Trav'ling Canuck
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The people disappointed at the potential for Eleanor as a leader would definitely come around then!
[GS] Gathering Storm Screenshots Discussion Thread
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The people disappointed at the potential for Eleanor as a leader would definitely come around then!
Dragonflow
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Ottoman Sipahi would be my guess. The combination of shield, lance and large plume on the helmet is really similar to historic depictions of the Sipahi.
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Pietato
Platonic Perfection
Is the dam in that screenshot preventing the ocean from flooding the river?
Guandao
Rajah of Minyue, Hlai and Langkasuka
Can someone make a list of all the new stuff in these photos?
I think the exploding volcano one has none except for the exploding volcano (looks like Eyjafjallajokull)......
I think the exploding volcano one has none except for the exploding volcano (looks like Eyjafjallajokull)......
Vahnstad
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Ski improvement could be a sign of Austria or Switzerland potentially.
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I hate to even suggest something as dumb as this (especially when so much of this expansion seems so promising), but a unique Canadian ski resort improvement would make about as much sense as a unique Scottish golf course...
Still gonna cross my fingers for something along the lines of a Hudson's Bay Company fur trading post, but if we are getting Canada, my guess is the ski resort is their UI. Place adjacent to a mountain for appeal, amenities, tourism, whatever. The map graphic stretches up onto the mountain tile as well, but the improvement itself is on the plains(?) southeast of the mountain.
Still gonna cross my fingers for something along the lines of a Hudson's Bay Company fur trading post, but if we are getting Canada, my guess is the ski resort is their UI. Place adjacent to a mountain for appeal, amenities, tourism, whatever. The map graphic stretches up onto the mountain tile as well, but the improvement itself is on the plains(?) southeast of the mountain.
Leyrann
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Definitely looks like it. Two tiles, tundra, more or less the right form. The other one (in the first screenshot in the announcement) is the Vesuvius, by the way.
Meluhhan
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Admittedly, it will be a rather inspired choice for a unique unit rather than a historical one, but one can't put it past Firaxis, considering that Scotland ended up with a golf course as their unique improvement in the last expansion. Plus, I believe Eleanor's recognisability outside of maybe England and France largely comes from her role in the Robin Hood legends.The people disappointed at the potential for Eleanor as a leader would definitely come around then!
Considering that it is next to a river, it seems likely. However, if it is true, the domes will be highly anachronistic as they look like ones introduced by Islamic architecture in India.
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I've been going through architecture in central Asia, Persia, and Mughals. Everything seems close, but I just haven't found that pool with the two wall fountains.
I think it's likely a Wonder that only exists in historical texts.
I was almost leaning towards Ashoka's Hell, but that would be a disturbing wonder.
Guandao
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Are we even sure it's a World Wonder?
Leyrann
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Do you have any other ideas?
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I suppose it could be a suzerainty improvement.
Meluhhan
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Let us hope not. The screenshot shows a city with the American palace and two American wonders (the Golden Gate bridge and the Broadway) in addition to what looks like the Cahokia Mounds. So I would like to believe that this is a customary 'America' screenshot (like the one released with RnF announcement) and that the Ski resort is a generic improvement like the Sea Resort and not a Canada specific one.
durfal
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Found this picture of the Parthian Fortresses in Nisa Turkmenistan. Closest I could find of the ruines there that looks a bit close.
Pietato
Platonic Perfection
America and Canada are different?
Trav'ling Canuck
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It would be even odder than making golf courses UIs for Scotland. At least golf started in Scotland. Maybe a UI for one of the Alpine countries, but a complementary generic UI to the seaside resort seems more likely.
It looks too big to be an improvement, if that isn't a world wonder I'll eat my hat.
Guandao
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Most likely it's either a pile of rubble today or it doesn't exist anymore like the colossus, lighthouse of alexandria, great library etc.Another obscure World Wonder like the Kilwa Kisiwani, then?
