Since the thread has already been hijacked, i will take the liberty to post some further comments on the subject being discussed.
Out if 10 games or so, i have only once seen the Vikings build a city in the area that is todays Denmark. Later though they handed it over to me (Germany) for free, since it was under heavy cultural attack from me. If the Vikings atleast sometimes would take and hold Denmark, i wouldnt mind so much, but it seems as if it never happens.
A solution to this could imo be to make Denmark connected by land to the scandinavian peninsula - like the bosberrus (sp?) straight. Ships going in and out of the Baltic needs to have open borders with the cultural controller anyway, so it wouldnt change much. Chances are that an AI would build either Malmö, Copenhagen, Odense, Århus, Kiel or Hamburg - all cities that would connect the baltic with the north sea
Also, i think the Viking capital should be moved to Stockholm, so Denmark is closer to the cultural core of the Viking empire. I mean, the current capital on the west coast of norway seems extremely silly. I think it was the capital for some small autonumous "Viking" kingdom in that area for perhaps a few hundred years, but its highly insignificent compared to cities like Stockholm or Copenhagen. Maybe comparable to having Bonn as the German capital - It really doesnt seem right.
And then there is the name "The Viking Empire". "Scandinavia" isnt perfect, but its much better than Vikings. I actually think alot of people from Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and to a big extent also Finland consider themselves scandinavians, almost as much as their real nationality. I also think that most people from said contries associate the name Scandinavia more with our common historical heritage, than they associate it with the Scandivian peninsula from which it originates.
Just to try and hammer the point in. It seems (to me atleast) that the name "the Viking Empire" is equivilant to naming the the Romans "the Legionary Empire". A bad name at best.
Out if 10 games or so, i have only once seen the Vikings build a city in the area that is todays Denmark. Later though they handed it over to me (Germany) for free, since it was under heavy cultural attack from me. If the Vikings atleast sometimes would take and hold Denmark, i wouldnt mind so much, but it seems as if it never happens.
A solution to this could imo be to make Denmark connected by land to the scandinavian peninsula - like the bosberrus (sp?) straight. Ships going in and out of the Baltic needs to have open borders with the cultural controller anyway, so it wouldnt change much. Chances are that an AI would build either Malmö, Copenhagen, Odense, Århus, Kiel or Hamburg - all cities that would connect the baltic with the north sea
Also, i think the Viking capital should be moved to Stockholm, so Denmark is closer to the cultural core of the Viking empire. I mean, the current capital on the west coast of norway seems extremely silly. I think it was the capital for some small autonumous "Viking" kingdom in that area for perhaps a few hundred years, but its highly insignificent compared to cities like Stockholm or Copenhagen. Maybe comparable to having Bonn as the German capital - It really doesnt seem right.
And then there is the name "The Viking Empire". "Scandinavia" isnt perfect, but its much better than Vikings. I actually think alot of people from Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and to a big extent also Finland consider themselves scandinavians, almost as much as their real nationality. I also think that most people from said contries associate the name Scandinavia more with our common historical heritage, than they associate it with the Scandivian peninsula from which it originates.
Just to try and hammer the point in
. It seems (to me atleast) that the name "the Viking Empire" is equivilant to naming the the Romans "the Legionary Empire". A bad name at best.
(except possibly creating the landbridge)
