Snuffleupagus
Warlord
- Joined
- Nov 17, 2005
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I really like a lot about the new ideologies.
That said, it feels frustratingly incomplete. This is because it doesn't feel like they are a part of the strategic decisions of the game.
You choose your ideology, and a variety of factors may affect this decisions, but after that, you're done. Your ideology is set and you plow forward. Getting pressured? get more culture/tourism, or smash that other civ against the rocks.
I would like to see something like:
- the ability to get other civs to switch ideology in the diplomacy screen
- an ability to pursuade other civs to pick your ideology when they are first choosing one
- perhaps City States could have ideologies, that had a minor impact on rate of influence deterioration, and global influence for ideologies
The ideology system has a Cold War feel to it, where global powers formed large alliances. But these alliances were steeped in diplomacy and playing smaller powers off of eachother, in Civ these smaller powers are city states.
Does anyone else feel like the ideology system is underwhelming? Maybe this ultimately ties into similar feelings people have about tourism. If tourism was made more dynamic, ideology influence would naturally follow.
That said, it feels frustratingly incomplete. This is because it doesn't feel like they are a part of the strategic decisions of the game.
You choose your ideology, and a variety of factors may affect this decisions, but after that, you're done. Your ideology is set and you plow forward. Getting pressured? get more culture/tourism, or smash that other civ against the rocks.
I would like to see something like:
- the ability to get other civs to switch ideology in the diplomacy screen
- an ability to pursuade other civs to pick your ideology when they are first choosing one
- perhaps City States could have ideologies, that had a minor impact on rate of influence deterioration, and global influence for ideologies
The ideology system has a Cold War feel to it, where global powers formed large alliances. But these alliances were steeped in diplomacy and playing smaller powers off of eachother, in Civ these smaller powers are city states.
Does anyone else feel like the ideology system is underwhelming? Maybe this ultimately ties into similar feelings people have about tourism. If tourism was made more dynamic, ideology influence would naturally follow.