Hinin's Hisatsinom (Ancestral Puebloans) for Vox Populi

[gwennog]

Hi @Hinin ,

Two errors in the code that have no effect since the promotion is no longer used.

[432672.468] Invalid Reference on Traits.FreeBuilding - "BUILDING_D_FOR_SIX_DIRECTIONS" does not exist in Buildings
[432672.593] Invalid Reference on Trait_FreePromotions.PromotionType - "PROMOTION_HININ_HISATSINOM_SIX_DIRECTIONS" does not exist in UnitPromotions

I really like this version, it's much harder to develop than before, much less food, the cities are small for a long time and you have to be careful because the supply doesn't follow, even to defend yourself (in progress/fealty at least).

 

[H0dgvikin]

Played a game with the Hisatsinoms till renaissance.

The civ's main power to me seems to be early-game settlement, scouting and growth, in an interesting twist to other early game wide civs like Carthage, Indonesia, or the Shoshones. The early-game sight, +1 movement (particularly impactful on settlers) and revelation of resources makes settling early cities easier and more powerful. In my game, I have a Mt. Sinai close to my capital, which makes me the first founder and gave me a strong religion. And then, you have the unique walls which give fresh water and better defense, and the Kiva to get extra culture and faith from all your settlements. I like how coherent the kit is.

I played progress+fealty, which seems the natural way to leverage your faith income, but an authority border blob strategy might also work with all the border growth points from resources.

It's intended behavior that the walls UB only gives fresh water around the city tile, not to the city itself (so I can't build bath in an otherwise dry city), correct?

The Comp Bow UU is not bad, nothing much to add.

Can't say much about the lancer UU because I don't have any homeland wars to fight anymore by renaissance, but is there any particular reason why it should unlock at Astronomy? VP's design philosophy seems to be drifting away from early-unlock UUs that are weaker than base unit? For Po'Pay in particular, you're stuck with a weaker lancer for an entire era before you get to Combustion (admitted it's base VP's problem for the spread out melee cav updates)

Not sure if I'm too successful with the game, but then, I"m not that good with early game generalist civs in general...

 

[H0dgvikin]

Also, does the fresh water around the city really work? The farm iel to the NW of vienna gives the same food to the one to the NE of the farm. If it gets freshwater it should get extra food