Atlas627
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But all 3 of those Civs are Ancient and thus don't need Leader unlocks. And the Firaxis devs have even more people devoted to Ancient history than before. I think another reason we see fewer Ancient Leaders is we don't have actors to speak their languages (as easily as others). Now that we don't have to have a Leader for every Civ, it's an opportunity to have language-unknown Civs without having to have Ancient Leaders.Given half our leaders unlock the Normans (hyperbole, but not by much), I really don't think Firaxis has overly troubled themselves with unlocks. The lack of Ancient leaders is probably the result of the same problem Civ6 seemed to have: a lack of interest in the period among Firaxis devs. The lack of Alexander the Great specifically is presumably because he's very marketable. Also, there are three obvious civs to connect him to, and they're all in the game: Greece, Egypt, Persia. TBH I fully expect Alexander to have two personae: Alexander the Great who is all war, all the time and Alexander Shahanshah or Pharaoh Alexander or Alexander Hellenizer or some similar persona centered around culture and science.
Then I suspect Catherine is there to make it easy to connect to Russia, and I expect Kublai to come in Right to Rule. It would give another way to get to Mongolia (though I don't see much use without Horses atm, but they can change that), and Mongolia could lead into Russia.We know Catherine the Great is in from the ESRB, and we've seen Russian architecture. Russia is not 100% confirmed, but of our three suspects--Britain, Germany, Russia--I'd consider Russia the closest to being confirmed.