[Custom Civ] Tomatekh's Timurids for VP

[jarcast2]

After giving myself a Cataphract with IGE, the city state started gifting his Catas as well. Weird.
As for the Farsakh Cannon, it does not come with the siege 1 promotion as stated in the OP. Intended?

I checked. Siege I promo doesn't exist anymore in VP. Timurids were not updated for this change, it seems.

 

[azum4roll]

It's PROMOTION_SIEGE_1, not PROMOTION_SIEGE_I.

 

[KlHannibal2]

Just played a game as the Timurids and been thinking about the UA, the part with city razing. I just can't help keeping the cities I conquer. I like the concept since it's unique, thematic and fitting the Timurids' reputation. Yet, it most times feels to be the better option to keep cities in a domination game. Early game you would not gain much from razing, but having the extra city for unit cap and territorial control is worth more IMO. And later, when you would gain more from razing, resettling and rebuilding all these buildings takes just so long. I have optimised my policies and religion for resettling, but it still does not feel worth it.

How do you guys feel about it?

 

[trinket]

IMO it's just the nature of the civ that you have to go out of your way to be extra strict about which cities to keep. Like how Rome forces you to choose which City States are better off conquered and which ones to keep for diplomatic power.
As a fan of infinite city sprawl letting the potential yields go to waste hurt me as well, but being pushed to go lean on my army and economy was a welcome challenge.

 

[Giza]

Just played a game as the Timurids and been thinking about the UA, the part with city razing. I just can't help keeping the cities I conquer. I like the concept since it's unique, thematic and fitting the Timurids' reputation. Yet, it most times feels to be the better option to keep cities in a domination game. Early game you would not gain much from razing, but having the extra city for unit cap and territorial control is worth more IMO. And later, when you would gain more from razing, resettling and rebuilding all these buildings takes just so long. I have optimised my policies and religion for resettling, but it still does not feel worth it.

How do you guys feel about it?

I like the challenge of playing this civ completely differently from any other war-oriented civs. I went with tradition instead of authority, and my goal was to build a super-capital with insane yields, while regularly razing weak cities that the AI settled near me. The goal is not to conquer the entire map, at least not until the industrial age.

This is a bit like Japan, where you can just make war to neighbours without actually conquering all of them.

I'm not saying it is the best strategy, it's just a different playstyle you can use with this civ, which makes it more fun than the standard steamroller of Mongolia or Sweden.

 

[pineappledan]

Pushing you out of your comfort zone and encouraging you to manage your empire differently is exactly what a good civ design should do.