Silverkiss
NekoChan
Oh, and I think the Gift Vampirism isn´t to all units in a tile, you must choose the one you wish to gift, but im not sure about that
Manual: Civilizations
- Thread starter Xuenay
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Chandrasekhar
Determined
Xuenay said:
I feel so special.
Silverkiss
NekoChan
Well, on Diablo II lore the Barbarians come from the north and the north is a combination of deserts, plains and warm mountains =P
Black Whole
Dancing Condor
Oh, I wrote nonsense: The Ljosalfar can build Spartitatois (they are replaced by Elven Phalanx). Instead, they can't build Shield Walls. Sorry.
An addition: The Rider of the Ljosalfar is another special unit: replaces Knight +25% forest/ancient forest defense.
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NEW!
I dealt with the Hippus and here are some additions:
Haven't access to: Arquebus, Cannon, Shield Wall
Special units: Hippus Camel Archer (replaces Camel Archer; 55% Withdrawal Chance instead of 45%)
Hippus War Elephant (replaces War Elephant; 35% Withdrawal Chance instead of 25%)
Wind Knight (replaces Knight; ignores terrain movement cost, can cast 'Dancing Blades'
World unit: Magnadine (converts every defeated Barbarian unit to the cause of your civilization)
An addition: The Rider of the Ljosalfar is another special unit: replaces Knight +25% forest/ancient forest defense.
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NEW!
I dealt with the Hippus and here are some additions:
Haven't access to: Arquebus, Cannon, Shield Wall
Special units: Hippus Camel Archer (replaces Camel Archer; 55% Withdrawal Chance instead of 45%)
Hippus War Elephant (replaces War Elephant; 35% Withdrawal Chance instead of 25%)
Wind Knight (replaces Knight; ignores terrain movement cost, can cast 'Dancing Blades'
World unit: Magnadine (converts every defeated Barbarian unit to the cause of your civilization)
Mahatmajon
Prince
This is the thread I have been waiting for! I haven't played long into enough games to build some of the crazy unique things but now I want to try a bunch of new civs.
Small point to add but you should mention that the Acrobat for Balseraph is built with the Carnival (i/o Hunting Lodge). I've been playing them a bit recently and this is a pretty big advantage that can turn into some FAST acrobats while overcoming initial happiness issues which always crop up in FFH.
On a more general 'tips/strategies' basis I've found it critical to have a capital with high production. With the starting Sentry II (or III?) on the initial settler it's worth spending a turn or even two to get Stone, Marble, or multiple Hills in your fat cross along with a food resource or two to work them. I've found that since FFH requires buildings for troops it generally requires higher production cities to keep up with the buildings/troop requirements even when cities are specialized. Since the God King civic comes early (and I seem to stay in it the whole game) getting the +50% hammers in your capital is a great boost if it's already a high production city.
Small point to add but you should mention that the Acrobat for Balseraph is built with the Carnival (i/o Hunting Lodge). I've been playing them a bit recently and this is a pretty big advantage that can turn into some FAST acrobats while overcoming initial happiness issues which always crop up in FFH.
On a more general 'tips/strategies' basis I've found it critical to have a capital with high production. With the starting Sentry II (or III?) on the initial settler it's worth spending a turn or even two to get Stone, Marble, or multiple Hills in your fat cross along with a food resource or two to work them. I've found that since FFH requires buildings for troops it generally requires higher production cities to keep up with the buildings/troop requirements even when cities are specialized. Since the God King civic comes early (and I seem to stay in it the whole game) getting the +50% hammers in your capital is a great boost if it's already a high production city.
Chandrasekhar
Determined
Malakim (Good, Cre/Fin)
Play style: Builder
Theme: Desert people
Palace resources: Life, mind, and fire mana
Special units: Lightbringer (Expensive prophet with sentry 1 and no building requirement)
Special buildings: Citadel of Light (Summons a fireball if there is an enemy unit within 2 tiles, requires fire mana), Altar of Delos (Expands visibility range of units in the city by 2).
