The Everyman for me. I am the spirit or ethos of my civilization, playing against the other leaders. I don't think that will change significantly in Civ7...no matter how much they try to shove my leader in my face.
The Collective
Combined identity vs the opposites: I am the fate of the nation, the people, and their leadership, and my enemies are the fates of each nations & peoples & leaderships.
I was originally the option #1 the Social Historian, but I found out it can be #4 the Great Hero after I played as Sejong the Great in Civ 5. And slowly, my POV was changed more complex, and finally reached to this idea: I'm not the only one of them, I am the mixture of all POV within the Civilization. The people are not just my loyal subjects, I am the hive mind of them when they have unique and dynamic society. The leader is not just my champion, I am the leader itself when they have strong vision for their nation. So when I play Korea, I am Sejong the Great who really care his people, and I am the spirit of Korean people who really crave the peaceful powerful nation, at the same time.
My wording was perhaps a little exaggerated. All I really meant was, if the AI does something to incur your wrath, at whom are you directing your anger? The leader or the civ? And of course, I don't mean real anger, but it's fun to pretend.I voted for the Everyman, but I rarely have a mortal enemy. I am also a builder, settling my cities, looking for my opportunities.
If a neighbor is in the way, I decide whether I can a) live with them, expanding in a different direction or b) add their distinctiveness to my empire, making them a target for conquering.
If Augustus pops up somewhere far away, or even in distant lands, I'm not going to go on a vengeful expedition just because "He's Augustus."
An opponent will need to earn my wrath.
Yeah, it was a great idea for a thread (even though the poll choices weren't all finely-differentiated versions of "I hate civ-switching.")Loving all the different answers, by the way.
Dom Satan (Pedro) in Civ6 earned my ongoing wrath. He backstabbed me too many times, often the turn a Declaration of Friendship expired.An opponent will need to earn my wrath.
Viewed through that lens, my wrath is usually directed at the leader, in the current generation of Civ games. "Why is Menelik messing with that city-state?" "Why is Kozlov declaring war again? He's down to two cities!" "Those troops of Shaka approaching my border are not coming for me, are they?"My wording was perhaps a little exaggerated. All I really meant was, if the AI does something to incur your wrath, at whom are you directing your anger? The leader or the civ? And of course, I don't mean real anger, but it's fun to pretend.
Loving all the different answers, by the way.
It's pretty much the same for me. I never really thought about civ vs leader before... It was all a whole !The Everyman for me. I am the spirit or ethos of my civilization, playing against the other leaders. I don't think that will change significantly in Civ7...no matter how much they try to shove my leader in my face.