New Q&A session

[Verified_Confection_Being]

I hope there is a bigger amount of islands on the maps, then. It seems too tied to an Archipellago map for me, I wish it was a bit more useful on Continents at least.

Maybe small continents will become a standard map type alongside Pangea, Continents, Archipelago, and Earth.

Though i do hope they've had a play about with the map scripting, the generate some very samey map structures generally. A proper "random" map type that generates completely different terrain each time would be great, along with some more interesting and varied land forms in the generic map generators.

 

[Calouste]

I just saw this! Very interesting!
Yes, we knew one of Indonesia's resources: nutmeg.
By the way, they finally revealed that Arabia and India are getting some changes, as was suspected. It's also easy to see why Polynesia and Carthage would get advantage from World Congress and Trade routes, respectively.
Why do you think Rome is being strengthened by BNW?

Polynesia's advantage from the new mechanics is going to be 99% early trade routes over Ocean and 1% discovering all other civs early for the World Congress.

 

[AlazkanAssassin]

I read the Q&A on Indonesia to clearly indicate that you will need to settle a total of 4 land masses in order to maximize the special ability.

I expect a few Ice-bound Spice colonys in our future.

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

Hopefully the Indonesia ability counts small island landmasses as "continents". Or else their UA is completely useless on Pangaea and most Continents maps.

 

[DemonMaster]

Hopefully the Indonesia ability counts small island landmasses as "continents". Or else their UA is completely useless on Pangaea and most Continents maps.

I think it simply means different landmasses, regardless of size. I mean its suppose to be Indonesia, doesn't they have a gazillion (small) islands or something like that.

 

[DeathFace]

I know this might sound like a stupid question but from the wording of the explanation of the Indonesian UA I'm not sure if the special resources will be on the city tile itself, like with mercantile city-states, or if two tiles next to the city will "magically" have a special luxury on them.

 

[Verified_Confection_Being]

Hopefully the Indonesia ability counts small island landmasses as "continents". Or else their UA is completely useless on Pangaea and most Continents maps.

It's still pretty useless if that's the case (which i'm 100% sure it is). What a useless bunch of cities you would have. Virtually makes the happiness gained redundant, and you'd be forced to spend all the gold you make on your crappy island cities to make them remotely viable.

I really hope they've changed the map scripts or i'll be playing a lot more small continents than the 90% of games i already play on it.

 

[MadDjinn]

Polynesia's advantage from the new mechanics is going to be 99% early trade routes over Ocean and 1% discovering all other civs early for the World Congress.

That's not it at all. Their buff isn't related to the World Congress.

 

[Ulthwithian]

MadDjinn: At a guess, it has mostly to do with tourism. We already know that hotels will make Moais produce Tourism, and so Polynesia will be a Cultural behemoth lategame. Quite likely it gets rid of the gold bonus from Moai (Cargo Cult amusement notwithstanding), as that sounds like it would be... rather overpowered.

 

[DemonMaster]

That's not it at all. Their buff isn't related to the World Congress.

You could have added: Its ... nana nanana

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

I know this might sound like a stupid question but from the wording of the explanation of the Indonesian UA I'm not sure if the special resources will be on the city tile itself, like with mercantile city-states, or if two tiles next to the city will "magically" have a special luxury on them.

The official description indicates that the cities can't be razed. I don't think we have the proper info to say if the luxuries are in the city tiles or around the cities.

 

[Veras]

Well, makes perfect sense that Polynesia will have a great tourism power.

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

"Polynesia: Come for the big, stone heads, stay for a Haka demonstration."

 

[Loaf Warden]

So one of Indonesia's resources is Pepper? As in, black pepper? As in, black pepper from India? That seems an odd choice. I would have guessed Mace, but I guess they thought that was too close to Nutmeg.

You could have added: Its ... nana nanana

. . . Batman?

 

[seasnake]

Polder should also create Tourism with hotels ... go to the Netherlands and that's why the tourists are there is the Tulip fields and Windmills.

 

[Hyperion529]

i've always been under the impression that +1g on Moais at Flight represents income through tourism, so replacing it with the actual toursim resource seems adequate

 

[Veras]

"Polynesia: Come for the big, stone heads, stay for a Haka demonstration."

Come see our great leader's tan. Demonstrations with the spear at 4 PM.

 

[JSMCAG]

You could have added: Its ... nana nanana

. . . Batman?

Maybe it's Katamari Damacy. Polynesia gets the ball rolling, and then it just never stops growing!

Also, Relevant XKCD:

 

[DemonMaster]

So one of Indonesia's resources is Pepper? As in, black pepper? As in, black pepper from India? That seems an odd choice. I would have guessed Mace, but I guess they thought that was too close to Nutmeg.



. . . Batman?

Haha. I couldn't find an appropriate smiley, but the closest thing would be of what I meant.

 

[kaspergm]

So one of Indonesia's resources is Pepper? As in, black pepper? As in, black pepper from India?

No ... most likely as in Javanese Long Pepper ...