1)maybe you said it in an earlier thread, but what was the rational behind including the austrians? I think they make europe too crowded as it is, and weakens the other great powers like france, germany, and rome.
historically the austrians were a great power. but shouldnt we include them with the germans? after all, if we want to be accurate, "germany" didnt exist as a whole until bismark unified it. if you are going to include austria, that would be like making prussia its own civilization. because most of the power from the german peoples until the industrial age was by prussia, and the other weak german states were just fodder for the great powers.
-could i suggest a polynesian/South east asian civ? they could represet all of polynesia and south east asia -thailand, indonesia, burma, philippines, vietnam.
this civ could fill out the empty pacific quarter, which is always colonized by china, korea and japan.
historcally they play a big part in history - in the spice trade, as military powers - (the javanese were the only ones after the mamaluks in egypt to descively defeat a mongol army in battle). culturally - angkor wat. if you inlcude the inca, or aztec, these civilizations have as unique a culture, but more durable and stronger. they survive as states today, whereas the incans and aztecs do not.
today they are a large part of the world population - indonesia is the biggest muslim country in the world having as many indonesians as there are the entire arab people. also politically they are important. vietnam for instance.
2)ive played the original several times, and it seems mongolia doesnt stand a chance. why dont you make a relatively powerful cheap unit the mongols can make?
just my 2 cents, its a great mod