He'd better have two different in-game models. Looks like he might though, the model revealed earlier is the Mongol one.
Looks like the ability has to do with free eurekas and inspirations from trade routes too. Not much left for the First Look to cover!
I can't see why they wouldn't give him an outfit change for China, they did with Eleanor. Maybe in his white shaman garb, as that is his most famous image.
Maybe the bonus is: gets a free eureka or inspiration when sending a trade route to each civilization for the first time, in addiction to some other bonus.
Receiving a free eureka or inspiration every time completing a trade route sounds quite powerful to me, especially in the middle/late game.
If it works on city-states then it might be much better."A free Eureka and Inspiration when sending a trade route to each civ the first time" is an unused code long existed in the game. The devs probably repurposed it for Kublai.
I would also say it is fairly situational, on a normal sized map Kublai would only receive 7 Eureka and Inspiration at maximum, not to say he would also have a hard time to reach civs on the other side of the world.
or maybe it's for the first trading post in each civ/city? we saw mongol kublai khan send a trade route and get the bonuses, but mongolia gets trading posts immediately upon sending trade routes, so maybe that's why?Maybe the bonus is: gets a free eureka or inspiration when sending a trade route to each civilization for the first time, in addiction to some other bonus.
Receiving a free eureka or inspiration every time completing a trade route sounds quite powerful to me, especially in the middle/late game.
Maybe he settled on a Resource and has God King plugged in?Have you noticed +3 faith? At the same time, there is no Holy Site in Ulaanbataar, because trade route only gives +1 food (city center bonus)
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2 cities on resource? I don’t think so. Not in this video. This is a hint to usMaybe he settled on a Resource and has God King plugged in?