Special world units: Chalid Astrakein
Overview: Varn Gosam gets the Creative and Financial traits, a powerful combination in vanilla Civ, and useful here as well. Quick expansion yields good results, as money-draining obelisks aren't necessary for Malakim cities to expand. Cottage-spammers will enjoy this Civ, but other strategies are viable as well. The fire mana that they start out with leads to easy fireballs for mages. The Malakim are also able to travel through desert tiles with no movement penalty or negative defensive modifier.
You might want to post this as soon as the new patch comes out (check the change log).
Play style: Builder
Theme: Desert people
Palace resources: Life, mind, and fire mana
Special units: Lightbringer (Expensive prophet with sentry 1 and no building requirement)
Special buildings: Citadel of Light (Summons a fireball if there is an enemy unit within 2 tiles, requires fire mana), Altar of Delos (Expands visibility range of units in the city by 2).
Special world units: Chalid Astrakein
Overview: Varn Gosam gets the Creative and Financial traits, a powerful combination in vanilla Civ, and useful here as well. Quick expansion yields good results, as money-draining obelisks aren't necessary for Malakim cities to expand. Cottage-spammers will enjoy this Civ, but other strategies are viable as well. The fire mana that they start out with leads to easy fireballs for mages. The Malakim are also able to travel through desert tiles with no movement penalty or negative defensive modifier.
You might want to post this as soon as the new patch comes out (check the change log).
Frozen-Vomit
Prince
I suggest to make this thread a sticky.
Chalid
Black Dragon
Altar of Delos (Expands visibility range of units in the city by 2) <- has been cut
strategyonly
C2C Supreme Commander
As a scenario maker i'd like mopre info on the terrain each civ's prefers, ie:
Malakim (Good, Cre/Fin)
Play style: Builder
Theme: Desert people
Would make it alot easier to figure out sometimes were to place them and sometimes give them a hard time?
Malakim (Good, Cre/Fin)
Play style: Builder
Theme: Desert people
Would make it alot easier to figure out sometimes were to place them and sometimes give them a hard time?
Ooooooh, my thread got stickyfied. Now it's my turn to feel special. 
Cut mention of the Altar of Delos and added a mention of the Acrobats being trained in Carnivals (thanks!). I didn't add Mahatmajon's general notes since those would be suitable for pretty much any civilization. Maybe we could start a new "general tips" thread or maybe use the reserved post for general hints?
Chandrasekhar: Yeah, I'm keeping an eye on the change logs, no worries. I'll incorporate any changes listed in them once the new version is released.
strategyonly: Most information about terrain preferences is already readable in each civ's entry, though it's not always hilighted the way it is with the Malakim. If something's missing, well, that can only be corrected by people correcting this.
Cut mention of the Altar of Delos and added a mention of the Acrobats being trained in Carnivals (thanks!
). I didn't add Mahatmajon's general notes since those would be suitable for pretty much any civilization. Maybe we could start a new "general tips" thread or maybe use the reserved post for general hints?Chandrasekhar: Yeah, I'm keeping an eye on the change logs, no worries. I'll incorporate any changes listed in them once the new version is released.
strategyonly: Most information about terrain preferences is already readable in each civ's entry, though it's not always hilighted the way it is with the Malakim. If something's missing, well, that can only be corrected by people correcting this.
Kael
Deity
Once its completed I will probably also make this the 2nd post in the main thread. It is awesome work and I appreciate everyone contrbuting and especially Xuenay for leading the effort.
TheCowSaysMoooo
Warlord
Could we add the "enemies" of each civilization, as listed in the Design: Civilizations thread... assuming, of course, that these haven't changed.
Kael
Deity
Xuenay said:
No
There currently isn't any in game effect of enemies. I love the diea with the design, but to be honest the attitude adjustments on alignment and religion are working out well enough that I dont think another set of negative adjustments are warented.
