Small Observations General Thread (things not worth separate threads)

As per Raptor’s latest video, the gameplay unlock for Prussia is “Have Three Army Commanders.” (Timecode 12:00) Seems like the easiest one so far.
For any prediction fans, this makes the likelihood of a Militaristic Prussia near certain. I wonder what the other attribute will be? General mechanics wise, we are currently missing a pure domination rush Civ like Persia or Mongolia, and I'd rather Prussia is hit with that than the Mughals...
 
For any prediction fans, this makes the likelihood of a Militaristic Prussia near certain. I wonder what the other attribute will be? General mechanics wise, we are currently missing a pure domination rush Civ like Persia or Mongolia, and I'd rather Prussia is hit with that than the Mughals...
That would be interesting considering they look like they might get unique "Enlightenment" Great people. Maybe they will be Militaristic/Scientific?
 
For any prediction fans, this makes the likelihood of a Militaristic Prussia near certain. I wonder what the other attribute will be? General mechanics wise, we are currently missing a pure domination rush Civ like Persia or Mongolia, and I'd rather Prussia is hit with that than the Mughals...
Prussia Militaristic? Now there's a bold prediction... 😜
 
As per Ursa’s new video (timecode 18:52) in the Explorarion plague crisis you can unlock a Physician unit (likely the Plague Doctor from that one short)

Plagues can damage units. Killed his army commander
Zakh lost a bunch of units to the Antiquity plague too. Got watch to make sure they don't sit on the miasma.
 
For any prediction fans, this makes the likelihood of a Militaristic Prussia near certain. I wonder what the other attribute will be? General mechanics wise, we are currently missing a pure domination rush Civ like Persia or Mongolia, and I'd rather Prussia is hit with that than the Mughals...
Militaristic would fit the popular view of either Prussia or Germany in t he Modern Age.

Expansionist really fits only Frederich II, with his obsession with adding Silesia to his (relatively) tiny realm compared with the opposing French, Austrian and Russian states. Other than him, the other Prussian leaders or even the Imperial German ones don't really fit - Germany under and after Bismarck tried for a few overseas colonies because that was What You Did as a major European late-19th century state, but Bismarck's wars were all about adding German territory to Prussia/Germany, not conquering elsewhere.

So, they could double down on the Leader (Fred) by making Prussia the pure domination rush Militaristic - Expansionist.

But, a better combination I think would be Militaristic - Scientific, representing the Prussian/German emphasis on the technical and scientific progress: 19th century Germany was the pioneer in metallurgy (cast steel, armor plate alloys, early aluminum processing), chemical engineering (aspirin, artificial fertilizer, manufactured nitrates for both fertilizer and smokeless powder), early motorization (Daimler and Diesel are the names to know) - Germany was a scientific powerhouse for almost a century in the Modern Age of the game.

On the other hand, the game might achieve some of the same emphasis by giving Prussia a set of German scientific Great People: just in the Modern Age, they could start with Humboldt, Wöhler, Alfred Krupp (Industrialist, but also pioneered cast steel for cannon and railroad machinery and inaugurated things like workers aid, widow's and orphan's support, worker's housing and other 'socialist' works later adopted by Bismarck for the entire State), Daimler, Roentgen, Diesel, Haber, Planck, Einstein, Gropius, Heisenberg - not a complete list, but long enough to show trhe variety that could be provided just in the rather narrow field of Scientific/Technological processes and advances.
 
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Hoerikwaggo (Table Mountain) natural wonder. Notice it's in Isabella's territory, so those yields are doubled.
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Torres Del Paine, not in Isabella's territory
 
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^ And paired with regular linear infantry. but i don't think this is a correct mexican line infantry uniform. they were too Napoleonics and not Redcoats turned blue.
I cannot find an exact match for that 'line infantry' figure in any illustration of Mexican regular infantry from 1800 to 1860, and several things are particularly worrying.
1. Almost all of the coats worn by the Mexican army were a much darker shade of blue. Trousers could be either the lighter blue shown or white.
2. The elaborate epaulettes seem to have been worn only by musicians or senior ranks - sergeants or higher.
3. Almost all regular infantry wore white cross belts across the chest, not a single white baldric as shown.
4. The tri-colored plume on the shako I have found shown only on a regular private soldier. Grenadiers wore a solid red plume, other ranks wore red or green - the private was the only one I found wearing a multi-colored plume as shown.

That means this figure is wearing a uniform composed of separate elements belonging to privates, sergeants, and musicians, but never all of them on a single soldier.
 
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I am pleased that it appears to be a mixed gender unit and not some kind of weird fantasy Amazon unit.
Reguar men uses same flintlocks, while women elements use wildwest cowboy repeaters.
still very much mismatched. At this stage standard foot soldiers should be using Minie Rifles at the minimum. by 1870s they should use trapdoor service rifles (converted minies)
. though Mexican designs would be different.
 
I'm tired with these all grumbling about details. I just want they catch the critical points but want no more. This is a game, not a reenactment content.
 
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Age II Wonder. This Cheti is made of Mon archetecture. when Rangoon was Mon City. and Burma still seated at Bagan.. that was 'Sukhothai era' at the other side of Tenasserin Range. and Ayutthaya was yet to become an empire (but exists as a city at this point.)

Deravati Buddhism became State Religions of Menam basin kingdoms sometimes in 14th Century AD. signifying an independence from Khmer Empire of Angkor / Yasothorn.
 
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