[NFP] March Update Video Discussion

[Alexander's Hetaroi]

There's a privated video on the official civ channel. I assume the first look is coming out tomorrow.

I'm glad I reread that slower. At first I saw "pirated video" and was wondering what is going on at Firaxis?

 

[SammyKhalifa]

I'm glad I reread that slower. At first I saw "pirated video" and was wondering what is going on at Firaxis?

Pirates mod season II

 

[Duke William of Normandy]

Pirates mod season II

Now featuring Bart Roberts and Blackbeard as enemies.

 

[SirMediocrity]

I'm glad I reread that slower. At first I saw "pirated video" and was wondering what is going on at Firaxis?

When are we getting a pirate civ?

Probably never to be honest.

 

[tsf4]

When are we getting a pirate civ?

Probably never to be honest.

Henry Morgan for the Buccaneers lol

 

[shaglio]

Henry Morgan for the Buccaneers lol

Tom Brady for the Buccaneers?

 

[SammyKhalifa]

So I heard a confimation we're getting a full Pirate civ. When do you think it will come out?

 

[Duke William of Normandy]

So I heard a confimation we're getting a full Pirate civ. When do you think it will come out?

In our dreams...

 

[shaglio]

So I heard a confimation we're getting a full Pirate civ. When do you think it will come out?

Pirate Civ led by Captain Hook. Peter Pan as a new Hero/Legend.

 

[SammyKhalifa]

Pirate Civ led by Captain Hook. Peter Pan as a new Hero/Legend.

That's arrrrrrrguably the best guess to what we're getting.

 

[Venceslau Pietro Pietra]

I am late to the Portugal party but no word of Brites de Almeida as a new legendary hero?

 

[pokiehl]

I am late to the Portugal party but no word of Brites de Almeida as a new legendary hero?

Nope. There's nothing to indicate they'll be updating that mode (or any other mode for that matter) to add new content.

 

[Zyxpsilon]

Hey -- Jack Sparrow .. certainly has to be fit for any tasks required by nifty Pirates -- even as a Civ6 leader, in theory.
He also tackled the cinematic Fountain of Youth quite well.
Altogether, Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has stirred up the Fantasy sauce in some great ways too.

 

[Boris Gudenuf]

Hey -- Jack Sparrow .. certainly has to be fit for any tasks required by nifty Pirates -- even as a Civ6 leader, in theory.
He also tackled the cinematic Fountain of Youth quite well.
Altogether, Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has stirred up the Fantasy sauce in some great ways too.

Absolutely not. Disney has walled off a lot of piratical things you can do with their Caribbean Sparrow Franchise. And according to some people I used to hang out with in the gaming industry, trying to work with Disney copyrights is a little like swimming with sharks: The Mouse can, at any moment, eat you alive.

BUT if you really, really want a Pirate Civ or pirates in regular Civ (which, I think, is a better bet) then I do not believe Disney has locked up the greatest historical pirate of all: Henry Avery (or Every, or Jack Avery or John Avery - he seems to have been the Man of a Thousand Re-Namings). In his own lifetime he was called "King of the Pirates" because he managed two feats of Piratical Legend:
1. He looted the Grand Mughal's convoy to Mecca and made off with a haul in treasure estimated at the equivalent of almost 92 million in modern Pound Sterling - the most lucrative single act of piracy known.
2. He was never caught, in spite of a 1000 Pound bounty on his head. He disappeared in 1696, and neither he nor his loot were ever heard from again.

Now imagine a redone Heroes Mode using Historical characters instead of purely legendary, and Henry Avery as a Sinbadian character who gets gobs of Gold for you by raiding Anybody . . .

 

[Duke William of Normandy]

Now imagine a redone Heroes Mode using Historical characters instead of purely legendary, and Henry Avery as a Sinbadian character who gets gobs of Gold for you by raiding Anybody . . .

Heh... Gues you win on this part, Boris. I still like the Heroes and Legends Mode with its completely legendary Heroes because I can accept them, but I see your point.

 

[TyrannusRex]

I really wish we could get official Africa and Americas maps already. I love TSL Europe as much as the next guy, but it's getting very crowded, and the two places I mentioned have enough civs (as much as SE Asia) to make their own scale map viable!

 

[aieeegrunt]

I keep mentally autocorrecting “Feitora” as “Fedora” and it is making this thread amusing to read.

 

[Boris Gudenuf]

I keep mentally autocorrecting “Feitora” as “Fedora” and it is making this thread amusing to read.

There's an old joke about two Welshmen, marooned on a desert island, who both got rich by selling each other's hats to each other repeatedly.

Maybe they originally meant Portuguese?

 

[Pietato]

Not a fan of Portugal being added. Their exclusion is the basis of half my civ jokes!

 

[raen]

I am late to the Portugal party but no word of Brites de Almeida as a new legendary hero?

That would be a nice hero, especially being a woman, maybe I can mod it if they don't add it.

Im looking forward to the first look also to adapt my mod