Historically (and culturally) Kremlin should be a definite UB for them, but then reality struck me: what would be its unique effects, and wouldn't it obsoletisize too soon for a UB?
As to Kremlins effect, it could have something to do with consolidation of power. Either boots stability, generate commerce or alleviate maintainence cost. (Maybe like a mini Palace also affecting neighboring cities?) Or it might give some promotion or experience to mounted units? (Power through cavalry, boyars, Cossacks, what have you.)
The Spanish have an Castle replacement as an UB, so I really don't see the problem from a game balance point-of-view. Ideally I would give a civilization that spans more than 4 eras one early and one late UB. This is also an argument for including the Krelin UB as the second (or first, really) Russian UB.
As it would happen to be, History in the Making mod (which started the whole thing) kept going with the Soviet theme, insisting that Gulag (forced labor camp) would replace Jail with +4
unique asset.
Well, it's not a bad one, at least. The Gulag system in itself isn't anything specific to the Soviet Union either - it's in fact a very Russian phenomenon. (I personally think we need gulags here i Sweden, but hey, that's just me!
) Sometimes playing Russia I actually build Forts up in the northern reaches of Siberia and move my Great People there - for "safekeeping".
(They are not likely to be lost if a surprise attack would, say, obliterate Moscow.
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I'm still a bit unhappy and disappointed about my solution, but for now it'll have to work. It doesn't really help things that the creator of the mod Varietas Delectat has opted to include Kremlin as the Russian base graphics for Castle, which would help all things fit into place perfectly.
Do you (or someone else) have a screen shot of the Kremlin building from VD? (I haven't tried it yet myself, as it seems to be a bit buggy at the moment.)
I don't consider my changes to be of high enough value to be uploaded anywhere, so I haven't done so nor am I planning to.
I'd disagree with you there, but its your choice. I think it would be very appreciated if you would mold your work on the UB:s into a separate download (maybe one for RFC and one for regular BTS). The same with your Civics changes - and the rest. I would download them for sure, if only to check them out. If I didn't like something I would just mod it further myself, but I think it would be great to have double the UB:s in RFC!
Sure, there are tons of huge mods out there to check out, but I'm pretty much only interested in playing RFC myself (when I actually do have the time to play anything). Modmods are of high interest, however! So anything that would enhance the RFC experience would be most welcome!
(At the least, I could check your UB:s out when you feel that you've completed the work. I'd be glad to give my feedback on them, if it's wanted.)
I'd also wager that my changes would spark a heated debate what way I should have gone about things and are my new sets of civics any good, which I would rather not see.
I understand - its for your personal use, only. But you don't have to make a big deal out of it, just share among friends and acquaintances. Please?
j/k They probably look like a mess, especially the Reformation mod which I wrote while learning Python.
. Thank you for pointing it out.
