[Custom Civ] Gwennog's France - Philippe II Auguste for Vox Populi

[Remito]

Hi
Just played a game (lvl 6, large, standard) with this civ, and cruised to a relatively easy victory.
Spawned 7 tiles away from Rome (which would have been an immediate restart for me in the past, until I recently discovered on this forum that an Archer raid is a powerful and relatively easy way to kill early dangerous civs nearby, even when targeting a peaceful game), but killed him quickly and then with just a powerful but peaceful Austria and a stupid Spain in immediate proximity I easily reached 7 cities mid game (including Rome and 1 from Spain) and 10 before Industrial. So a lot of place, a lot of landmarks, combined with the bonuses from GPP I reached a Culture Victory before the end of Modern era.

Chevaliers are powerful and the experience gained with Joust helps build powerful lancers and landships for later wars.
Very strong civ for Tradition, pleasant game.

 

[gwennog]

Cool, thanks for the feedback.
I'm working on lowering the power a bit, I think I'll set the UA bonus to 20 or 25% as many have advised me. I'd also like to replace the Salon with another building (Grande Ecole) to have a less resolutely cultural civ and a little more open.

 

[gwennog]

v6 online:

Modification on UA and Châteaux, change UB

• Max Bonus modifier from GP Birth have now a maximum of 15% but no longer Era limitation
• Some Châteaux bonuses have been shifted to appear later
• Grande École replaces Salon

 

[IcyAngel]

Hello sir, thank you for this mod.

I don't know whether I'm the only one, but including this mod in my mod list removes Napoleon's France from available civs.

 

[gwennog]

Thanks to you.

I don't know whether I'm the only one, but including this mod in my mod list removes Napoleon's France from available civs.

It's normal, there is only one France .

You can still play with both France by removing this line from the file GW_France_GameDefines.sql

UPDATE Civilizations SET AIPlayable = 0, Playable = 0 WHERE Type = 'CIVILIZATION_FRANCE';

 

[Relatyve Mind]

Reposted here from a DM:

Played a pretty wild France game, btw. It was a knife fight with the Hittites in very close quarters. The chevaliers were so frighin epic in it.
--start with Catherine in very close proximity.
--she forward settles into Hittites, they settle around her.
--they declare war, her forces rush south. I wait a little bit then opportunistically attack and proceed to eliminate her.
--find my new territories surrounded by a suddenly hostile Hittites, one of the main cities is connected by a single road thtough long jungle, Hittite cities and allied CS on both sides.
--realize I'm screwed and yep, Hittites declare and pincer the city.
--hit chivalry. The heavy metal music starts blaring
--proceed to send individual chevaliers hurtling down that jungle road to the besieged city. Because they're complete badasses, they slowly push back the Hittites and win the day. Minimal losses. I wish I remembered the names of the brave chevaliers who died.
--the whole time I'm desperately waiting for the next great artist or engineer to keep my crazy Frenchman high on art?? The mont-joie buff I mean.

After I won the war by taking a Hittite city, I stopped the game because another AI had run away with the game. Still, it was highly memorable.

 

[gwennog]

Thank you for this epic comment. I don't know if the rework is too strong, but I wanted it to be fun to play while reflecting the military, cultural, and hardworking aspect of France. Reading your comments, I think it's successful.