Minor Suggestions Thread

[nody]

EDIT: Excuse me for double posting.

 

[nody]

-improve the way the AI build his cities(no more cities to one spot of the capital!).

Some civs have to, like France. A France without Brest or Rennes in Normandy isn't complete, even if it's close to Bordeaux.
Same with Spain and Portugal, I rather see Santiago than La Coruña.
Europe is crowded and it's suppose to. If you don't like it, declare war and raze the cities you don't want in your neighborhood.

I rather see less cities founded on resources like deer, horse or pig, which is just ugly IMHO...

Change the french unique power who is not historically accurate at all.(The french was almost often at war with all europeans country! I proposed the power of revolution that give them 2 or three free units at each anarchy but if you have better idea, no problem!)

I would propose the Power of Native Allies.
No war with Natives from start and Native units in area around French cities will sometimes flip.

-Finally an america who become a real big power in late game?(The improvement of the way the AI build his cities would help a lot!)

Maybe add a Power of Statehood, where cities close to America flip to them if they are independent and have a little American culture.

-Idea of another guy on the forum: When a european civ begin to really collapse in the late game, the first cities who should becoming independant should be the colonies(in brazil, india ect...) to represent all these hispanic country in america or australia ect..)

That was ME!

-Maybe one strong native city in north america to represent amerindian of east coast who was really powerful at one time(But i don't know, it could cause problem with amerindian barbarians)?

That should be a city on a tile that is right now a U.S.-city which could be renamed if it's inevitably conquered by the Americans.
For example: Cahokia on the site of St. Louis (be renamed St. Louis if Europeans or Americans conquer it)

 

[-Perceval-]

When i said "improve the way the AI build his cities(no more cities to one spot of the capital!) ",i was especially thinking about aztecs and america who build their cities one tile to their capital(as aztecs) or one tile to other cities(america and aztecs).
I'm agree that in europe there must be closest cities to show their historical importance. But for the rest of the world, when i saw AI build a citie(who's name is tottally unknown) one tile to another even if there's a lot of sspace around, it's just a pity!
Ah and it's particcullary annoying in RAND!!

PS: It was you? Sorry i forgot your pseudo when i wrote the post.

 

[nody]

i was especially thinking about aztecs and america who build their cities one tile to their capital(as aztecs)

I agree on Aztecs, who often found Tampico on the corn, which they better use to grow Tenochtitlan.
America, however, I don't.
Because at start they doesn't have much room to the west, being often locked in by England in the north and France in the South.
So they often found a city west of Washington, like Detroit or Chicago, but those are important (historical) cities and they can grow big anyhow.

 

[-Perceval-]

Not on the east coast, but in the middle of the united states, the america often build two cities one tiles to an other one, so instead of getting huge cities in the center, he's got a big number of unuseful cities...

 

[Leoreth]

Isn't that what also happened in reality *runs away*

 

[nody]

Not on the east coast, but in the middle of the united states, the america often build two cities one tiles to an other one, so instead of getting huge cities in the center, he's got a big number of unuseful cities...

I think there should be a code that gives AI a preference to found cities on tiles without cattle or crops.

Isn't that what also happened in reality *runs away*

Just like Germany... *hides behind the city walls of Nijmegen*

 

[Leoreth]

Oh so true

 

[nody]

Another minor suggestion for Mongolia:

Maybe it's a good idea to reduce or eliminate the stability penalties for razing cities for Mongolia.

It's just too hard to stay stable after razing 7 cities and having a huge empire.

 

[BurnEmDown]

For my Mongolia UHV victory I conquered and settled my empire just in time for the 2nd UHV and then collapsed, I then proceeded to raze my former cities for the 3rd UHV. So basically you should start razing only when you hit 2/3 UHVs, also razing before you get to the required % doesn't work well since you need every little piece of land.

 

[nody]

also razing before you get to the required % doesn't work well since you need every little piece of land.

Yes, actually I only want 2 out of 3 UHV's for the Golden Age because I'm aiming at a space win or a domination win later in the game. The UHV of 12% doesn't fit in my strategy.

 

[Dragonflow]

I think it would be nice if Rhye changed Germany's colour and flag. In my opinion the Germans should have the BtS HRE yellow and an eagle as a flag and not grey and the Iron Cross as it is right now. It's sometimes hard to differentiate between a German or an independent city on the world map.

 

[Wessel V1]

Perhaps this could be dynamic also? For example, the French Kingdom could change flag and colour when it becomes the French Empire. Probably way too much work for way too little result, if there is any difference at all, but a nice modmod (if the changes are kept to a minimum).

 

[nody]

In my opinion the Germans should have the BtS HRE yellow and an eagle as a flag and not grey and the Iron Cross as it is right now.

I agree on the sign.
Like the eagle on the German Euro-coins, which I find much more appealing and representative than the portraits of monarchs on some coins.
(more than half of the coins I usually have in my portemonnaie/wallet are German Euros)
The cross reminds more of Christian crusaders than of Germany as a state.

Not so much on the HRE-yellow, though. Although it's the color of beer, it's also the color of urine. I think it's ugly, but more importantly it's too much like Spain's color.

I suggest to change the color of Germany to light blue with secondary color white (colors of Bavaria).

Also, would it be too offensive to change the flag to a swastika if they adopt 'Police State'?

It's pure flavour, but it would make an awesome mod-comp/mod-mod to change flags according to civics.

- The USSR would have the hammer and siccle.
- Communist China would have the modern day flag of the PR of China.
- Japan would have the modern day flag if they become a republic or democracy. (white with red circle)

Can't do modern flags with all civs, though.
Because for example Russian, Dutch and French flags are too similar.

 

[Leoreth]

(colors of Bavaria)

Nevaaaaaaaaar!

Seriously: it's like giving Britain the colors of Scotland.

I'm actually quite pleased by the HRE colors. Yellow is both present in the historical HRE colors as it is in the current German flag.

It's pure flavour, but it would make an awesome mod-comp/mod-mod to change flags according to civics.

- The USSR would have the hammer and siccle.
- Communist China would have the modern day flag of the PR of China.
- Japan would have the modern day flag if they become a republic or democracy. (white with red circle)

I have considered something similar for my modmod: Leaders like Stalin, Mao etc. only switch in when you adopt Communism. The same could be done for Fascism with the inclusion of leaders like Hitler, Franco or Hirohito.

 

[Dragonflow]

In case the HRE yellow is to similar to the Spanish yellow the Germans could get the Zulu yellow from BtS. It's a little bit lighter than the other yellows. But the HRE yellow and the eagle would be the perfect colour and flags for the Germans. But the Bavarian blue would be also very funny.

 

[corovanrobber]

I wonder why nobody is displeased with Russia's colours. Dark red and gold obviously stand for the USSR, which isn't very much representative of Russia!

 

[NerfCothons]

Says the guy who proudly displays his location as the CCCP. lol

 

[Dragonflow]

I wonder why nobody is displeased with Russia's colours. Dark red and gold obviously stand for the USSR, which isn't very much representative of Russia!

The thing is Red and Gold at least represent a part of Russian history and they were Russia colours during most of the 20th century. While Germany never used grey and black as it's colours, Prussia used black and white. While Gold and Black were used by the Holy Roman Empire and modern day Germany, making them the best choie for Germany.

 

[corovanrobber]

Says the guy who proudly displays his location as the CCCP. lol

Putting Russia there would imply I'm Russian. Now that I think of it, it makes no sense though.