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The Last Conformist
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The new Corvée is fine. 
The warrior one doesn't exactly enthuse me, but I'll use it for Militarism, I think, until I've got such a superabundance of fitting military ones that I can be very choosy.
The warrior one doesn't exactly enthuse me, but I'll use it for Militarism, I think, until I've got such a superabundance of fitting military ones that I can be very choosy.
The Last Conformist
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It struck me the other day that sinking little mines complete with little ore wains all over the place doesn't seem a very Mesoamerican thing to do. To start with, wains are of limited use when you don't have wheels.
So, I was thinking to use the little hutlets from the Rood and Dragon instead, if nobody has a better suggestion. If I feel really ambitious, I may even take the trouble to rename them into hamlets.
Also, I wonder if anyone can think of a fitting set of fortress gfx. Set and set - a single one would be enough, since it could be used for all eras, and barricades are disabed anyway.
So, I was thinking to use the little hutlets from the Rood and Dragon instead, if nobody has a better suggestion. If I feel really ambitious, I may even take the trouble to rename them into hamlets.
Also, I wonder if anyone can think of a fitting set of fortress gfx. Set and set - a single one would be enough, since it could be used for all eras, and barricades are disabed anyway.
The Last Conformist
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Here's a screenie with the hutlets for mines:
The Last Conformist
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That fortress looks suspiciously like pyramid from Tikal, but it will work.
Virote_Considon
The Great Dictator
Nice looking mod!
Have you thought of requesting a captured worker unit, with black and white stripes, just like a Mayan slave?
Have you thought of requesting a captured worker unit, with black and white stripes, just like a Mayan slave?
The Last Conformist
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No, I haven't. I wasn't in fact aware that Maya slaves used to wear black and white stripes - do you have a picture?
You're quite right the current captured worker gfx are not exactly ideal, in any case.
You're quite right the current captured worker gfx are not exactly ideal, in any case.
The Last Conformist
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Glad you like it.
As concerning lengthening the scenario, that would be hard without expanding the tech tree, which I can't very well do.
As concerning lengthening the scenario, that would be hard without expanding the tech tree, which I can't very well do.
You could just make the techs more expensive but is there really a lot of people going to want to play 1000 turns?
I'm playing as Calakmul now. I'm not going to win because of Tikal, of course. i've been at war with them twice - the first time their warriors just kept bouncing of my militias until they sued for peace and I got much gold from them. The second time, however, was very different. For some reason their sajals and some warriors to were able to kill my sajals through the palisades of my cities! I lost both armies this way and just about avoided losing any cities. By the time peace was made, Piedras negras had been on a killing spree and were miles ahead in victory points.
One strange thing - Divine Monarchy seems to be a worse government than Dynasticism. Is this intentional? Because of unit support differences, I went from breaking even to -20 gpt. It destroyed my research so i changed back again. Where's the advantage?
I'm playing as Calakmul now. I'm not going to win because of Tikal, of course. i've been at war with them twice - the first time their warriors just kept bouncing of my militias until they sued for peace and I got much gold from them. The second time, however, was very different. For some reason their sajals and some warriors to were able to kill my sajals through the palisades of my cities! I lost both armies this way and just about avoided losing any cities. By the time peace was made, Piedras negras had been on a killing spree and were miles ahead in victory points.
One strange thing - Divine Monarchy seems to be a worse government than Dynasticism. Is this intentional? Because of unit support differences, I went from breaking even to -20 gpt. It destroyed my research so i changed back again. Where's the advantage?
The Last Conformist
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Advantages of Divine Monarchy over Dynasticism:
Less corruption
More draft and MP
Money rush instead of pop rush
Better spies
No standard tile penalty (this is big!)
Higher assmilation chance
Unit support is 4/4/4 for Dynasticism, and 2/4/8 for Divine Monarchy. Since you won't have many metropoleis in this scenario, Dynasticism is superior on this point, but it should be more than compensated by the advantages listed above, unless you've got a large army and many very small towns.
Dynasticism and Divine Monarchy are much like Vanilla Despotism and Monarchy, while Aristocracy is much like Republic.
Less corruption
More draft and MP
Money rush instead of pop rush
Better spies
No standard tile penalty (this is big!)
Higher assmilation chance
Unit support is 4/4/4 for Dynasticism, and 2/4/8 for Divine Monarchy. Since you won't have many metropoleis in this scenario, Dynasticism is superior on this point, but it should be more than compensated by the advantages listed above, unless you've got a large army and many very small towns.
Dynasticism and Divine Monarchy are much like Vanilla Despotism and Monarchy, while Aristocracy is much like Republic.
The Last Conformist
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I could make techs more expensive, but don't feel like it after slashing the cost of early techs after people complained the early game was too slow.
The AI tends to do poorly with Calakmul, for some reason, but it's very possible for a human player to beat up Tikal with them. Try and ally with Caracol and/or Piedras Negras against them.
One weakness with Calakmul is that at start, their only road connections to anywhere are via Tikal. Getting a road to Caracol, and a harbour up at either coast, are good investments.
The AI tends to do poorly with Calakmul, for some reason, but it's very possible for a human player to beat up Tikal with them. Try and ally with Caracol and/or Piedras Negras against them.
One weakness with Calakmul is that at start, their only road connections to anywhere are via Tikal. Getting a road to Caracol, and a harbour up at either coast, are good investments.
Virote_Considon
The Great Dictator
The Last Conformist said:
I havn't found any pictures on 15+pages on google, but I did get the fact that the Mayans painted their slaves black-and-white from kids book I read once...(religiously
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The Last Conformist
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I'll see if I can find anything about it.
The Last Conformist
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Not much activity here ...
Anyway, I'm working rather slowly on fixing the missing graphics and 'pedia entries. Next version will be released when I think I've got enough new stuff to justify bothering TF.
Anyway, I'm working rather slowly on fixing the missing graphics and 'pedia entries. Next version will be released when I think I've got enough new stuff to justify bothering TF.
Rambuchan
The Funky President
You've been very attentive wrt upgrades so far TLC. So I don't see why you need to feel bad about working slowly.
