Without any additional synergy, they are ridiculously strong I stopped complaining about a power creep after Gran Colombia. It's just the way NFP isImagine Byzantine vampires with a bunch of holy cities converted and a Tagma nearby to boost combat strength.
So boosted modern armor with no resource requirement?
I can get behind that.
Фpparently yes, but in the FirstLook Vatican was turned and Byzantine (city state) received +3 era points and also +3 attack strength.You only get bonus from each Holy City, not every city on the map that has your religion, correct?
I agree. That does make more sense especially since he gets combat strength against those of the same religion. Wait maybe not but still.It seems he mainly fought against people who were also Eastern Orthodox (Bulgarians and Georgia). So his agenda doesnt seem to make much sense. He would also get most out of his abilities if he attacked people who share his religion. Seems weird.
From the video it looks like we're already doubling up not just on the name for the capital, but also Nicomedia/Izmit.
Фpparently yes, but in the FirstLook Vatican was turned and Byzantine (city state) received +3 era points and also +3 attack strength.
I wrote about this already 2 times here, but no one responded
City-States cannot found religion so there is no possibility any CS could be a Holy City.What about the Vatican then?
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GAH!Why do I suddenly want a Whopper
I don't think Philip's +4 CS applies to religious units anymore. So Spain conquers players with other religion, whereas Byzantium does the same to players of the same religon, similarly to Poland. Imagine having Crusade on top of all those bonuses...
They have that +3 strength from their own Holy CityФpparently yes, but in the FirstLook Vatican was turned and Byzantine (city state) received +3 era points and also +3 attack strength.
I wrote about this already 2 times here, but no one responded
You're not getting what I'm saying. I'm not saying Basil II's portrayal is wrong. I'm saying it's a shame they missed the opportunity to show off Byzantine splendor--Byzantium's defining attribute from a Western perspective.because it would be too OOC for basil II to wear exquisite costume? yes Byzantine costume was exquisite but not all Byzantine Emperors were exquisite.
honestly though... Let's say you play a Byz game and decide to make full use of the Unique District and build one in every city with all the buildings (let's say 3 buildings)... If you have a civ with 8 cities, to be conservative. That still amounts to 32 free resource free heavy cavalry units. That's just insane to me.
Him and Montezuma. No thank you, crawl back in your hole.This just might beat Alexander in the 'ow no not you' neighbor states
They did show it in its UD... it looks amazing compared to other unique ED... like street CarnivalYou're not getting what I'm saying. I'm not saying Basil II's portrayal is wrong. I'm saying it's a shame they missed the opportunity to show off Byzantine splendour--Byzantium's defining attribute from a Western perspective.