India in Brave New World

[Ajay Sabharwal]

I played a bit of India in G+K and thought they were pretty good for cultural victories.

For Brave New World I guess I have played India just once at that too on an easier difficulty. So, with the cheaper social polices (in case of expansion) and the trade routes for boosting new cities in the later game (or in any other way you may like to use them) how is India in Brave New World?

 

[Professor Pedo]

It seems like they can become a powerhouse later game with the order thing that the AI does.

Beacuse of increased happiness they can acctually counter the order spam.
Just make sure to only have 1 - 3 cities.

The mughal fort is also quite cool with its added tourism.

 

[VicRatlhead5199]

I think BNW gave them an ability they lacked before and that's pumping up their population with internal trade routes. The balancing effect of the 5% increase in research costs was a boon too. Not much worry about falling behind while waiting for your UA to balance out anymore.

 

[ObadiahtheSlim]

BNW buffed tall empires so much. I think it synergizes well with India's UA.

 

[Ajay Sabharwal]

I just won a cultural victory with them with one city. Even on Prince it was the easiest game I have ever played as India or to win a cultural victory otherwise.

. This is pretty good.