Which is your favourite new civ from Brave New World?

[cybrxkhan]

Morocco for playstyle - they seem to fit me well. Shoshone would be second.

In terms of coolness, assuming Enrico Dandolo looks cool, Venice.

 

[Seek]

I'm actually honestly surprised Venice is the clear-cut front-runner. I would have thought that a UA with limiting features would be in the middle of the pack. I wonder how of it has to do with the newness

I fully admit that there was a "shiny" factor going into my decision.

I think we've only heard rumors. Nothing for sure yet, I think.

Petra seems to have just lost the gold yield: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=12458244&postcount=522

 

[Hyperion529]

I'm actually honestly surprised Venice is the clear-cut front-runner. I would have thought that a UA with limiting features would be in the middle of the pack. I wonder how of it has to do with the newness

do you mean the newness of Venice's features and abilities or the newness of the actual confirmation as a civ?

 

[SnowKomodo]

do you mean the newness of Venice's features and abilities or the newness of the actual confirmation as a civ?

Confirmation newness

 

[Rick80]

My order is:

1 Morocco (first match I'll do with them)
2 Portugal
3 Venice
4 Poland
5 Assyria
6 Indonesia
7 Shoshone
8 Zulu
9 Brazil

I'm curious about Venice so I'll choose them like revals in my first match.

 

[Hyperion529]

Confirmation newness

well, most people were already convinced they had to be in anyway, and the Shoshone don't seem to profit from this supposed "recency effect" as much as Venice does. i think it has probably more to do with the unique play style that promises to be quite a challenge. at least that was my reason to vote for Venice

 

[mitsho]

First playthrough will be with the Shoshone. Not focused on any particular VC, strong-but-not-OP abilities, will let me get a feel for new mechanics without any particular bonus for any of them, and Scout UU! (My favorite unit

This! I'll start with Shoshone as well. (Then I guess in that order a trade focused civ (Morocco, Portugal, Indonesia), a war civ (Poland, Assyria, Zulu) and inbetween those somewhere Brazil and Venice. The latter probably last... Alterate between Trade and War of course)

Most excited for Venice (double trade routes is crazy powerful, they could have a Hello Kitty GDR UU and I wouldn't care) so I voted for them.

Yes, it's crazy powerful, but I wonder how it'll work exactly. At every point where you get a trade route, Venice get's two I guess. In the end, Venice is a civ that needs a medium-large map which is full of civs. And it benefits from higher level of the AI.

well, most people were already convinced they had to be in anyway, and the Shoshone don't seem to profit from this supposed "recency effect" as much as Venice does. i think it has probably more to do with the unique play style that promises to be quite a challenge. at least that was my reason to vote for Venice

The Shoshone are second in the poll. They certainly do profit from the recency.

 

[Gucumatz]

Confirmation newness

Look at every previous "whats your favorite" civ poll from BNW. Every single time the most recently discovered civ leads the poll, its newness factor guaranteed

 

[VermelhoRed]

And after all the arguing, Venice leads the polls

 

[Enrico Swagolo]

Venice is my number one - it seems like double trade routes will make it a very rich civ, and the lack of settling seems fun, even if it will hurt to see huge ammounts of land unused unless someone claims it and I take it by war. Not a fan of the Galleass though, as I'd prefer a Pavise Crossbowman (mostly because Ranged is the best thing in Civ 5), maybe with a special trait like "Attacking doesn't break Fortification bonus"

Poland is the civ I'll play second. May get first, unless the Stable replacement is nerfed even a bit more. IIRC at first it was said to give additional Food, Production and Gold, then further interviews merely spoke about Food/Production (not sure) and Gold, and now it's supposedly only gold and +xp to cavalry units (unless horses were made much stronger, it's a non-existent trait).

Portugal seems interesting as well, combining trade, trade, lost of gold and trade.

Not sure about the rest, as they're not very interesting to me. I may play Brazil once or twice in my career, Indonesia seems okay, Shoshones may be overpowered if the Scout can choose any upgrade at any time (Gatling Guns in ancient era wouldn't even be funny - and they'd only need 4 ruins to get it), Morocco and Assyria are okay, never liked the Zulu.

 

[pilot00]

I vote Assyria because I like the fact that they are an ancient people. My least favorite is Poland, not due to any beefs with them per se, but due to their UA.

 

[benjamin28]

Look at every previous "whats your favorite" civ poll from BNW. Every single time the most recently discovered civ leads the poll, its newness factor guaranteed

That's entirely true. Let's wait a month and relaunch this poll. Maybe we'll find out which is the most loved new civ!

