HRE, a joke possibly?

Bongo makes a good point. It does have a nice title. Either playing as or against there are certain associations to the word "Empire" that would appeal to a gamesters immersion.
 
Wait the name of the civ is the Holy Roman Empire so technichaly wouldn't it be called the Holy roman Empire's Empire?
 
Will9 said:
What's wroung with Boudica? If your saying she shouldn't be in because she lost, didn't Hannibal lose?
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I think the main reason why people dislike her inclusion is because she is a second leader for a civ that isn't so important, while several important civs like Persia, Arabia, SPain etc still only have one.
 
A question for you, cybrxkhan... what do you mean by, "If you meet the Buddha, kill him" ?
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im a Budhidst, so dont think i hate Buddhism. ;) anyhow, the phrase there is a Zen one, doesn't mean to actually kill the budda, but it was kinda a way for Zen masters to tell "devout" Buddhists not to get too attached to the Buddha, because that in itself is not good

anyhow...

on Boadicea, the reason people are so pissed off is because why her instead of someone else and more "important"?

on HRE, people are angry because why the HRE instead of some other "important" civilization?
 
bottom line, a lot of people will be looking to mod the game to replace HRE with Poland, Israel, etc. Hopefully one of the big modders will do this for us little people and post it after BtS is released.
 
Gaius Octavius said:
We haven't heard what the other two civs are yet... maybe they're worse than the HRE! :eek:

Not likely.
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Who knows... Maybe South China and High Egypt will have their rightful place in civ family :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
 
Worse than HRE?

:sniper: :badcomp:

That is enough to make me sick. What would such a "civilization" be? Atlantis?

Maybe they will include the Hansaic league (I know I mispelled that), or the Repbulic of Venice. The papal states also come to mind on the list of civs not to include, or the individual countries of Great Britain/The Commonweath. It could get pretty bad. But I hope it doesn't.
 
even Atlantis is better. at least it was a clearly unique civilization, the father of all civs, and therfore the father of Pho.

actually, im surprised they never put Atlantis in, its like the very symbolism of civilization (and its fall). ;)
 
Gaius Octavius said:
We haven't heard what the other two civs are yet... maybe they're worse than the HRE! :eek:

Not likely.
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If the last two aren't Cornwall and Andorra then I'm afraid it's :suicide: for me.
 
I am not the upset with HRE. I think it was a clever way of adding many of the European civs not yet included in one fell swoop. Originally, HRE included parts of Germany, France and Italy (including cities not on Rome's city list, like Florence, Milan, Genoa). It also included Austria, Bohemia, and other central European regions that would later become the European powerhouse of the Austrian-Hungarian empire.

Call it a cope-out if you will, but I think the game developers were only trying to appease the many calls for the various minor civs in Europe by creating another "Native American" type civ with HRE.

Btw, I have a strong feelings that the Teutonic knight we've seen in screenshots is none other than the HRE UU.
 
cybrxkhan said:
could it also be a Paladin?
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Yeah, I could see calling it that. I'd just as well as assume "Teutonic Knight" for authenticity sake, but Paladin works. My main point is that the little guy in armor-and-tunic on a horse is my guess for HRE's UU (I honestly can't think of a better one for a culture as historically and geographically broad as the Holy Roman Empire).
 
(I honestly can't think of a better one for a culture as historically and geographically broad as the Holy Roman Empire).
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which civs could be more historically and geographically broader than the HRE... India, Arabia, China... ;)
 
This is terrible news. Essentially, I will never be able to play normal game maps, 'cause I couldn't tolerate the absurdity of having the modern Germans, the medieval Germans, the ancient Romans, the medieval Romans, etc, all on the same map. I think I've now decided not to buy this game; they've just pushed credibility too far now ... although I still really hope they're joking.

Since Germany and Rome are getting two civs, the next expansion could contain earlier versions of other civs, such as the Franks for France, the Anglo-Saxons for the English, Rus for Russia, etc (heck, the HRE of the German Nation lasted until 1806; it is not so much medieval Germany, but pre-1806 Germany!!!!!); we could even have like ten Chinese civs .

Hey, we could also have an ancient version of the Germans, "Germanic tribes" or something to complete Germany's three era representation. The absurdity of it is that although civ is supposed to go through every era, when it actually comes down to it, the same cultures are always thought so different in different eras among many users here that they demand representation? Can't we add important non-European or even European civs before adding earlier versions of other included civs?
 
This is terrible news. Essentially, I will never be able to play normal game maps, 'cause I couldn't tolerate the absurdity of having the modern Germans, the medieval Germans, the ancient Romans, the medieval Romans, etc, all on the same map. I think I've now decided not to buy this game; they've just pushed credibility too far now ... although I still really hope they're joking.

Since Germany and Rome are getting two civs, the next expansion could contain earlier versions of other civs, such as the Franks for France, the Anglo-Saxons for the English, Rus for Russia, etc (heck, the HRE of the German Nation lasted until 1806; it is not so much medieval Germany, but pre-1806 Germany!!!!!); we could even have like ten Chinese civs .

Hey, we could also have an ancient version of the Germans, "Germanic tribes" or something to complete Germany's three era representation. The absurdity of it is that although civ is supposed to go through every era, when it actually comes down to it, the same cultures are always thought so different in different eras among many users here that they demand representation? Can't we add important non-European or even European civs before adding earlier versions of other included civs?
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im assuming this is part sarcasm. :)
 
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