Small Observations General Thread (things not worth separate threads)

[Eagle Pursuit]

From the IGN video posted today

 

[stealth_nsk]

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From the IGN video posted today

So, we know who gets additional personas...

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

So, we know who gets additional personas...

And there's a certain 19th century Filipino there

 

[Archanist]

And there's a certain 19th century Filipino there

Happy he's there, kinda sad he's not the one with a persona

 

[Seek]

Nookrium goes through all the game setup options, only map sizes available were tiny, small, and standard :/

There is an "Age Length" setting, which "determines how much age progress is required to complete an age", also "Disaster Intensity" setting and "Crises" checkbox (!)

 

[stealth_nsk]

Nookrium goes through all the game setup options, only map sizes available were tiny, small, and standard :/

We more or less knew it. It was stated in one of early info dumps, what Firaxis focuses on smooth run on all platforms first and add larger maps later.

 

[Seek]

We more or less knew it. It was stated in one of early info dumps, what Firaxis focuses on smooth run on all platforms first and add larger maps later.

Still very disappointing, was hoping for a player limit but larger map sizes.

 

[chaosprophet]

And there's a certain 19th century Filipino there

I wonder what is the biggest surprise leader wise. Him or Himiko indeed having too personas.

 

[ehecatzin]

I wonder what is the biggest surprise leader wise. Him or Himiko indeed having too personas.

For me Its Jose Rizal, I'm already used to Firaxis doing personas and multiple leaders for popular civs

 

[chaosprophet]

For me Its Jose Rizal, I'm already used to Firaxis doing personas and multiple leaders for popular civs

Oh, a Japanese leader having personas don't surprise me. The thing is that Himiko is a old and hard to get reliable information on figure, so it is surprising they would give her a second version.

 

[Siptah]

Oh, a Japanese leader having personas don't surprise me. The thing is that Himiko is a old and hard to get reliable information on figure, so it is surprising they would give her a second version.

On the other hand, that gives them more freedom to invent an ability without having to really connect it to the historical leader...

 

[Siptah]

José Rizal chooses Maya in the antiquity age.

 

[Black Gate]

A few setup details from the boesthius video:

Six difficulty levels (2 is governor, 5 immortal, 6 diety, haven't seen the others). Five speed types (standard is in the middle)

Map types are: Continents Plus, Continents, Archipelago, Fractal, Shuffle, Terra Incognita

You can change age speed (Abbreviated, Standard, Long), change disaster intensity (Light, Moderate, Catastrophic), and turn off crises.

Greece unlocks Norman and Spain in exploration, and Russia in modern

 

[Seek]

Settling on fresh water gives a +5 Happiness bonus to the city.

 

[Seek]

Friendly IP start at 30 relationship towards befriending, Hostile IPs start at 0.

Once the Influence investment (170 on Standard) is made, progress rises at 2/turn.

Friendly status is at 60, [Edit:] Receive a Gift at 90, and Suzerain at 120.

 

[gdr_willter]

So, we know who gets additional personas...

Well, I'll rather choose Yamatai Himiko and Tenno Himiko for her personas. Not because of mass media like anime, just for her historical part and symbolic part.

As a historical queen of Yamatai, she was not an actual ancestor of Japanese Emperors. She was just a leader of the strongest faction within the ancient Japan. Under her reign, Yamatai ruled the small states and became the first Japanese faction which introduced itself to the regional diplomacy of East Asia. But it slowly replaced with the successors, so Himiko's legacy was transferred to the another families: finally the Emperors of Japan.

On the other hand, after the concept of "eternal blood line of Emperors" established, the historians need to prove that the every rulers of ancient Japan had blood ties with nowadays Emperor. Himiko didn't, so they decided to remove her story. Her reign and legacy partially handed over to fictional Emperors - especially Empress Jingu, who become a symbolic icon of the Japanese expansion. But ironically, this decision unintentionally caused the result that Himiko become very famous in modern Japan. She never was an Empress(Tenno) nor a family of the Emperors, but later people made her the Empress and the ancestor of them. Tenno Himiko may be a good expression of Japanese Emperors, dodging the controversial modern Emperors.

Let's goooooooo

 

[Ryansinbela]

José Rizal chooses Maya in the antiquity age.

Where does it show

 

[Siptah]

Where does it show

RangerArea had a game in which two leaders chose appropriate civs: Ashoka-Maurya, Amina-Aksum. The others were Tubman of Egypt and Rizal of the Maya. He was playing as Rome.

 

[Black Gate]

Another detail from later in the same boesthius video - momentos can be changed at each age transition, before entering the next age and picking your legacies.

 

[queenpea]

I guess I didn't realize previously that unless a city center is founded directly on the coast or a navigable river, then it is unable to construct water units as you can no longer create a "harbor district" offset from the city center like you could in VI.