Another version of Alexander the Great? Also, the League of Corinth was just an early vehicle (actually created by his father, Philip II, not him) to keep the Classical Greek Poli in line - it wasn't anything he instituted in any form elsewhere, nor anything he's anywhere near most famous for.
I was referencing the Hellenistic Spread after what Alexander did. Hellenism Alexander #1.
Just a note:
I'd still keep the Hetairoi as his personal UU, because having beoth the Pezhetairoi and Hoplites would feel redundant.
I agree, but for a slightly different reason: the Hetairoi were both Alexander's Battle-Winning force in almost every fight, and they were very nearly Unique in the Classical Era: armored cavalry that charged with lances in a wedge formation virtually guaranteed to split up and disrupt any enemy formation. At a time when other armored cavalry were throwing javelins or trying to hit somebody with a short sword, they were simply devastating. When Alexander was at the head of the Agema - the 'spearhead' squadron of the Hetairoi - none of their attacks ever failed, whether they were against enemy infantry, cavalry, chariots or elephants.
This UU is to replace the Hoplites.
Isn't this just the Mughals under a different name?
No, it refers to the Hindustani culture shaped by several North Indian Islamic sultanates, most notably the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal Empire; the bureaucratic and adminstrative structures of the former were inherited and improved by the latter. By having a 'Hindustani' civilization, we can have rulers like Razia Sultana and Sher Shah Suri without talking another civ slot, having a 'Mughal' civilization would only limit the potential leader roster to Mughal emperors.
I thought Hindustani was an old Indo-Aryan lingua-franca that later split along the now-national lines of India's Hindi and Pakistan's Urdu. I have never heard it used it as civilization or culture, before.
But why have Hoplites as a UU in the first place if another UU would replace them?
I've also heard of it as a nickname referring to the current Republic of India, or the Indian subcontinent as a whole. I think just calling a civ either the Mughals or Dehli Sultanate, as separate civs might be better. The name 'Hindustan' almost feels like another India "blob".
#NotAllBlobsAreBad
India ones are. India is reagion rich in cultural diversity, long history, and home to many nations and empires over 4500 years (6000 if one goes to back to the inscrutable Indus Valley Civilization), and the birthplace of more of the top 10 most adhered to and practiced religions today than the Middle East. It is probably the most egregious blob civ in the Civ series, frankly.
I was referring not to the India blob, but the Hindustan 'blob', which isn't a blob anyway, considering the two empires included in it had the same language, same adminstrative setup, and one was immediately succeeded by the other.
Well, perhaps, but as @Alexander's Hetaroi pointed out, the name could be a problem, given much later applications of it. It would be safer and more concise, and more recognizable to the player base, just to call it a, "Mughal," civ, and maybe just slip in some influences from it's predecessor.
Never said they all were..
Well, we can't forget the Native American civ that existed in Civ 4 or the Celts from Civ 5. I think they have India beat.
Oh, please, not again!
