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[Willie5000]

I think they mean they were shocked at how the news of no Britain was delivered - via snooping about in youtuber videos, rather than some grand anticipated Germany vs Britain final reveal.

Gives me fond memories of when Ed Beach opened the Civilopedia back in Civ VI’s development and accidentally leaked all the remaining leaders.

 

[Willie5000]

I'm watching a video from Quarbit, and he has just met Isabella of Egypt, so it seems that the AI does make untraditional, or unexpected, leader/civ choices.

Tecumseh leads Greece. Trung Trac leads Maurya. Ibn Battuta leads Aksum.

It could be that Spain was already taken by a different player.

 

[DeutschDachs]

I'm watching a video from Quarbit, and he has just met Isabella of Egypt, so it seems that the AI does make untraditional, or unexpected, leader/civ choices.

Tecumseh leads Greece. Trung Trac leads Maurya. Ibn Battuta leads Aksum.

Oh... blech. Not a fan of that at all.

 

[queenpea]

It could be that Spain was already taken by a different player.

Other videos/play throughs have also shown Isabella of Egypt. Also, this is an Antiquity start. Prior to today, I would have thought Isabella would choose Greece or Rome.

 

[Potworny]

One Polish channel seems to have basically published a review. Can’t comment on it until tomorrow though. FXS could have picked better reviewers to share the game with though…

 

[thecrazyscot]

I wonder if "chooses the historical path" is based on whatever the initial configuration was. Might be that a random leader + random civ in setup is truly random - that's what it looks like - then each subsequent transition attempts to follow the "historical path", which might be wonky if the initial leader/civ combo were in fact randomly assigned to each other. The civ path might be "historical" (Maurya -> Chola) even if that is NOT the "historical" path for the leader (say, Ben Franklin).

 

[pokiehl]

I wonder if "chooses the historical path" is based on whatever the initial configuration was. Might be that a random leader + random civ in setup is truly random - that's what it looks like - then each subsequent transition attempts to follow the "historical path", which might be wonky if the initial leader/civ combo were in fact randomly assigned to each other. The civ path might be "historical" (Maurya -> Chola) even if that is NOT the "historical" path for the leader (say, Ben Franklin).

I think this is it. People are getting thrown off by the initial leader/civ combos, but I don’t really want those to be prescriptive. I also don’t think it’s even feasible, since there are multiple antiquity age pathways for leaders to get to their “correct” civ

 

[Guandao]

I find the lines by Gwendoline Christie to sound kinda dull and boring. I might be alone in that opinion.

 

[Isengardtom]

I haven't watched many videos so far, but I have to say, that I've enjoyed GamerZakh's one the most. It's basically just him playing and discovering the game, like I would with a cup of coffee. Probably not the best video if you want to learn as much as possible, but very good to watch and chill.

I enjoy watching his vids - will do that one next

 

[Isengardtom]

One thing I noticed from Quill’s video was that the Age of Antiquity ended at turn 119

I personally think that’s way too soon. It might have to do with how he played and the settings but this is a small concern for me.

Maybe some tweaking to the Age progression is needed

 

[Gori the Grey]

Yeah, they said each age would be ballpark 200 turns, I think.

119 =/= 200.

It's just math. You can't argue with math.

 

[Kilroy Was Here]

I find the lines by Gwendoline Christie to sound kinda dull and boring. I might be alone in that opinion.

I'll have to listen to them still, but I thought Sean Bean delivered nearly every line poorly, so I'll settle for dull over that.

 

[Isengardtom]

Yeah, they said each age would be ballpark 200 turns, I think.

119 =/= 200.

It's just math. You can't argue with math.

I think I heard in a stream say that it was around 150 - 200

I can live with 150. But 119 is definitely too short, especially for my favourite age

 

[Isengardtom]

I find the lines by Gwendoline Christie to sound kinda dull and boring. I might be alone in that opinion.

I actually like them - it’s softer than Sean Bean so it’ll fade more into the background.

Highly subjective off course

 

[Gori the Grey]

I can live with 150. But 119 is definitely too short, especially for my favourite age

I mean, there will be a lot of variation. And even 119x3 adds up to (multiplies up to) longer than most of my Civ V games ever last.

 

[Mr Jon of Cheam]

One thing I noticed from Quill’s video was that the Age of Antiquity ended at turn 119

I personally think that’s way too soon. It might have to do with how he played and the settings but this is a small concern for me.

Maybe some tweaking to the Age progression is needed

Bear in mind that there are settings for both Game Speed and Age Length, so I think there should be plenty of scope to customise to your tastes.

 

[Hellenism Salesman]

As someone whose Civ VI games rarely stretch past turn 250, 119 is a plenty long time for each Age!

 

[Isengardtom]

I mean, there will be a lot of variation. And even 119x3 adds up to (multiples up to) longer than most of my Civ V games ever last.

As someone whose Civ VI games rarely stretch past turn 250, 119 is a plenty long time for each Age!

Agree with these sentiments but in V and VI the last 50 turns or so you just wanted the game to go into victory. To me those were not interesting turns

I think I’ll also play 7 more in terms of a game night per age.
Use the transition the next time I play as the starting point

 

[Mr Jon of Cheam]

l think I’ll also play 7 more in terms of a game night per age.
Use the transition the next time I play as the starting point

Same. I used to play online speed in VI, just to give our group a chance to complete the game in one sitting, but with the Ages I think we will be tempted to make each Age as long as possible and split the game over three nights.

 

[Isengardtom]

I just saw in another stream there’s a setting where you can change the age length

Also interesting to see a tick box for the crisis