What Civ UAs, UUs etc are you hoping get changed?

[Fredgerd]

I know France is already confirmed for changes but I haven't heard about any others. I liked old France but the new one looks cool too.

Personally I'm really hoping to see some changes to Germany. It feels like Germany's contributions to science, philosophy and the arts are being entirely swept under the rug in favor of this image of WWI/WWII war crazed Germany which only reflects a small fraction of the nation's long history and not even a complimentary one (they lost both those wars and the war crimes of WWII continue to be a shameful memory). Every time I play Germany and it says "Will you rule and conquer through blood and iron, or foster the Germanic arts and industry?" I'm like, well given that I have no abilities that lend themselves to the latter I wonder which one I'll pick.

 

[fuzzatron717]

India, Arabia, Rome, Polynesia have all been confirmed to be changed slightly and couple others. The last Q&A confirmed these in case you wonder where I got this info.

 

[Monado]

India, Arabia, Rome, Polynesia have all been confirmed to be changed slightly and couple others. The last Q&A confirmed these in case you wonder where I got this info.

We do not know about any changes to Rome or Polynesia. They were used as examples of civs who's UA is getting an indirect buff because of the new features.

 

[VainApocalypse]

India, Arabia, Rome, Polynesia have all been confirmed to be changed slightly and couple others. The last Q&A confirmed these in case you wonder where I got this info.

"some civs (Polynesia, Rome, Carthage) have been indirectly strengthened by the new systems in Brave New World."

This doesn't mean that their UA is being changed; it means that the new mechanics are benefiting them especially.

 

[otaman1]

Mongolia, India, Arabia, Polynesia, Carthage, Rome, America, England, Netherlands etc are being slightly changed

 

[Bad Wolf]

Speaking of Carthage I hope they fix the bug where none of Carthage's harbours are visible on the map.

 

[ballingforlife]

Polynesia might be getting a tourism bonus because of how many of its territories are vacation hotspots in the present day. I don't necessarily agree with that though, if that's the case because the Polynesian empire never exploited much tourism

 

[ptoss1]

Add new leaders for each civ and change the UA.

 

[ImperialChaos]

Polynesia will be buffed by having an advantage in finding all the players on the map first; thus being the first to found the World Congress.

Confirmed improvements: India, Arabia
Confirmed Buffs indirectly from BNW's features: Rome, Polynesia, Carthage
My choices: India, America, Germany, and Netherlands.

Is France the only "old" Civ that has been revamped or are there changes to other Civs as well? If so, would you mind sharing or hinting at any of these changes?

No civ has been as dramatically revamped as France. But you’ll see (subtler) changes to India and Arabia to name a few. Also we are finding that some civs (Polynesia, Rome, Carthage) have been indirectly strengthened by the new systems in Brave New World.

Also, there have been many threads on this same subject:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=493024
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=498264
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=497906

 

[Wielki Hegemon]

Confirmed UA's improvements: India, Arabia

Source?

Q&A:

No civ has been as dramatically revamped as France. But you’ll see (subtler) changes to India and Arabia to name a few.

It is far from UA confirmation

 

[ImperialChaos]

Source?

Q&A:


It is far from UA confirmation

Ah, you're correct. I don't know why I put UA in front of improvements. I guess that was what was on my mind.

 

[Wielki Hegemon]

Ok, I thought I missed something

 

[EgyptRaider]

I think you can easily say that Rome Carthage and Polynesia are confirmed for not being changed. Otherwise they wouldn't say that they would benefit from the new features as they are.

 

[Arachnofiend]

Polynesia might be getting a tourism bonus because of how many of its territories are vacation hotspots in the present day. I don't necessarily agree with that though, if that's the case because the Polynesian empire never exploited much tourism

The Maoi will continue to produce culture. The hotel grants tourism for cultural tile improvements, so Polynesia will get its culture that way.

 

[Navelgazer]

Oh, nice Catch, Arachnofiend.

As for Carthage, do we know whether Harbors grant trade routes?

 

[JSMCAG]

As for Carthage, do we know whether Harbors grant trade routes?

We haven't got a confirmation, but it is speculated that they have, indeed, a new Trade Route bonus, since their current bonus was moved to the Lighthouse.

 

[sendos]

Having experienced playing as Austria in multiplayer, I don't see the attraction of Diplomatic Marriage at all. Although you get to control a CS directly without incurring a diplomatic penalty, you lose the CS diplomatic vote and their various benefits. Like India, I see Austria's UA as more of a sidegrade than an upgrade. Austria should have another UA.

 

[Viregel]

We haven't got a confirmation, but it is speculated that they have, indeed, a new Trade Route bonus, since their current bonus was moved to the Lighthouse.

It does seem that free harbours would be the only obvious benefit to Carthage. I think that you might need them in sea trade routes, so Carthage can trade what they like and not have to worry about harbours.

 

[Hakan-i Cihan]

I hope a change to the Ottomans UA, although I don't think it will be changed. My suggestion would be a simple addition to their current UA:
+Increase the landbased international trade routes range with 20%.
In sea based maps it wouldn't be used much because the cargo ships bring more income. The other part of its UA will then be exploited more. On land based maps however they can't benefit of their UA as it is. The landbased ITR's with increased range is than a valuable benefit. It is a slight change which wouldn't be gamebraking. Also the increase in range of ITR's is kinda referring to the Caravansarai network which was mostly known from the Middle-East and also from the Ottoman empire. Or another option would be free caravansarais in each city. (I thought caravansarais gave only a range extension for ITR's)

 

[Unresolved]

Having experienced playing as Austria in multiplayer, I don't see the attraction of Diplomatic Marriage at all. Although you get to control a CS directly without incurring a diplomatic penalty, you lose the CS diplomatic vote and their various benefits. Like India, I see Austria's UA as more of a sidegrade than an upgrade. Austria should have another UA.

Austria's UA allows you to puppet/annex cities that don't lose any population/buildings when you take them over. Also, you don't go through a resistance period and you get all the units that they have built. Naturally, a diplomatic victory is not their strongest VC.