I'm disapointed

[TheGrayFox]

I bring it up for when people say civ swapping make no sense, because to me both make as much no sense in different waya so it doesn't really matter. As Gedemon say it's up to personal preferences.

See but people say civ swapping makes no sense because the devs used historical accuracy and authencity as a justification for their purely gamey mechanic.

The point for civ swapping is not only about historical though, it is also has gameplay advantages (which might be gamey but civ is not about completely historically accurate and realistic depiction of human history anyway), which are part of the choice. How much which part played in the balance we can't know.

I don't think civ swapping was the only solution to the game design problem the devs had identified and "the gameplay advantages" of civ swapping also come with the downside of hurting people's narrative and immersive experience

About civ being about one civ standing the test of time, I agree the change is weird and understand it might be seen as crossing the limit of what make a Civilization game. I personally don't mind.

Sadly I do and I don't seem to be alone on this matter