What I would like is
1) a mod that adds a small curated selection of civs, the best and most elegant the fans can offer. Not a humongous mod with scores of new civs of variable quality that takes ages to load.
2) a mod that mixes mainly the ancient and medieval periods up a bit. Not massive changes with entirely new gameplay. A select unit tweak here, an inserted tech there.
Do you have any suggestions?
I looked around in the downloads areas but couldn't really find what what I was looking for... I sorted the various offerings on rating and on number of downloads. All I could find was either very massive changes (huge modpacks - fifty new civs there, a hundred new techs there) or very small atomic mods (changing or adding one specific thing).
I don't want a new game, and I don't want a huge number of changes with little-tested interactions.
Consider the unit changes from Vanilla throughout the official expansions. Each change and tweak is considered and well-measured (at least for the most part), with the focus on quality over quantity, as well as subtly enchancing gameplay rather than entirely replacing it.
What I envisioned is a well-crafted mod that with a simple install adds maybe a dozen new civs (leaders, unique buildings/units), a dozen tweaks and additions of units (anything from warriors to musketmen), maybe the odd building or new terrain or resource to support it. Something that isn't flashy, just works, without unbalancing things. Something that still remains the "core" game, just spiced up a little.
Thank you.
1) a mod that adds a small curated selection of civs, the best and most elegant the fans can offer. Not a humongous mod with scores of new civs of variable quality that takes ages to load.
2) a mod that mixes mainly the ancient and medieval periods up a bit. Not massive changes with entirely new gameplay. A select unit tweak here, an inserted tech there.
Do you have any suggestions?
I looked around in the downloads areas but couldn't really find what what I was looking for... I sorted the various offerings on rating and on number of downloads. All I could find was either very massive changes (huge modpacks - fifty new civs there, a hundred new techs there) or very small atomic mods (changing or adding one specific thing).
I don't want a new game, and I don't want a huge number of changes with little-tested interactions.
Consider the unit changes from Vanilla throughout the official expansions. Each change and tweak is considered and well-measured (at least for the most part), with the focus on quality over quantity, as well as subtly enchancing gameplay rather than entirely replacing it.
What I envisioned is a well-crafted mod that with a simple install adds maybe a dozen new civs (leaders, unique buildings/units), a dozen tweaks and additions of units (anything from warriors to musketmen), maybe the odd building or new terrain or resource to support it. Something that isn't flashy, just works, without unbalancing things. Something that still remains the "core" game, just spiced up a little.
Thank you.