Which is your favorite trait?

[DroopyTofu]

I just got off of a game playing as Qin Shi Haung. I was running Vassalage and Theocracy w/ Barracks in all of my cities. My Ko-Chu-No's had 4 promotions in my crusade against the Mongols. I also like Tokagawa's Agg/Pro mix, since i'm a warmongerer. Nice to have units gunpowder units that can capture a city and still defend it.

I'm going to try WarGandhi sometime over break.

 

[NintendoTogepi]

So seems the three best leaders are

1. Huayna Capac
2. Willem van Oranje
3. Hannibal

 

[Ace of Gold]

So seems the three best leaders are

1. Huayna Capac
2. Willem van Oranje
3. Hannibal

maybe in your opinion (ok, alot of people think those are the top 3)

 

[NintendoTogepi]

maybe in your opinion (ok, alot of people think those are the top 3)

No, not my opinion, its the polls

 

[unclethrill]

Financial is the best especially if you have several squares for your cities that are on the water. The extra money can really speed up the teching in the early game and in the later game you can support a huge military.

Elizabeth is the best leader in my opinion.

 

[Crowqueen]

I voted Creative (extremely useful not to have to beeline Stonehenge), but after seeing the figures, Financial doesn't surprise me. Hannibal seems to channel his money into research, so I always steam ahead when I'm playing him.

 

[Balderstrom]

So it would seem, in order to balance Financial some type of cap for the maximum that can be gained - either per city or empire total.

Any thoughts? I was thinking +9 max per city. But will need some SDK work for testing I think - doubt it can be accomplished cleanl with just Python.

 

[Iranon]

It would be a hideously ugly way to do it. Also, I don't think it's needed... imo, it is the best trait by a narrow margin, but not overpowered. I think taking away half-priced banks was the correct move, any more isn't necessary.

 

[Balderstrom]

Not that narrow.
It is First AND Second Place, since the votes have it nearly equal to the other top contenders, 57 ~= ( 32 + 32 ). Anyways I periodically try alternate rules, and will get around to the SDK at some point, where I can try a few others.

 

[TheMeInTeam]

After playing more at higher levels I'd like to change my vote to either aggressive or expansive. I really like expansive now, though aggressive allows for the ever-interesting 3rd promotion on units. This means anti-mounted grenadiers or units that can be promoted to amphibious with just 2 promos.

I still value charismatic highly though.

 

[Ricci]

So it would seem, in order to balance Financial some type of cap for the maximum that can be gained - either per city or empire total.

Any thoughts? I was thinking +9 max per city. But will need some SDK work for testing I think - doubt it can be accomplished cleanl with just Python.

Dude, you are pissing out of the bucket... Being the most voted doesn't make it better, even less overpowered. I expected it to be as is the easiest trait to use, thus being voted by an understandable majority..
Truly, I would like to see the bank bonnus back, or some sort of porduction bonnus for markets maybe is more reasonable (+50% production). Though in the hardest levels any aditional bonnus to the AI might turn out an exageration.