Babylonian civ

[Alexander's Hetaroi]

I have no qualms whatsoever with Gilgamesh's inclusion, or even his portrayal in Civ 6 . I can accept historical inaccuracies if it improves my gaming experience; Gilgamesh's characterization is convincing enough and that's what I value most. I do wish "Epic Quest" was his LUA though, with Sumer's CUA being something more befitting for Sumeria (but I Sukhitract saw to that in the steam workshop, so...)

I do agree that it would be better if both abilities were combined into his Leader's ability so that we could get a proper Civ ability.
As far as other mythological leaders lots of other people including me are also fine with Dido and Kupe as long as they give us good gameplay.

 

[Zaarin]

As far as other mythological leaders lots of other people including me are also fine with Dido and Kupe as long as they give us good gameplay.

While I prefer historical leaders when available, my issue with Gilgamesh isn't that he's mythologized and it's only indirectly that his portrayal is heavily translated through an Assyrian lens; my central issue with Gilgamesh is that his Sumer has absolutely no Sumerian flavor whatsoever. The only part of the design that is at all Sumerian is the war cart. Even his "ziggurat" looks more like a turquoise Mesoamerican step pyramid. (Also where on earth are the Sumerians getting turquoise paint for their step pyramids and teal dye for Gilgamesh's tunic? If it were bluer it could be indigo, but as it is it seems they are literally crushing turquoise to use as paint. What kind of insane conspicuous consumption is going on here? )

 

[Jkchart]

While I prefer historical leaders when available, my issue with Gilgamesh isn't that he's mythologized and it's only indirectly that his portrayal is heavily translated through an Assyrian lens; my central issue with Gilgamesh is that his Sumer has absolutely no Sumerian flavor whatsoever. The only part of the design that is at all Sumerian is the war cart. Even his "ziggurat" looks more like a turquoise Mesoamerican step pyramid. (Also where on earth are the Sumerians getting turquoise paint for their step pyramids and teal dye for Gilgamesh's tunic? If it were bluer it could be indigo, but as it is it seems they are literally crushing turquoise to use as paint. What kind of insane conspicuous consumption is going on here? )

Sumer is fun in game, but yeah...we could rework it a bit along the lines of Sukiract's mod. In fact, they should hire him to do a second pass on some of these, and make that mod the official Sumer.