Which scenario are you most excited about ?

[Tsar NicholasII]

I really like what they did with the Scramble, historically accurate placements but enough twists with the random topography (and buffs to the Africans), that it makes it balance and fun to play. The only gripe with it is that Europeans can't get Modern Era units like Maxim machine guns, planes, battleships etc. but that's probably for game play reasons. I hope the Impi aren't as powerful against guns in the base game as they are in the scenario.

 

[EricTheGreat12]

I hope the Impi aren't as powerful against guns in the base game as they are in the scenario.

I'm dissapointed about the Impi: I tried them in SFA and they SUCKED
I suppose they're better against units weaker than rifleman

 

[Zednaught]

I've read a fair bit about the Civil War, so I find it more interesting. I also like the more focused scope of it. I've never been tempted to play any scenario, so this'll be the first.

 

[God of Kings]

Playing as Zulus in the SfA scenario on Deity is a real challenge.

Spoiler Outcome of MadDjinn's SfA game as Zulus :

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[Mesix]

Of course, as soon as I say that I realize the leader of Britain would have been Queen Victoria, and it strikes me as a little odd that both of this expansion's scenarios focus on things that happened during her reign. Considering one of the major focuses of the expansion itself is Ideology (see also: the box art, and the entire expansion's bloody name), why isn't there a Cold War scenario? Forget this nondescript Civil War scenario. Instead, make a whole scenario dedicated to showing off the Ideology system. Have the playable civs of NATO (United States, British Commonwealth, France, etc.) locked into Freedom and the playable civs of the Warsaw Pact (Soviet Union, Poland, China*, etc.) locked into Order. Have them trying to convert all the other countries to their Ideology and fighting proxy wars for dominance all over the world. Make the goal not to be for any one civ to come out on top, but for their Ideological faction. Whichever faction controls more of the world at the end wins, and all the civs in that faction share in the victory. There's your scenario right there.

*No, China wasn't a member of the Warsaw Pact. But it was one of the major Communist powers of the era, so thematically it fits what I'm talking about.

This would have been much better than the boring civil War scenario they churned out. I can't imagine it took them more than a day or two to develop the civil War Scenario.

As an added caveat, civs not belonging to NATO or Warsaw could be Autocratic and difficult to deal with. Conversion to your ideology would provide victory points. Favor with Autocratic civs could be gained by gifting units and supporting their war efforts. Conversion to a different ideology would represent a revolution in Autocratic puppet states and change the diplomatic relations with other nations.