jarcast2
Janitor Raccoon
Most of time I try to add up on ideas with the consequence my designs end up crammed and op, so I greatly appreciate your feedback.
The nerf/change of the three UCs is fine and having the Zvigidi in the 'scout' line would solve the awkwardness of having an UU as upgrade of the other.
However I would like to keep the cattle gimmick somewhere, most likely in the UA given cattle was a symbol of wealth and influence as well as used as "currency" for tributes.
Kutema ugariri is an established tradition that at time of Mwenemutapa kingdom was used to establish feudal ties between lord and nyai together with the kuronzera custom whereby a cattle owner lent some units to another person who benefitted for his livelihood.
Finding a clever gameplay feature to represent those cultural aspects would be nice, like a way to spawn cattle and tying to it a trade bonus. It would be pretty unique imho.
As to the UA I am a bit lukewarm, it is fine but it looks a bit anonymous. And the name is the least convincing element as it mostly represents a western myth.
As to the Njelele shrine, when the Rozvi came to power they used the Mwali religion adopted in the area as mean of political control, whereby each chief or institutional figures had to make a pilgrimage to Njelele and pay a tribute gift in order for their position to be recognised.
But I agree that a religious element in a kit focused on trade and production is an eyesore and more a sygnal of cramming.
However, rather than having a safari UB that could apply to other southeast African realities I prefer to exhume the vaShambadzi merchant UGP, who were the trade intermediaries between the Rozvi polity and foreigners, mostly Kilwa and the Portuguese.
The nerf/change of the three UCs is fine and having the Zvigidi in the 'scout' line would solve the awkwardness of having an UU as upgrade of the other.
However I would like to keep the cattle gimmick somewhere, most likely in the UA given cattle was a symbol of wealth and influence as well as used as "currency" for tributes.
Kutema ugariri is an established tradition that at time of Mwenemutapa kingdom was used to establish feudal ties between lord and nyai together with the kuronzera custom whereby a cattle owner lent some units to another person who benefitted for his livelihood.
Finding a clever gameplay feature to represent those cultural aspects would be nice, like a way to spawn cattle and tying to it a trade bonus. It would be pretty unique imho.
As to the UA I am a bit lukewarm, it is fine but it looks a bit anonymous. And the name is the least convincing element as it mostly represents a western myth.
As to the Njelele shrine, when the Rozvi came to power they used the Mwali religion adopted in the area as mean of political control, whereby each chief or institutional figures had to make a pilgrimage to Njelele and pay a tribute gift in order for their position to be recognised.
But I agree that a religious element in a kit focused on trade and production is an eyesore and more a sygnal of cramming.
However, rather than having a safari UB that could apply to other southeast African realities I prefer to exhume the vaShambadzi merchant UGP, who were the trade intermediaries between the Rozvi polity and foreigners, mostly Kilwa and the Portuguese.