The thread about "Firaxis sterotyping Asians" made me thinking. Indeed, while it may be exaggerated to see some sort of racism behind this (I'd rather say that the reasons were merely balancing and gameplay issues), the Protective trait is grossly misrepresenting the East Asian leaders present in the X-Pack, especially when concerning the two Chinese ones. A trait change is indeed needed! And above all, Southeast Asia remained neglected by Civ's developers for over 15 years now! It is also a shame that many leaders proposed by Firaxis in their development poll didn't make it into warlords. No, that's just not right. Therefore I am planning to make a small mod that adds a few leaders and civs to Warlords, while the traits of (at least the Chinese) some leaders will be "fixed".
Note that those are only thoughts, and work for the mod itself hasn't even started yet.
Trait changes (only China so far, but that can change):
Qin (Imp/Ind), because he was both a builder and (legalist) reformer as well as a conqueror. Alternative: Imp/Org.
Mao (Cha/???), Cult of personality, anyone? I'm still making my mind up for the second trait. Suggestions? I don't know if he'd "deserve" Cha/Phi...
Would it be un-balancing if the Chu-ko-Nu gets Drill I for free?
New Leaders (will be static):
China: Empress Wu Zetian (???/???)
Mongolia: Tamerlane (???/???)
Korea: Sejong (Phi/???)
Japan: Meiji (???/???) already added by Llotyhy, like the founder of the new Zhou dynasty; nevertheless a must have for Japan.
Germany: (Frederick I) Barbarossa (???/???)
France: Philippe Auguste (???/???)
America: Theodore Roosevelt (Pro/Imp), I chose Protective because of he "updated" the Monroe Doctrine, while Imperialistic seemed to be a natural choice.
New Civs (Southeastern Asia):
Khmer. As for the leaders- I still have to research.
Cham or Vietnam. Ditto.
Indonesia (too much effort to make separate Srivijaya, Singgasana or Majapahit civs...) or only Majapahit. Leaders would be Gajah Mada (perhaps Exp/Fin) and Soekarno (Cha/???).
Mesopotamia Mesoamerica, Southern America and ancient/medieval Africa are also regions that were kinda neglected. Specific UUs (and now, UBs) however seem to be rare, despite the fact that there's a lot of really good stuff around.
As a bonus I'd make a leaders of China mod (inspired by the great Leaders of Russia) and perhaps s/th similar for Germany (but with a heavy focus on Prussia's and as a whole, more modern history). Those would be included in a separate mod file.
Plus, Singapore as a "joke" Civ (Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong, Fav Civic for both: Police State).
Note that those are only thoughts, and work for the mod itself hasn't even started yet.
Trait changes (only China so far, but that can change):
Qin (Imp/Ind), because he was both a builder and (legalist) reformer as well as a conqueror. Alternative: Imp/Org.
Mao (Cha/???), Cult of personality, anyone? I'm still making my mind up for the second trait. Suggestions? I don't know if he'd "deserve" Cha/Phi...
Would it be un-balancing if the Chu-ko-Nu gets Drill I for free?
New Leaders (will be static):
China: Empress Wu Zetian (???/???)
Mongolia: Tamerlane (???/???)
Korea: Sejong (Phi/???)
Japan: Meiji (???/???) already added by Llotyhy, like the founder of the new Zhou dynasty; nevertheless a must have for Japan.
Germany: (Frederick I) Barbarossa (???/???)
France: Philippe Auguste (???/???)
America: Theodore Roosevelt (Pro/Imp), I chose Protective because of he "updated" the Monroe Doctrine, while Imperialistic seemed to be a natural choice.
New Civs (Southeastern Asia):
Khmer. As for the leaders- I still have to research.
Cham or Vietnam. Ditto.
Indonesia (too much effort to make separate Srivijaya, Singgasana or Majapahit civs...) or only Majapahit. Leaders would be Gajah Mada (perhaps Exp/Fin) and Soekarno (Cha/???).
Mesopotamia Mesoamerica, Southern America and ancient/medieval Africa are also regions that were kinda neglected. Specific UUs (and now, UBs) however seem to be rare, despite the fact that there's a lot of really good stuff around.
As a bonus I'd make a leaders of China mod (inspired by the great Leaders of Russia) and perhaps s/th similar for Germany (but with a heavy focus on Prussia's and as a whole, more modern history). Those would be included in a separate mod file.
Plus, Singapore as a "joke" Civ (Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong, Fav Civic for both: Police State).
