Mad Man
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Can the Landsknecht be a Swiss or Papal UU?
His first post ^So does 'no units stack' also mean you can block units of other civs by simply standing in their way?
Primary source = Firaxis/2K employees, can normally be assumed to be almost 100% reliable
Secondary source = Press/people who've seen the game in person, reliability depends on the reputation of the source and the quality of the report (off-hand mention vs detailed description)
Tertiary source = Re-telling of a secondary source (e.g. write-up of a magazine preview), not reliable on its own without detailed context and/or independent reports of original source
? = not enough info to call.
America - lock: screenshot, numerous sources
Arabia - ?: tertiary source (al-Rashid mention by GamePro)
Aztec - lock: Jaguar Warrior (screenshot/artwork) leaderhead (PC Powerplay)
China - lock: 2 tertiary sources (Wu Zetian mentioned by Computer Bild Spiele and Gamepro) Leaderhead (PCZone)
Egypt - almost-lock: 2 secondary sources (Rameses mention by IGN) played Egypt in demo (TenTonHammer)
England - lock: artwork, several sources
France - lock: primary source (Napoleon mention in G4TV interview) leader concept (PC Powerplay)
Germany - lock: several screenshots, numerous sources
Greece - almost-lock: played with in a demo (Gamespot mention), and secondary source (Alexander mention by 1UP/UGO (same article))
Inca - ?: tertiary source (Quechua mention by Swedish mag)
India - lock: primary source (Gandhi mention in G4TV interview)
Japan - lock: artwork (Samurai) and several sources
Mongolia - likely: tertiary source (Genghis Khan mention by GamePro) and secondary (PC Powerplay)
Ottomans - likely: 2 secondary sources (Janissary mention by Italian mag; Suleiman mention by IGN)
Persia - likely: secondary source (Italian mag mention) + tertiary source (Dutch mag mention)
Rome - lock: primary source (PC Gamer interview)
Russia - likely: secondary source (Katherine mention by IGN and discussed at length in their podcast)
Siam - possible: secondary source (Italian mag mention) -- possible mix-up with city state/India/generic War Elephant?
Songhai - almost-lock: played with in a demo (IGN report)
Locked:
America - Washington
Aztec - Montezuma
China - Wu Zetian
England - Elizabeth (Victoria - unlikely from leader-head concept)
France - Napoleon
Germany - Bismarck
India - Gandhi
Japan - Oda Nobunaga
Rome - Julius Caesar
Almost locked:
Egypt - Ramses II
Greece - Alexander
Songhai - Askia
Likely:
Mongolia - Genghis Khan
Ottomans - Suleiman
Persia - ?
Russia - Catherine
To little to call:
Arabia - Harun al-Rashid
Inca - ?
Siam - ?
Bite, not sure if you'll find it useful but at WePlayCiv we've been tracking Civs/Leaders very carefully. Here's the full list as we see it:
And this is probably in a more readable list:
Which means at this point I'll call 12 confirmed, 7 unconfirmed.
This is by far the best improvement suggestion that I have read.Would be nice to see real "root Civs" in the game. Sumeria, Akkad, Scythian Herders etc.. Then as you grow you can branch out and pick a leader to flavor your civilization. NONE of the Civilizations mentioned began as Civ's, except Egypt. Mycenean, Minoan, Hittite, Hurrian, Olmec, these are root civs from which many of the rest came, and don't forget the Gauls, Britions, Scotti etc. Real possibilities here if the designers and program writers want to be daring and radical. Somebody?
And this is probably in a more readable list:
Which means at this point I'll call 12 confirmed, 7 unconfirmed.
Apart from the uniform (and background), I think he looks exactly like Civ IV's Washington.
I think, all what you mention as not locked was named in the IGN article...so where do you make the cut for locked or not locked?
Number of flavors increased from 25 to 30 as shown on a recent preview, dekijk maybe.
Welcome to CFC Asaf!
Also, you should have played Civ 3, you'd get the concept of blocking.
I guess yeah. Maybe if you have open borders agreement it is possible to move past.