Xefjord
Prince
- Joined
- Jul 17, 2015
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In defense of pirates, the culture of pirates is extremely distinct and they existed long before and long past their state, even if they only officially had a state for a short period of time. They may not be an ethnic nation state, but neither is America, Mexico, etc. even if short lived, I do think they qualify as a civilization.
I am sympathetic to the arguments of limited resources, that's my concern with Iceland and Denmark etc, but I think pirates are one of the few wacky ideas that are affordable to market the game to a niche beyond it's normal crowd. I know a ton of my non-roleplayer friends that would be /all over/ playing pirates, and as a roleplayer myself, it doesn't bother me so much so long as we get a nice set of civs in the DLCs after without just dumping us straight into 4th age Civs (bleh)
I am sympathetic to the arguments of limited resources, that's my concern with Iceland and Denmark etc, but I think pirates are one of the few wacky ideas that are affordable to market the game to a niche beyond it's normal crowd. I know a ton of my non-roleplayer friends that would be /all over/ playing pirates, and as a roleplayer myself, it doesn't bother me so much so long as we get a nice set of civs in the DLCs after without just dumping us straight into 4th age Civs (bleh)