My two cents, not like it matters, but:
0) Enlarge E. Asia and add Korea! PLEASE! If any civilization was added I wish for this one.
Agreed, Korea would be nice, at least add them as a minor civ (celtic like)
1) Either remove Turkey, or jack up their presence in Anatolia tremendously (the Ottomans were wayyyy more powerful then they are represented here)
This is a question of balancing the hot pot Middle East, i think this process is already going on, no need to accelerate it (would only disturb it).
2) Add Zulus or another southern african civilization. Even if Zulus arrived late, southern africa always has tons of space to expand. Or Abysynnians or something.
Something stirring up South Africa would be nice. As a minor civ (no way to win for them), the Zulu would be ok. Different idea: Adding the Dutch (which would start quite late, possibly as a Minor Civ) which would take PERHAPS Amsterdam, but mostly The Boer Area and Batavia. This would be a creative solution. Of course, this would open up the same thing for Portugal which thus would also have to start quite late and claim mostly Brazil, perhaps Angola, creating more competition in South America. The negative is of course that they would only be Minor civs, would take two cities in Europe and perhaps would mix up the power balance in Europe as minor civs (and would be two more civs for the Computer to compute
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2) Northern North America needs a CIV! And an early one too. There's tons of choices here, Iriquois, Sioux, etc etc. I think the Native americans are currently grossly under-represented. They should start off really early also.
NO, absolutely no. What would be the point? How would they cooperate with America? Could the US go on its settling spree to the West? Wouldn't it be quite unhistorical for the US to go conquer (!) Indian Cities (!!)? There simply were no settlements comparable with European cities or even with Mesoamerican (Cahokia is the exception, but one city would mess it all up and therefore isn't considered). Besides, Rhye has said this is no discussion!
3) Consider some kind of polynesian or malaysian civilization. Australia and malaysia is often untouched until late in the game, or only settled by Japan and England.
I see nothing stating that English (or Japanese) colonization of Australia isn't fine. As for Indonesia/Malaysia, the lands aren't quite good there and imho one South East Asian civ is enough and neither the Polynesian civ (Were they once one state?) nor the Malaysian Civ (Well, a Thai based civ is better) deserve it. Besides, if we have the Dutch as a Minor civ, then there are some cities in the area!
4) If possible (probably not) consider enlarging central america and adding Mayans.
The map simply isn't that big for them, although I agree that some more action would be good for the area, but I rather search it with the Spanish!
Well, Tibet has not much chance of winning (besides UHV), which would give them to us as a Minor Civ, and I'm not sure if this is worth the effort (Remember, quality is top priority for Rhyes). Besides that I'd say they were a perfect addition.[/QUOTE]
6) Also consider adding the Khmer [S.E. Asian civ]
Now we're getting somewhere. A link between India and China would be welcomed, as well as a strategic anti-player for whoever colonizes the area. But there are some points: Who? the Khmer, the Thai or Indonesia? Latter would be quite South, island kingdom, and they were not the most important. The Khmer had only a very short role in history, can the represent all of South East Asia? The Thai on the other hand were important, stayed important and have some continuity. My vote goes to the Thai. How? We need first someone to make good graphics for them (basic condition for Babylon!).
In conclusion, Only the SEAC (South East Asian Civ) deserves a full place in the game. The Other are candidates for Minor Civs (Zulu, Dutch, Portugal, Korea, Tibet, Maya), but the question here is if they are worth the effort, and the sad answer is no, most of them would only clutter up the screen and don't really add new things (Maya and Tibet for example would have one or two cities and thus can be represented by Independent leaders, same goes for Korea where only a full implementation would make sense).
Thank you for reading...
mitsho
