Arbustro
Warlord
The symbol must be simple and clean. So the sagres beer logo would be ideal imho.
The Shield of the Kingdom of Portugal is the oldest symbol of our country. From what I know it has been in use since Afonso III's reign which started in 1248 and its design is deeply tied to the formation of the kingdom and the victories over the moors by Dom Afonso Henriques (Afonso I).
The five blue shields arranged in a cross pattern represent the five defeated moor kings by Dom Afonso Henriques due to the sacred blessing Jesus himself gave the king when he appeared before him, the white dots in each shield represent the five stigmas Jesus had when he was hung on the cross that each moor king also had (also, if you add up all the white dots and count the middle ones twice you get 30 which represent the 30 pieces of silver Judas was given to betray Jesus) and the castles represent the victories that led to the formation of the kingdom.
While the Armillary Sphere and the Cross of Christ have been used to represent the country/kingdom as well, ithey are not the oldest nor the most appropriate and well known.
The symbol must be simple and clean. So the sagres beer logo would be ideal imho.
Portugal should have come as a DLC IMO. Historically speaking.
By the way people, have you ever thought about the colony improvement (like a small city that provides acess to resources with less culture expansion, unhapiness...) and how awsom it would be if the improvement appeared in BNW?
Historically they existed online and could be downloaded? I never knew that
Well, I've suggested in the past an approach to that which uses Civ5 concepts rather than Civ4 or Civ3 concepts (this sounds a lot like Civ3's approach). My idea was to have a Colonist unit that appears in some Renaissance era tech that allows you to found puppet cities. It's a relatively simplistic approach but sometimes simple is better.
What about Jinetes, Cassadores and Guerrioes?
A player of Age of Empires 3, I presume?
Perhaps Caçadores as a 3rd unique. I think feitoria and nau are much more important.