WillowBrook
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Which Tongan or Samoan leaders are you guys hoping for?
I like the idea of better coasts and oceans, but please no sea districts. I know civ isn't all about realism but it's a bit silly.
For the Tongan leader, I have in mind king Tuʻi-tā-tui, who was king over the Tonga Empire ~ yes, they had a pre-colonial empire! Alternatively there is ʻAhoʻeitu.Which Tongan or Samoan leaders are you guys hoping for?
I agree that being able to build districts in the middle of absolutely nowhere would be immersion breaking, but being able to build certain districts or variants of existing districts (like the Campus and Industrial Zone which seem to appear in the leaked images) on coastal water tiles adjacent to land like the the Water Park would be a welcome change that would give coastal cities more more infrastructural options.
Think of it more like "land reclamation". I cringe at the term because you can't reclaim what you never had... but it is the one that I have seen used most for filling in coastal estuaries or extending landmass into bodies of water.
Mini-rant aside, having districts that can be placed on water tiles, even with some restrictions, I think would help coastal cities make use of their less valuable tiles and allow them to set up better adjacency conditions.
Personally I would also prefer two separate Polynesian civs (in which case the Maori would be quite welcome as a second choice), but seeing that it does appear that the Polynesian civ is the Maori, and there is little chance that there would be two separate Poly civs, I'm more in favor of a blob Poly civ with two leaders representing two different aspects of Polynesia instead of only one civ that happens to be the heavily militaristic, and more land-centric Maori. For me, it's the not what I wanted, but would be the next best thing.If we do get the Maori (which would be great NZ represented without our boring colonial history) I don’t want it sullied as poly hybrid, let’s not introduce alt leaders into the mix, i would be keen for more poly civs though![]()
Indonesia and Norway is kinda like scratching just next to an itch, but not quite getting it. I do like both those civs though, but not for the reason why I liked Polynesia in Civ V.( does Indonesia or Norway help stretch that island itch ?)
He and Gitarja will get on just swell.I'm hoping whatever Polynesian civ we get focuses more on wayfinding and small island colonization.
Why's that? Give them a combo of Civ 5 Polynesia's early seafaring and Indonesia's Kampungs and they should do just fine.Whether Maori or Polynesia, they are going to be screwed on the TSL map.
This is a big deal for me, as it was the one civ I wanted the most from the start, and therefore I had specific ideas in mind for them. Actually, I remember advocating for Polynesia before we got them in Civ V, so that really felt like a huge win...not only did we get Polynesia, but they were so cool and niche, and I ended up playing them more than any other civ. I just couldn't get enough of them and their unique ability. Granted, Norway does have a similar ability, but it still doesn't quite go in the direction that I had wanted, and isn't exactly the same as Polynesia's wayfinding ability, leaving room to still have that in the game. The goal this time was really to improve upon that existing wayfinding ability, and to really get them focused on being able to colonize and even thrive on small islands in the ocean...just like the real life Polynesia.
Honestly the more I think about it there is a possibility that they could definitely give the Maori a "Polynesian wayfinding" ability and give the "warrior culture" ability to the leader. Having the ability for settlers to at least enter the water earlier at like sailing would be beneficial and go great with any Polynesian Civ.I don't know enough about Tongan or Samoan history to answer that, but I'm concerned a Maori civ would lean too heavily into the warrior culture aspect when I'm hoping whatever Polynesian civ we get focuses more on wayfinding and small island colonization.
About this ship in the 2nd leak... https://i.redd.it/60s18lncgew11.png
Berbers were mentioned by some but could it possibly be UU for Genoa or Venice? Either of them is my #1 hope (along with Sweden) for the expansion.
If we get canal district Venice could have unique one that has tourism bonus..![]()
There is a series on Amazon Prime called Britannia about the Roman invasion of Britain, and it has so many "throw a shoe at the tv" kinds of historical inaccuracies (like, why is the Irish assassin lady toting around a Cho-ku-no?!), but it has Ian Macdiarmid chewing scenery as a Celtic king. And it's just rife with that sort of delicious overacting. So it's a draw. The main female lead reminds me of Civ V Boudicca.
About this ship in the 2nd leak... https://i.redd.it/60s18lncgew11.png
Berbers were mentioned by some but could it possibly be UU for Genoa or Venice? Either of them is my #1 hope (along with Sweden) for the expansion.
If we get canal district Venice could have unique one that has tourism bonus..![]()
Oh wow, that is exciting! Could we possibly hope for an announcement as early as next week?Here's something portentous. It's not a qa update though. They just cleared the header image on Steam for all languages. The previous one was advertising R&F.
How long will they let it sit on Steam without a header image? Will they go back to the vanilla image before switching to Vesuvius? I'm intrigued.
Oh wow, that is exciting! Could we possibly hope for an announcement as early as next week?