August 3rd - Consolidated information thread.

[stealth_nsk]

Grrr. I guess that truly rules Ana Nzinga out as leader of Kongo.

And probably increases the chances of Kongo as a civ.

Anyway, I believe we have Kongo and Alonso being its leader identified already.

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

And probably increases the chances of Kongo as a civ.

Anyway, I believe we have Kongo and Alonso being its leader identified already.

We do. I was hoping it was a mix up with to portrait or something.

 

[MarcoFurio]

City State: Nan Madol (Cultural)
- Unique bonus: Your districts on or next to costal tiles provides +2 culture

 

[Polobo]

Lisbon: Your Naval Trade units cant be plundered.

I read that at "Your Trade units cannot be plundered while embarked."

Specifically, I am reading this as precluding a special "Trade Ship" like we have in CivV.

David J.

 

[Morningcalm]

Grrr. I guess that truly rules Ana Nzinga out as leader of Kongo.

They are going with Afonso for his religion focus. I don't think Nzinga ever led Kongo--she led Angola (back then it was several different groups). We may see her in an expack; you never know. It's the same deal with Lisbon as a city state.

Nzinga, for the record, allied with Kongo but never led it. So when people talk about how Nzinga led Kongo I have no idea what they are talking about. It's like saying Pericles led Rome.

 

[algn]

Don't know if anyone's noticed Marborzir's video
at 13:24 he pops a goody hut and gets a relic that gives +4 faith +8 tourism. You can see it on the great work screen at 21:36.

Another GP Update:
14:00
Marcus Lacinius Crassus (Classical Merchant): Gain 60 Gold. Your nearest city annexes this tile in the territory
Ludwig van Beethoven (Industrial Musician): Ode to Joy (Symphony #9), Symphony #3 (Eroica Symohony) Mvt. 1

 

[algn]

How about some more Great People?
(Nothing too exciting, but the end of the video does show the great merchant in action.)

2:13
Yi Sun-Sin (Renaissance Admiral)
Provides +5 comabt strength to Renaissance and Industrial naval units within 2 tiles.
-Instantly creates an Ironclad unit with 1 promotion level.
Galileo Galiei (Renaissance Scientist) Gain 250 Science for each adjacent Mountain tile.
William Shakespeare (Renaissance Writer) Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet

2:37
Jakob Fugger (Renaissance Merchant) Gain 350 Gold. Gain 2 Envoy.
Simon Peter (? Prophet)
Thomas Aquinas (? Prophet)

 

[Zaarin]

William Shakespeare (Renaissance Writer) Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet

Hamlet, sure, but Romeo and Juliet? I've never heard anyone regard Romeo and Juliet as one of Shakespeare's best works. What about Macbeth? Or the incredibly thematically appropriate Antony and Cleopatra? Julius Caesar? Any of his Henry plays? Or shake things up with a comedy like Much Ado About Nothing or A Midsummer Night's Dream! (I'm a little annoyed that they chose Sense and Sensibility for Jane Austen, too; it's too similar in tone to Pride & Prejudice--they should have selected one of her later works, either Mansfield Park or, preferably, Persuasion.)

 

[KrikkitTwo]

Not his best, but probably the most popular=best culture/tourism output

 

[algn]

Someone posted a two-hour video with minimum commentary. I skimmed through it and only got a little bit of new information.

part 1:
Mount Kilimanjaro (32:53)
"One tile impassable natural wonder. It appears as a mountain and provides +2 Food to adjacent tiles"

45:58
Ovid (Classical Writer) Metamorphoses, Heroides

part 2:

20:54
El Cid (Medieval General)
-Provides +5 comabt strength to Medieval and Renaissance land units within 2 tiles.
-Forms a Corps out of a military land unit
Francis of Assisi (Renaissance Prophet)
Miguel de Cervantes (Renaissance Writer) Don Quixote, Novelas Ejemplares (Exemplary Novels)

 

[Zaarin]

Not his best, but probably the most popular=best culture/tourism output

True--probably same reason for Sense and Sensibility. As a lit major I would have preferred to see variety over popularity (especially with authors like Shakespeare who have many easily recognizable works), but oh, well. I wonder what Milton's second work will be (first will be Paradise Lost, obviously)? Samson Agonistes? Comus? Lycidus? When I Consider How My Light Is Spent? At least here, anything but Paradise Regained is a good choice.

 

[NuclearWeapons]

Was anyone able to build a Military Engineer or find out all of their uses? Still holding out hope that canals are somehow in the game!

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

Was anyone able to build a Military Engineer or find out all of their uses? Still holding out hope that canals are somehow in the game!

No canals on their tooltip.

 

[timmay64]

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[Siptah]

is it already clear how appeal works? I saw in some videos that mountains are breathtaking (4). How does it influence cities?

And did we already know, that it is possible to harvest resources like wheat and rice for gaining a one time bonus (like with forest) but clearing the tile?

Also the Geneva CS Bonus: +15% Science during peace times

 

[VanGovv]

I don't know if this has been mentioned anywhere yet, but there is a really interesting interview with Ed Beach one the german youtube channel of WritingBull: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH6mtOflFgI

Most interesting information:
- They are working on balancing tall vs. wide
- adjusting cost increase on settlers and builders (and probably other things) should be very easy
- districts connect resources
- districts and buildings in them are pillaged one by one and are repaired one by one by the city (at 25% production cost).
- Capitals can be razed (current build)
- districts and wonders in razed cities go away
- moddability should be quite high because of rewritten code with focus on moddability

 

[Haig]

I don't know if this has been mentioned anywhere yet, but there is a really interesting interview with Ed Beach one the german youtube channel of WritingBull: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH6mtOflFgI

Most interesting information:
- They are working on balancing tall vs. wide
- moddability should be quite high because of rewritten code with focus on moddability

Two bits I'm VERY happy about!

 

[JimmyBanks]

I was watching Quill18's gameplay and was wondering, do you use a charge with a builder when you use it to crab?

 

[isau]

I get why they picked Romeo and Juliet over Henry VIII or something. The "culture" victory is blue jeans, Coca Cola, rock and roll, not corduroy, coffee, and NPR.

Would be hilarious though if you could get Great Artists/Musicians and then inflict them on civilizations you don't like. Could even be a casus belli. "The Aztecs are upset with you because you unleashed your Great Musician, Justin Bieber."

 

[VanGovv]

I was watching Quill18's gameplay and was wondering, do you use a charge with a builder when you use it to crab?

Connecting crabs (in general sea resources) does consume a charge. In Quill18's video at 10:30 the builder has 3 Charges, at 15:30 it has only 2 left