Why is Darius the leader of Persia?

[ForzaFiori]

There is some value in something called education, you know.

Yes I do. Now tell me, how many people are going to be studying the history of India? Not a whole lot of marketable skill in being able to tell people who the Mauryans or Guptans were. I'm a history major, and I've only had one class on it, and that was only looking at the history of British India.

While I'm sure that in India, plenty of people know who all those are. However, in the rest of the world, I doubt it. It'd be like if I wanted to base a game on the Congaree. In SC, you might know that they were a small tribe of Native Americans. Good look knowing it anywhere else without a google search (and I'm calling BS if you claim to have heard of them)

Yes, but if crowd appeal is what you want then you have to appease the Hindutva. The Mughal empire would just annoy them.

If you want a civ representing India, then put Nehru in charge, and find something from modern India to be its UU and UB. Quit stealing from a civilization they've never given credit too. OR, you can admit that the Mughal Fort, and Mughal Elephants, belong (strangely) in the MUGHAL empire!

Well that's ahead of the USA on both counts. The USA lost a war to a nation much smaller than itself and created the original Hollywood.

Are you seriously trying to say the US has never been a world power? maybe your forgetting that the US has won more wars than India has BEEN IN (I believe they've fought 4 wars with Pakistan, and a border war with China Revolution none of which had a true "victor", and their revolution, which was supposed to be non-violent) The US wins, by the way, include: The Revolution War, The Barbary Wars, The Mexican-American War, The Spanish American War, The Philippine-American War, WWI, WWII, The Korean War, and Desert Storm. Or are you forgetting that until recently we had the largest economy on the planet, and are still sitting in second place? Or how about the fact that we're probably right behind France in our contributions to world culture? Or how we can build anything bigger and better than anywhere else (save China, but the difference there is that the one built in the US is safe).

You need to just go somewhere, cry that your country isn't as good as the US, get yourself back together, and come back when you know what the hell your talking about.

 

[Louis XXIV]

Why should it be the Mughals in all civ games:
For the same reason that it's Rome, and not Italy.

On the other hand, India without the Mughals accomplished more than Italy, imo.

 

[ForzaFiori]

On the other hand, India without the Mughals accomplished more than Italy, imo.

Yes, but when all of your unique abilities perfectly fit one specific empire, you should use it. The Mughal fort and Elephant, as has been explain, are obviously Mughal. The UA also fits incredibly, since the Mughal Empire, at it's hight, had almost 30% of the worlds pop in it's borders. While yes, the Maurya had a slightly larger percentage, the fact that they've also taken both their units from the same empire really says something about the importance that the creators put on that part of it's history. There were other major parts of Italian history too. The Papal States, for instance, were a major power, especially during the Middle Ages. Hell, the city-states of Genoa, Venice, Milan, Pisa, Almafi, etc, were as powerful during the Renaissance as some of the true nations of Europe. However, the unique units are the ballista and legion, not the Swiss pikeman, or condottieri, and so the civ is called Rome. India should either represent all of india, and therefor get some of it's units and whatnot from other eras (like France, England, Germany, and even the US do), or pick one specific empire and try to be as accurate as possible.

 

[Louis XXIV]

Well, for Elephants, I think of King Porus that Alexander fought against, which is pre-Mughals. The UA is almost certainly supposed to be modern India.

 

[Camikaze]

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