Civilizations Ranked in Order of Priority According to BtS

[Pottery]

• For each Vanilla leader: +3 crowns
• For each Warlord leader: +2 crowns
• For each BtS leader: +1 crown

(Each king below represents two crowns. Each plus represents one crown.)


1st Rank

• England (Queen Victoria +3, Queen Elizabeth +3, Churchill +2)
• Russia (Catherine +3, Peter +3, Stalin +2)

2nd Rank +

• America (Washington +3, Roosevelt +3, Lincoln +1)
• France (Louis XIV +3, Napoleon +3, de Gaulle +1)

3rd Rank

• China (Mao Zeodong +3, Qin Shi Huang +3)
• Germany (Frederick +3, Bismarck +3)
• Mongolia (Genghis Khan +3, Kublai Khan +3)
• India (Mahatma Gandhi +3, Asoka +3)

4th Rank +

• Egypt (Hatshepsut +3, Ramesses II +2)
• Rome (Julius Caesar +3, Augustus +2)

5th Rank

• Greece (Alexander +3, Pericles +1)
• Persia (Cyrus +3, Darius +1)

6th Rank +

• Arabs (Saladin +3)
• Aztecs (Montezuma+3)
• Celtia (Brennus +2, Boudica +1)
• Inca (Huyana Capac +3)
• Japan (Tokugawa +3)
• Mali (Mansa Musa +3)
• Ottoman (Mehmed +2, Suleiman +1)
• Spain (Queen Isabella +3)

7th Rank

• Carthage (Hannibal +2)
• Korea (Wang Kon +2)
• Viking (Ragnar +2)
• Zulu (Shaka +2)

8th Rank +

• Babylon (Hammurabi +1)
• Byzantium (Justinian +1)
• Portugal (Joao II +1)
• Sumerian (Gilgamesh +1)
• Native Americans(Sitting Bull +)
• Maya (Pacal II +1)
• Khmer (Suryavarman +1)
• Holy Roman Empire (Charlemagne +1)
• Ethiopia (Zara Yaqob +1)
• The Netherlands (Willem van Oranjie +1)

9th Rank

• Any other not listed above

[kazapp]

Don't forget about civs that "should have" had been in, but isn't.

I predict those Poland-lovers to extend the list shortly, giving Poland at least -6 crowns... One absent leader for each of vanilla, warlords and BtS...

[eric_]

"You forgot about Poland!"

[sneaky]

This took a lot of time and yet doesn't really shows us anything really meaning.

Here to you chief!

[Soneji]

lool I like this place, it has a good spirit about it sometimes.

Although, I have to say... I grin from ear to ear if I come across England. They are my life enemy, so more of them the better! Sharpen those blades!

[Lacaixa]

Actually Germany should come top because it has 2 civs and 3.5 leaders

[Lance of Llanwy]

Originally Posted by Lacaixa

Actually Germany should come top because it has 2 civs and 3.5 leaders

QFT.
The Greeks and Romans are pretty high too, considering that's all the Byzies are.

[kazapp]

Adding the HRE to Germany brings it up one point, to 2nd Rank.

Adding Byzantium to Rome brings it up one point, to 3rd Rank.

Adding America to Native Americans brings it up seven points, to 1st Rank.

...and so on

[Lacaixa]

Surely adding a whole civ is worth more crowns than adding a leader ? ( HRE ).

[kazapp]

Pottery, what about "Barbarians" and "Minor Nations"? You can play as these too (if you tweak the settings)...

Unless you count Sid as an appropriate leader, both of these belong in 9th rank, but remain above "any other not listed above" IMHO.

[NYHunter]

This doesn't prove priority at all.

[dh_epic]

Interesting take on "priority". I think you're onto something -- Firaxis gave more attention to some civilizations, and less attention to others.

You know, when you break it down like that, it seems to me that Mongolia got WAY too much love, and Spain and Japan got the real shaft. There are others too, but I'd be nitpicking.