Small Observations General Thread (things not worth separate threads)

[queenpea]

I have some concerns about the UI. It seems like an easy thing to fix, but it could use a lot of polishing and seems rushed.

There are just a lot of pop ups in the game. And it’s all grey on black all the time.

 

[AriochIV]

Ah ok, what thread was it

Don't recall, but it was from the boesthius stream. Here's the relevant bit:

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

Wow. Emile Bell gives you a Diplomatic Endeavor. The only thing Taco Bell ever gives me is gas.

 

[Rac]

Oh gosh this gonna be big, doing all the IP's saw since the review videos (that I saw) came out, so if anyone saw any other IP beyond these, please tell us here
Sundanese - Sundapura
Kushan - Khalchyan
Sinhalese - Anuradhupara
Caral-Supe - Norte Chico
Sogdiana - Samarkand
Seljuk - Nishapur
Mediomatrici? - Divodurum
Phoenicia - Tyre
Gothic - Gutthiuda
Lan Xang - Luang Prabang
Sumeria - Ur
Pueblo - Mesa Verde
Goguryeo - Gungnae
Etruria - Aritim
Teotihuacan - Teotihuacan
Magadha - ?
Canaan - Megiddo
Numidia - Cirta
Yue - Kuaiji
Kannauj - Kannauj
Assyria - Assur
Xiongnu - Longcheng
Lycia - Arna
Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe
Seleucid - Seleucia
Champa - Champa?
Nok? - Taruga
Tondo - Tondo
Chimor - Chan Chan
Jie - Jieshi
Jōmon - Ōfunato
Toltec - Tollan-Xicocotitlan
Ottoman - Istanbul
Scythia - Scythian Neapolis
Silla - Seorabeol
Nuragic - Su Nuraxi
Punt? - Opone
? - Pedra Pintada
Bugkalot - Nagtipunan
Carthage - Carthage
Mannai? - Izirtu
Goryeo - Gaegyeong
Rapa Nui - Anakena
? - Nansarunai
Ecclesiastic - Vatican
Hittites - Hattusa
Taíno - Camagüey
Kush? - Meröe
Lan Na - Chiang Mai
Niani - Niani
Tichitt - Dhar Tichitt

 

[Gori the Grey]

Nookarium finds Shengle of the Xianbei

 

[SeelingCat]

Ecclesiastic - Vatican

This one is wild - do you recall which video it's from?

 

[Rac]

This one is wild - do you recall which video it's from?

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

The subtle irony that Ethics and stealing government secrets are on the same Civic

 

[Black Gate]

Magadha - ?

That's a strange one. The Mauryans were just the most successful dynasty of the Magadha Empire, but the region is also its own people in the game?

 

[Seek]

Napoleon's Revolutionary persona has changed from +1 Movement for Commanders to all Units (2K site still lists original UA). We also have confirmation that this persona's Attributes are Cultural and Militaristic.

And the Emperor persona has another small, but previously unrevealed, perk: Can reject Endeavors for Free. Personas here are Diplomatic and Economic.

 

[Ryansinbela]

Don't recall, but it was from the boesthius stream. Here's the relevant bit:

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Oh neat

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

Notre Dame details

 

[Krikkit1]

Napoleon's Revolutionary persona has changed from +1 Movement for Commanders to all Units (2K site still lists original UA). We also have confirmation that this persona's Attributes are Cultural and Militaristic.
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And the Emperor persona has another small, but previously unrevealed, perk: Can reject Endeavors for Free. Personas here are Diplomatic and Economic.
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Him and Machiavelli can have a love-hate relationship (they love how much they hate each other)

 

[Sagax]

Posted in another thread, but makes sense here as well:

Leave it to China (and a bit of Japan) to not give a damn about NDAs:

Himiko (Queen of Wa)

Diplomatic, Scientific

Receive unique Diplomatic Endeavor "Ruler of Wa, Friend of Wei": can be initiated when in an Alliance, grants +25% science to both you and your ally.
+4 Science for each leader with the relationship of "Friendly" or "Helpful" with you, increases with Age.
Can support Diplomatic Endeavors for free.

Unlocks Meiji Japan in the Modern Age.

Level 2 Memento: "Golden Seal of the Wei Tributary"
A gift from the emperor.
+1 Influence on science buildings, increases with Age.

Here we see that Himiko's "historical"/"preferred"/"strategic" choices (the Japanese says "strategic") are Khmer and Mississippi.

Mississippi unlocks Shawnee, Hawaii, and Inca.

If anyone is fluent in Japanese, here's the Famitsu article: https://www.famitsu.com/article/202501/30396

 

[JNR13]

Hey, we finally see what the Arena does.

 

[Sagax]

Other info from Chinese VODs - leader unlocks:

Amina - Songhai, Buganda
Ashoka - Chola
Augustus - None
Ben Franklin - America
Catherine - Russia
Charlemagne - Norman
Confucius - Ming, Qing
Harriet Tubman - America
Hatshepsut - None
Himiko - Meiji Japan
Ibn Battuta - Abbasid
Isabella - Spain, Mexico
Pachacuti - Inca
Tecumseh - Shawnee, America, Mexico
Trung Trac - Majapahit
Lafayette - French Empire
Machiavelli - None
Napoleon - French Empire
Xerxes - None

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

Other info from Chinese VODs - leader unlocks:

Amina - Songhai, Buganda
Ashoka - Chola
Augustus - None
Ben Franklin - America
Catherine - Russia
Charlemagne - Norman
Confucius - Ming, Qing
Harriet Tubman - America
Hatshepsut - None
Himiko - Meiji Japan
Ibn Battuta - Abbasid
Isabella - Spain, Mexico
Pachacuti - Inca
Tecumseh - Shawnee, America, Mexico
Trung Trac - Majapahit
Lafayette - French Empire
Machiavelli - None
Napoleon - French Empire
Xerxes - None

Yep, that lines up with what was shown on the leader selection screen that was leaked by Nookrium

 

[Sagax]

Yep, that lines up with what was shown on the leader selection screen that was leaked by Nookrium

I wasn't following their leaks - did that include civ unlocks?

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

I wasn't following their leaks - did that include civ unlocks?

Yes. They also showed one of the Friedrichs

 

[moysturfurmer]

Other info from Chinese VODs - leader unlocks:

Amina - Songhai, Buganda
Ashoka - Chola
Augustus - None
Ben Franklin - America
Catherine - Russia
Charlemagne - Norman
Confucius - Ming, Qing
Harriet Tubman - America
Hatshepsut - None
Himiko - Meiji Japan
Ibn Battuta - Abbasid
Isabella - Spain, Mexico
Pachacuti - Inca
Tecumseh - Shawnee, America, Mexico
Trung Trac - Majapahit
Lafayette - French Empire
Machiavelli - None
Napoleon - French Empire
Xerxes - None

I am going to take this as 100% waterproof confirmation that Italy, Florence, Sassanid, Safavid, and Seljuks are planned civs, please and thank you.