 

[bcaiko]

Hnh. I would have voted The Zulu, but I figured they'd be one of the leaders. I'm really proud of 2K/Firaxis to see another Native American civ in the game, so I voted for the Shoshone. I'm actually gonna give them a try.

Still gonna play the Zulu first, though. And still irked we got yet another European Civ when we could have gotten a subsaharan African one.

 

[ahawk]

I chose Morocco:

Venice may be the most interesting, but I foresee Morocco as being absolutely ridiculous when you get Desert Folklore as well as Petra. Beyond that, Morocco even gets trade-route bonuses, and a unit that fights better in desert. Morocco just seems like it could be a monster in desert terrain.

Venice gets honorable mention, and Assyria comes in third.

 

[phaethon16]

I think that if this poll is retaken two days before the release, the Shoshone and Venice won't be nearly as ahead as they are now. Personally, I think Morocco will be the most fun, followed by Indonesia and Brazil. Venice will be fun too, but maybe once or twice. It's not going to be a civ that I play over and over to try out different strategies.

 

[Wielki Hegemon]

Venice, Morocco, and Poland... I know, that was eurocentric

 

[CommunistCookie]

I chose Morocco:

Venice may be the most interesting, but I foresee Morocco as being absolutely ridiculous when you get Desert Folklore as well as Petra. Beyond that, Morocco even gets trade-route bonuses, and a unit that fights better in desert. Morocco just seems like it could be a monster in desert terrain.

Venice gets honorable mention, and Assyria comes in third.

I choose Morocco for the same reason, it's just very utilitarian. I could see myself pumping out tons of cheap Berber Cavalry (cost 150 as opposed to 225) to upgrade them to tanks.

Second goes to Venice because I generally like going tall, it'd be interesting to just have one supercity and acquire a bunch of puppets as the game progresses. Being rich is nice too.

 

[Nujabes]

Laughing at the Zulu's votes. People want them in, but only as familiar antagonists to be mowed down. Kinda sums up why the Zulu are a disappointing choice given the other African options. Voted for Brazil, myself.

 

[Rooftrellen]

I put the Brazilians last because they're too highly tied to an aspect of the game that I'm not familiar with enough yet.

My view of them will probably change after I play the game.

I agree with that. I may end up hating Brazil, due to how they are based almost totally on new BNW concepts, though they are my top right now.

I'm really not interested in Poland at all right now, but I may find that horse units are worth using with them and see that a free policy at every age is a monsterous advantage, with the new trees.

Speculation is all we have, but I see Brazil being, in the hands of the AI or a good human, Gandhi with some serious winning potential. Be friends with everyone! I love you all! Let's all be buddies! Friends forev...EVERYONE DENOUNCE AND WAR HIM! I hate when Gandhi does that to me, but Brazil (based on the leader) should do it pretty well, but have the army to back it up, and I see at least domination, diplomatic, and cultural victory being within easy reach, and given the power of carnaval, I could even see them as a threat for space.

I imagine many fun times to be had, and I don't see that variety in some of the civs, but many are tied to new concepts, so I don't know anyone can make more than a judgement call on all but maybe 3 of the new civs.

I'm actually honestly surprised Venice is the clear-cut front-runner. I would have thought that a UA with limiting features would be in the middle of the pack. I wonder how of it has to do with the newness

If you ever want to guess the winner of a beauty contest, don't pick the most beautiful, pick the most different. People will be split over the most beautiful, but different draws the eye.

Nothing is quite as different as Venice. While some people are voting for what seems best for them (and for some, it certainly is Venice), what is different is certainly drawing a lot of eyes.

 

[Imalich]

I may end up hating Brazil, due to how they are based almost totally on new BNW concepts, though they are my top right now.

I don't really agree that Brazil is limited to the tourism/cultural victory. As of now it's all theory, but what I'm dying to do with them in my first or second BNW game is a heavy artist/writer based economy (using artists do make golden ages, thus accelerating Great Writer production in order to culture bomb them into social policies). This with brazilian woodcamps and the 20% culture bonus on G-ages may make them able to pursue any victory conditions facilitated by Social Policies (especially diplo, as you will get more great people).

Of course, I won't really know how viable is that until I actually try it.


With that in mind, as of now my list of preferred civs (considering only the gameplay aspect) goes like this:

1 - Brazil
2 - Indonesia
3 - Assyria
4 - Morocco
5 - Portugal
6 - Shoshone
7 - Venice
8 - Poland
9 - The Zulu

(More than) Honorable mention for Indonesia. Playing them will be anything but obvious, it has the potential to be one of the most powerful civs, if well played.