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- Getting a second UU for the Ottomans would make little difference in helping them. They can already draft ... I don't know how "free units" would affect them.
Well why wouldn't it help them? And they don't need a "new UU", they can just have Musketmen, who when drafted are called "Janissaries". That would be the best UP for them IMO.
- Many more of the Indies do start with religion, however, this causes Cordoba to turn Catholic .... working on it.
Well just let the Cordobans start with more Muslim Missionaries, and have them start off with being Muslim, rather than having them convert! And I'm just saying in general that quite a few independent cities, deserve to have a religion. Palermo, should have Catholicism, Judaism and Islam, and the same goes for Cordoba, where Judaism and Catholicism should spread to it. Just make the Cordoban AI resist converting to other religions.
Also as for the Vikings, I would have starting around 1000 AD have Catholicism spread automatically to some of their cities, or else they become Orthodox Christian
- Visigoth HA would be changed.
Good! But what have you changed it to?
- I don't like putting Arabia and Cordoba against each other. Going form one end of the map to the next is a stretch for the Human and impossible for the AI. Also, if they dislike each other, then they will not OB with each other and that would certainly hurt them.
Well thats what happened historically, and historically Cordoba did not have much friends. And anyway in my last game I had open borders with the Burgundians, the Norse and the Germans, and don't think its that big of a deal. And anyway you said the Cordobans were a tad OP, so having the Cordobans and the Arabs on bad terms is good, and why do they need to declare war? Basically they should be first Furious with each other and then Annoyed, and then farther on, their tempers can be reset from that fateful day in 750 AD.
- The Battle of Tours was discussed and as it was pointed out, it was not nearly as significant as it was made to be. Also, there is nothing to prevent you from invading "Unstable" provinces, you just need to make sure you have the stability to keep them.
Ok, I'm sorry but who ever said that the Battle of Tours was "not significant" is an idiot. And I know I can still invade an "unstable" territory, but thats the thing, it makes you unstable! And the Cordoban AI will never want to take it! The Battle of Tours was VERY important, and those territories should DEFINITELY be added to their maps. In fact if I were you, I would add "Muslim Barbarians" who attack the Southern French cities. That would be great fun!
In that same way Sicily should ALSO be added to the Arab OK stability map, or else that would be ridiclous, plus seeing an Arab Sicily would be hella cool
Especially if you have to fight a war to remove them from it. In the past I actually have seen the AI Arabs take it, and when I play as the Arabs I always make it a goal to capture Sicily
Surprisingly though, when I took Toulouse, the French never tried to take it back
Shouldn't they be jumping at me to capture that territory, which should be considered "theirs". And by the way I captured it from the inde's.
- Oran will be added to Cordoba.
Oh good!
But why not Anqutine and Provence? Can't you just make them "OK" provinces to attack/settle?
Also I hope you make the changes to the Cordoban settler maps for Toulouse and others. The website provided should make your life A LOT easier
- Most Churches/Cathedrals do require a specific religion. There are also "religion independent" wonders. Palace des Papes is clearly associated with the Pope, however, Notre Dame could have been build as a large Mosque. This allows for some ahistroicity. Same with Muslim wonders, Dome of the Rock can only be build by a Muslim, however, La Mezquita can belong to any religion.
Ok I'm sorry, but thats just absurd, completely absurd. You need to AT LEAST have the the religion in that city to build it, if not have your state religion match it, or else thats just weird and plain not fun, when you have the Cordobans building everything. I mean how can the Sistine Chapel be built in Damascus?? PLEASE change each religious wonder to a specific religion, or else this is just crazy talk.
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Other Comments:
Also if you want, I was thinking that for the Austrian 3rd UHV you can rename it, instead of "Habsburg Alliances", "Holy Alliance" (a famous one between Prussia, Austria and Russia)
Another thing was that why not you remove the "beavers" who are totally out of place, and add in another graphic for "furs", I know Edead did that for SoI, and instead added in leopards which made more sense. You should consider making the change as well. Perhaps bears?
Also shoulden't Temple Mount be pre-placed in Jerusalem, since its ALREADY been built by this time? I mean your not making a mod about the Ancient Hebrews
Another problem is that Marco Polo's Embassy is being built WAYYYYYY too early, do you mind moving it up the tech tree
And Militarism so early on does not make sense in the European style. Having Vassalage early on is fine IMO. Can't you just change it back to later in the tech tree
And lastly, for the love of God, please change the "Masjid Al-Haram" which is situated in Mecca (not even on this map
), and just change its name to, "The Great Mosque of Damascus" OR
"The Ummayad Mosque"
And on that note, can you please change the Muslim holy city to Jerusalem, it just makes SOO much more sense, since Jerusalem is the third holiest city in Islam. Also if the Crusaders take it, it will make more sense for the Arabs to want to get it back.
Also I know your still working on civ names (at least I think you are), but why not you change the German Kingdom to "Holy Roman Empire", because frankly the HRE is not at all very well represented in this mod
Also on the note of name's for the "Arabic Knowledge" tech, it should instead be called, "Arab Knowledge". Also shouldn't it be moved back? At least on the same level as Gunpowder if not even a layer behind that. It just seems way too far in the tech tree.
And the Austrians shouldn't start with so many useless Archers, IMO just remove those 5 archers, and give them 2-3 crossbowmen.
When playing as Austria, I flipped Salzburg a German city and they declared war on me. Can you make it so that the Germans and Austrians are on very good terms with each other, because historically in the 13th century weren't they part of the SAME Empire even? So IMO they really should be best of friends
And VERY lastly, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE remove Joan of Arc as a French Leader and instead use the Clovis I LH that has been made, and I know you already have Charlemagne so you can rename the Clovis LH to another leader after Charlemagne, but its just TOO ridiculous that Joan of Arc is a leader of the entire French nation.
