Ultimate Wishlist for Great People in Civ6

[Morningcalm]

Hm, fair enough. The Civ Rev game and the Civ board game play with those to a degree. But for Great People I don't know. Maybe there should be more policies that are immensely powerful but come with significant drawbacks.

 

[Ferocitus]

Hm, fair enough. The Civ Rev game and the Civ board game play with those to a degree. But for Great People I don't know. Maybe there should be more policies that are immensely powerful but come with significant drawbacks.

Wonders certainly do, insofar as spending gold/cogs means ignoring
other priorities and aspects.
If a civ is one that throws up tel-evangelists, then they need to pay
for that folly in some way.

 

[God of Kings]

I like the idea of getting boosts to one branch at the expense of another.
Get religion and gold, while losing science and the respect of everyone else in the world.
Boost population by banning contraception, but forego advances in genetics or biology.

Moral panic:

Increased faith and production at the cost of gold, culture, and amenities.

 

[AnonymousSpeed]

Surprised not to see Shostakovich on the list.

Unfortunately, Great Musicians who are more contemporary would be very hard to figure out, since their music is copyrighted. There is one guy who wouldn't have this problem, but considering Kevin MacLeod is still alive, most people would probably object to including him.

 

[Guandao]

Surprised not to see Shostakovich on the list.

Unfortunately, Great Musicians who are more contemporary would be very hard to figure out, since their music is copyrighted. There is one guy who wouldn't have this problem, but considering Kevin MacLeod is still alive, most people would probably object to including him.

Shostakovich died in 1975. His work is not yet in public domain yet.
I'll avoid living composers for the moment. Civ5 had some (Cage, Prince Buster (he was alive at the time), R. Carlos Nakai, Reich), but Civ6 doesn't.

 

[AnonymousSpeed]

Ah, my bad. That's what you get for assuming all orchestral music is old enough to public domain.

 

[Ferocitus]

Civ5 had some (Cage...

Did they include him in case he sued over rights to all of the silent portions?

 

[God of Kings]

Shostakovich died in 1975. His work is not yet in public domain yet.
I'll avoid living composers for the moment. Civ5 had some (Cage, Prince Buster (he was alive at the time), R. Carlos Nakai, Reich), but Civ6 doesn't.

Don't forget the person who composed Indian Brave:

Unfortunately, we don't know who composed it.

 

[Phrozen]

Some more:

George Washington Carver (Great Scientist)
Robert Johnson (Great Musician)
Scott Joplin (Great Musician)
Norman Borlaug(Great Scientist)

 

[God of Kings]

Chuck Taylor (Great Merchant)

He creates a luxury resource called "Athletic Shoes."

 

[Guandao]

Chuck Taylor (Great Merchant)

He creates a luxury resource called "Athletic Shoes."

Is he dead? Which Chuck Taylor? Wikipedia lists so many with this name.

 

[God of Kings]

Is he dead? Which Chuck Taylor? Wikipedia lists so many with this name.

The one whose name is associated with athletic shoes, better known as Converse All-Stars.

 

[Zaarin]

I see he's already on the list, but I'd love to see my favorite poet, Kahlil Gibran. I'd also love to see Zitkala-Ša, William Blake, and William Butler Yeats. Copyright probably makes it impossible, but I'd also love to see Arthur M. Miller, Jr. (A Canticle for Leibowitz); copyright definitely makes it impossible but I'd also love to see my favorite living author and recent Nobel Prize-winner Kazuo Ishiguro.

 

[Guandao]

I see he's already on the list, but I'd love to see my favorite poet, Kahlil Gibran. I'd also love to see Zitkala-Ša, William Blake, and William Butler Yeats. Copyright probably makes it impossible, but I'd also love to see Arthur M. Miller, Jr. (A Canticle for Leibowitz); copyright definitely makes it impossible but I'd also love to see my favorite living author and recent Nobel Prize-winner Kazuo Ishiguro.

Don't you mean Walter M. Miller Jr.? He's definitely copyrighted.

 

[Zaarin]

Don't you mean Walter M. Miller Jr.? He's definitely copyrighted.

Yes, wrong Miller. Arthur Miller and Death of a Salesman would also be acceptable, though. Also under copyright, though.

 

[Xandinho]

Some Brazilian great people that I forgot to mention in my first post:

José de Alencar (Great Writer)
Euclides da Cunha (Great Writer)
Eça de Queiroz (Great Writer)
Aleijadinho (Great Engineer)
Alberto Santos-Dumont (the father of aviation , Great Engineer)
Carlos Chagas (Great Scientist)
Vital Brazil (Great Scientist)
Oswaldo Cruz (Great Scientist)
Bartolomeu de Gusmão (Great Enginner)

 

[Phrozen]

So what abilities would the great people have? Writers and Musicians are quite easy ie.

Ambrose Bierce : An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, The Devil's Dictionary
Scott Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag, The Entertainer

Others are harder but can be sussed out:
Norman Borlaug: Double food produced by Farms in the city a charge is expended in. Two charges.
W.L. Moody Jr: Creates a bank on a commercial district. +1 gold to plantations in this city.
Henry Morgan: When stacked with a privateer, double yields from pillaging from units within two hexes of Morgan.

 

[Guandao]

So what abilities would the great people have? Writers and Musicians are quite easy ie.

Ambrose Bierce : An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, The Devil's Dictionary
Scott Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag, The Entertainer

Others are harder but can be sussed out:
Norman Borlaug: Double food produced by Farms in the city a charge is expended in. Two charges.
W.L. Moody Jr: Creates a bank on a commercial district. +1 gold to plantations in this city.
Henry Morgan: When stacked with a privateer, double yields from pillaging from units within two hexes of Morgan.

I'll try thinking of abilities for the Great People eventually, once I'm done adding people to the list. It also should be easy for the Great Artists as well.

 

[AnonymousSpeed]

Here's some great people, some new and some already on the list, with possible abilities added.

Great Writer:
Voltaire (Candide, Zaire)
Plato (Ethics, Politics)
Xenophon (Oeconomicus, Anabasis)

Great Admiral:
Samuel Pepys (Great Work of Writing: Samuel Pepys's Diary) [It's kind of a stretch, but he couldn't really be a Great Writer since he only has one work, his diary. It'd be his retirement bonus in the even he was added, but it's also a pretty measly amount of culture by that point.]

Great Scientist:
Aristotle (2 Eurekas and 2 Inspirations from the Classical, Medieval, or Renaissance eras)
Rene Descartes (2 Eurekas and 1 Inspiration from the Renaissance or Industrial eras)
Alessandro Volta (Triggers the Eureka for Electricity and ???)

Great Merchant:
Cornelius Vanderbuilt (Roads in your empire function as if 1 era more advanced. Domestic trade routes provide +1 Production.) [The idea here is that, rather than utilize a non-existent railroad mechanic, Vanderbuilt just gives you better roads as a simulation of that.]

 

[Phoenix1595]

Just to get a hint of modernity, but without roiling the waters re: copyright issues, here are my thoughts on GP candidates from 20th century:

Musicians:
John Adams (I mean, he's a prolific composer AND his work has been in the series)
Aaron Copland (same as above, and he's been dead nigh 40-50 years)

Writers:
E.M. Forster (Howard's End, Passage to India)
Gore Vidal (Creation, Myra Breckinridge; Passed away relatively recently, but knowing his ego, he'd love the idea of being a "Great Person" of history)

Merchants:
I would suggest Walt Disney, but knowing Disney Co.'s litigiousness...
Howard Hughes

Artists:
Alexander Calder
Andrew Wyeth