pre-release info New First Look: Trưng Trắc

[FXS_Sar]

Introducing Trưng Trắc! For a brief period in what is now Vietnam, two sisters, Trưng Trắc and Trưng Nhị, stood against the might of the Han Dynasty. When her husband was sentenced to death, Trưng Trắc and her sister fought on, gaining independence for three years before the Han counterattack. They are still held up as symbols of Vietnamese independence, and divinities in their own right.

Agenda:
Van Minh: Decrease Relationship by Medium Amount with the player who has the greatest amount of Promotions across all Commanders. If tied, Decrease Relationship a Small Amount with tie holders. Increase Relationship by Medium Amount with the player who has the least amount of Promotions across all Commanders. If tied, Increase Relationship a Small Amount with tie holders.

Starting Biases:
Vegetated
Tropical

Attributes:
Militaristic
Scientific

Unique Ability:
Hai Bà Trung: Gain a set number of free Promotions on your first Commander. Your Commanders gain additional experience. Gain increased Science in Cities on Tropical tiles; this bonus is increased during any Formal War you declare.

Moderator Action: Official link: https://civilization.2k.com/civ-vii/game-guide/leaders/trung-trac/ . The_J

 

[moondog385]

Well, I was not expecting a Vietnamese leader. Cool choice! Her model and animations look great as well.

 

[pokiehl]

This is the best leader yet, graphically. Awesome looking model, awesome animations.

 

[Zaarin]

This is the best leader yet, graphically. Awesome looking model, awesome animations.

Gives me so, so much hope.

 

[AriochIV]

Another obtuse, silly agenda.

"How dare you do what I am doing!"

 

[Zaarin]

Another obtuse, silly agenda.

That's a tautology.

 

[Black Gate]

She looks fantastic, let's hope everyone looks like this behind the scenes. I love the bonuses too, this definitely appeals to my general playstyle... maybe I should play the Khmer first instead of China.

 

[AriochIV]

That's a tautology.

It's also both dumb and stupid.

 

[Trengilly]

She looks fantastic, let's hope everyone looks like this behind the scenes. I love the bonuses too, this definitely appeals to my general playstyle... maybe I should play the Khmer first instead of China.

Even better, pair her with the Maya!

 

[notNamed]

I'm at work so I can't listen to the narration but...

...please tell me they address why she looks so, so horribly wrong? Why is that jian/kiem curved? What's up with the cloth wrap being reinterpreted as a crown of sorts? Why the much, much later triangular top piece? And her dress?
Last time we had the design based on modern stereotypes but this doesn't really fit those, nor does it fit the period and culture she actually lived in.

 

[Trav'ling Canuck]

Another obtuse, silly agenda.

"How dare you do what I am doing!"

It's also another agenda that's going to boil down, in actual gameplay, to "hates empires larger than hers, likes empires smaller than hers".

 

[Krikkit1]

It's also another agenda that's going to boil down, in actual gameplay, to "hates empires larger than hers, likes empires smaller than hers".

well that depends…if you expanded peacefully fast, she would like your big peaceful empire, and she would actually hate a small civ that keeps getting in wars.

but overall yes (and it seems to be a small predictable effect … that only applies to the highest and lowest)

 

[AriochIV]

It's very disappointing that Agendas appear to be shaping up to be as pointless and annoying as they were in Civ6.

 

[ChowMeinDelivery]

Bit of a strange choice for a leader. As far as I'm aware, all she did was lead a rebellion, which lasted for two years and was crushed within a year of troops being mobilized.

 

[AriochIV]

Bit of a strange choice for a leader. As far as I'm aware, all she did was lead a rebellion, which lasted for two years and was crushed within a year of troops being mobilized.

That seems to have been good enough for Boudica.

 

[ChowMeinDelivery]

That seems to have been good enough for Boudica.

Completely forgot about that

 

[Lonecat Nekophrodite]

Introducing Trưng Trắc! For a brief period in what is now Vietnam, two sisters, Trưng Trắc and Trưng Nhị, stood against the might of the Han Dynasty. When her husband was sentenced to death, Trưng Trắc and her sister fought on, gaining independence for three years before the Han counterattack. They are still held up as symbols of Vietnamese independence, and divinities in their own right.

Agenda:
Van Minh: Decrease Relationship by Medium Amount with the player who has the greatest amount of Promotions across all Commanders. If tied, Decrease Relationship a Small Amount with tie holders. Increase Relationship by Medium Amount with the player who has the least amount of Promotions across all Commanders. If tied, Increase Relationship a Small Amount with tie holders.

Starting Biases:
Vegetated
Tropical

Attributes:
Militaristic
Scientific

Unique Ability:
Hai Bà Trung: Gain a set number of free Promotions on your first Commander. Your Commanders gain additional experience. Gain increased Science in Cities on Tropical tiles; this bonus is increased during any Formal War you declare.

So Siam would duke out against Dai Viet in this game? FINALLY! My dream comes true!

What is Era 1 iterations of VN?

if Le Dynasty is Age II (Expansionist, territory extended southward)
and Nguyen is Age III (An archnemesis to Siam Kingdom of Rattanakosin era even to this day, effectively relaced Irrawadian Empires of Ayutthaya era as archrivals).

Well the First Stele in Sukhothai said that King Ramkamhaeng's mother came from Luong Family.

 

[Lonecat Nekophrodite]

She looks fantastic, let's hope everyone looks like this behind the scenes. I love the bonuses too, this definitely appeals to my general playstyle... maybe I should play the Khmer first instead of China.

I don't like her to lead Siam later on!
to be honest. even if King Ramkhamhaeng of Sukhothai himself is half Viet. he never identify himself as such. his language would be Tai-Lao ones.

there'd better be 'a southern Kingdom that did resist BOTH Qin and Han' and a name has to be picked. i'm not really good at VN history either but their seat could be at He Nui City.

 

[Krikkit1]

So Siam would duke out against Dai Viet in this game? FINALLY! My dream comes true!

What is Era 1 iterations of VN?

if Le Dynasty is Age II (Expansionist, territory extended southward)
and Nguyen is Age III (An archnemesis to Siam Kingdom of Rattanakosin era even to this day, effectively relaced Irrawadian Empires of Ayutthaya era as archrivals).

Well the First Stele in Sukhothai said that King Ramkamhaeng's mother came from Luong Family.

Leader =/= Civ
Vietnam leader will probably not lead Vietnam (not until we are at ~60 civs instead of 30-39)

 

[Lonecat Nekophrodite]

And with this it means she could lead Khmer first, and then Ming and later Viet?
and with this Siam could also be the latest evolutions of Mauryans? and King Asoke can lead Siam later on?