I may be alone in this, but Alexander (and now Philip II) being listed as a leader of Greece has long been a thorn in my side. He may have largely adopted Greek culture, but the Macedonian League also introduced a few non-Greek elements into the mix iirc, particularly in the military. (Didn't they use a lot more cavalry?) I'd really like to see Alex and Philip split off into a new Macedonian culture - Companion cavalry FTW! - possibly with a new second leader for Greece. (Themistokles?)
You're not alone in this. Actually, one of our contributors made the same suggestion - move Alexander and Philip II to a new Macedonia, and create Greece with Leonidas or whoever.
After discussing with the team we've decided to preserve the status quo for a couple of reasons:
1 - Since Civ I, Greece has been a civ with Alexander at the helm. It's so well entrentched now that I don't think the community at large would support this change
2 - As with other civs in the game (and certainly in Gold), "Greece" is not strictly Greece, per se, but represents the Greek civilization in a broader context - same with India and China in the game, and to an extent the Celts, Babylonians and Sumerians
This doesn't shut the door on looking into this further. But for right now we've decided to keep Alexander with Greece.
Also, I really miss Sapa-Inca Pachacuti Inca-Yupanqui from C3C; I think it's just shameful that they relegated him to the status of Great General with his glowing bio. If kept true to the bio they gave him in C3C, I'd probably call him Creative and...Imperialistic? Militaristic? Aggressive? Something in that area.
We're adding leaders by the dozens in 4.0. I think a 2nd Incan leader is a fine idea. I'll look into it but our timelines are tight!
Btw, huge kudos for splitting the "Native American" culture up; while I'd say in the normal game it's something of an unhappy medium between realism and game-balance, in a mod like this, it's definitely called for. *headtilt* And now that I think about it, for a long time I've batted around the idea of adding a Navajo (or more properly, Diné) culture; my main hangups have been finding an appropriate leader and UU for them. I've always thought that the fact that they're one of the few (if not the only) native tribes to have successfully negotiated with the US government and thus managed to remain pretty much intact and even to some extent flourish was worthy of recognition.
Thanks!
When 4.0 is released, there will be 10 different North American culture groups. These groups are not defined strictly by biology (i.e. the naDene that includes Apache and Arctic Dene, or a group that includes the Iroquois and Cherokee). Rather, the groupings are geographic as a way or representing groups that shared similarities in practice. It also paints a "what if" picture of these tribes in a larger context.
The two distinct nations are the Sioux and the Iroquois.
Joining them are:
- Dinnehih (Navajo, Apache, Hopi) (LH: Geronimo, Cochise, UU: Codetalker)
- Upaajut (Inuit, Dene, Yakut) (LH: Thanadelthur, UU: Qiimuksit)
- Tillikum (Chinook, Haida, Bella Coola) (LH: Skitigeit, UU: Noseepsk)
- Vo'estaneo'o (Cheyenne, Blackfoot, Metis) (LH: Riel, UU: Dog Soldier)
- Aniyonega (Cherokee, Seminole) (LH: Osceola, UU: Ayastigi)
- Ni-Mii-Pu (Nez Perce) (LH: Chief Joseph, UU: War Chief)
- Piliwni (Mojave) (LH: Wovoka, UU: damn...escapes me right now)
- Anishnaabek (Ojibwe, Cree, Shawnee) (LH: Donnacona, Tecumseh, UU: Ogichidaa)