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I'm delighted to see China leapfrog from boring to more interesting than it's ever been. The changes to all the other Leaders also look good to me. And revising the Tradition tree layout should give it a lot more flexibility.
The only question I had was swapping personalities for Elizabeth and Darius. I can see why England would focus on world domination... although in my games Elizabeth always did very well with her old goals. But Darius going for science doesn't make sense to me. It seems to me that the devs meant for Persia to be a military power with some flexibility, and succeeded. Vanilla Persia is widely considered top-tier, and is popular as a result.
After someone complained that the Bazaar was boring - although it fits with GA's and balanced the other traits - you turned the Bazaar into a production facility, then nerfed the SA. That was a net loss to Persian military prowess, but still left them focused on a military path.
So why have them focus on Science? I know you don't think they're great at war, but this is not a consensus view. More to the point, the GA trait alone doesn't make them particularly suited for Science, anyway. Do we need a certain number of civs to go one way or another? Regardless, if possible I would suggest that both England and Persia be equally likely to go for Science as Conquest.
The only question I had was swapping personalities for Elizabeth and Darius. I can see why England would focus on world domination... although in my games Elizabeth always did very well with her old goals. But Darius going for science doesn't make sense to me. It seems to me that the devs meant for Persia to be a military power with some flexibility, and succeeded. Vanilla Persia is widely considered top-tier, and is popular as a result.
After someone complained that the Bazaar was boring - although it fits with GA's and balanced the other traits - you turned the Bazaar into a production facility, then nerfed the SA. That was a net loss to Persian military prowess, but still left them focused on a military path.
So why have them focus on Science? I know you don't think they're great at war, but this is not a consensus view. More to the point, the GA trait alone doesn't make them particularly suited for Science, anyway. Do we need a certain number of civs to go one way or another? Regardless, if possible I would suggest that both England and Persia be equally likely to go for Science as Conquest.