it's not Kartli (Georgian). Abkhaz and Adyge languages are also doesn't sound like what Attila speaks in video. You would hear more gluttoral voices in any of these speech if they were Caucasian. I know less about Southern...
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    Figure out what Attila is speaking

    Yea I know it's hard, I didn't mean developers does not put any effort to cultural dimension of game, in fact they are great at it. I'm more concerned with suggestions in forum about Huns. You are right about lack of information. It is not that people are biased but most of the information comes...
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    Figure out what Attila is speaking

    Well I suggest not use wikipedia for Turkic history or even for History in general. Articles are very biased and sometimes full of wrong statements. Gothic certainly cannot be language for Huns. It is ridiculous. Why do they need another language apart from their own? Goths, Germans...
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    Religion Victory?

    It would be great I think. With a pious leader, a religious civilization should be able to dominate others but diminishing effect of religion is blocking that option unfortunately.
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    Figure out what Attila is speaking

    Yes, that's right. If we assume that he says his name it would start with first personal pronoun which a few examples are given in here for Ural-Altaic languages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fi-ugr-turk-comparison.png But if he declares his title or simply says "hello", it would be...
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    The Huns

    I use "civilization" in a very broad sense. Most of the people in these forums uses civilization as a replacement for the nation. This is completely nonsense. Nation, ethnicity, culture and civilization are all different but interrelated concepts. So there is no Austrian or Brazilian...
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    The Huns

    Well apart from conquered cities, their settlements were made of wooden structures. They have adopted this style when they met with Finno-Ugric and specifically Magyar tribes in forested areas of Ural Mountains long before than their arrival to the heart of Europe.
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    The Huns

    Yea that's right but there is no such thing as "Asian". It is actually Orientalist point of view by the Europeans and generally refers to Far East cultures though they are really different (Japan, Siam, China, Manchuria, Tibet etc.). There is thousands of different ethnic people, hundreds of...
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    The Huns

    Randomizing music and city style is funny but it would be an insult to Hunnic culture. City names will be randomized because Huns were nomad and at that period there were really a few cities worth to be mentioned in all Europe except Roman ones. It would be hard to find city names for even Goths...
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    Figure out what Attila is speaking

    Yes, I meant Volga/Idil Tatars. Unfortunately, Crimean Tatar language has gone through radical change after forced deportation of Tatar people by Soviet Union. I don't think they could find native speaker of Crimean Tatar. Plus there is confusion with the word of "Tatar". Russians tend to call...
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    Figure out what Attila is speaking

    It sounds Turkic language with Mongolian voice acting. Words are more likely Turkic but melody in speech sounds very Mongolian. I guess, It is not Kumyk also. Probably Idil Bulgarian or Tatar dialect of Turkic language used in this scene. It definitely doesn't not speak with Turkic...
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    Gods & Kings What Language will the Huns Speak?

    And who were the Northern Asians at that time? I think you are more concerned with future Hungary DLC :). But yes, I agree with you, It would be more accurate to choose Altaic language for Attila.
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    Gods & Kings What Language will the Huns Speak?

    Hungarian, Turkish or one of the Northern Turkic dialects (I prefer Kumyk) would be accurate for Huns. I will explain why. First of all most of the posters focus on Attila which only explains his language in particular. Attila was well educated leader who visited Rome and maintained strong...
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