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New Civilization 5 Expansion - Brave New World

#151
May 14th, 2013, 18:40
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Well, in vanilla civ 4, Qin's traits were financial and industrious, Mao's were expansive and philosophical, and Tokugawa's were aggressive and organized, so...yeah, I kinda see what you mean when you just compare those trait names to the BTS ones.
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#152
May 14th, 2013, 18:58
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no, protective says you are an isolationist (flavor-wise). its extrermely appropriate to Japan (who resisted western culture all the way up to WWII), and probably China too (i.e. the great wall). It would probably be appropriate to George Washington, too, not sure why he wasn't made protective.
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May 14th, 2013, 19:01
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(May 14th, 2013, 17:59)SevenSpirits Wrote: I think the following traits would be more appropriate for Chinese leaders than protective:

Creative
Organized
Philosophical
Imperialistic
Financial
Industrious

I don't see how any of these traits are more appropriate for China than protective. Maybe organized, but certainly not the rest.

the trait has to be assigned to some leader if its in the game, and there is no more appropriate leaders, from a historical perspective, than the Japanese and Chinese leaders, imo.
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#154
May 14th, 2013, 19:23
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"Isolationist" is hardly a positive trait though (and the mechanical lameness of the trait reflects that). Other leaders get traits that emphasize strengths of their nation, and produce benefits in-game. E.g. Elizabeth is financial and philosophical: the English people under her were rich and well-educated, is what that says (whether it's true or not). For Qin, the game is holding up "isolationism" or whatever as one of the two defining traits of the ancient Chinese. I don't think it's "appropriate" any more than "racist" or "tyrannical", with lame in-game benefits, would be appropriate traits for other leaders.
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May 14th, 2013, 19:26 (This post was last modified: May 14th, 2013, 19:26 by Bigger.)
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eh, who cares.. not all leaders with national epic worthy, or even positive.. hell Stalin is in the game - there's just no "mass murderer" trait wink. If you're arguing that the trait sucks, I agree of course - but I see no problem with it from a flavor perspective - its historically accurate.

I wouldnt have a problem with Washington being protective, for the same reason. (and I'm American)
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May 14th, 2013, 19:34
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(May 14th, 2013, 19:26)Bigger Wrote: eh, who cares..

I care. Also, it seems like you care, given how hard you are trying to get me to not have the opinion I have. lol
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#157
May 14th, 2013, 20:32
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I agree with Seven that traits should accentuate the positive and not the negative. Isolationism is not generally viewed positively.

Then again, speaking as someone from an Eastern Orthodox background, I am super uncomfortable with having Stalin in the game, and a lot of the other leaders (Genghis Khan? Mao? Shaka?) were arguably monstrous as well. So... eh. I see Bigger's point.
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May 14th, 2013, 20:53 (This post was last modified: May 14th, 2013, 20:54 by Merovech.)
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Yeah, Stalin wasn't exactly a needed leader, nor was Mao. China and Russia have plenty of other great historicla leaders who weren't mass murders. Gengis is a little different, though, imo, because there weren't any other great Mongolian leaders that also weren't into razing places. Well, at least well known ones.
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May 14th, 2013, 21:23
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stalin was the third leader, and he's a pretty significant figure in world history. hell the expansion he came with had a WWII mod smile. I think yall are being a bit pc, to be honest - I wouldnt mind a Hitler leader for germany either (as a third leader, I wouldnt take out Frederick or Bismark).

I predict the Germans would object to that the most, hehe.

I'm not sure about Mao.. I don't know as much about Chinese history. But Genghis is certainly the most important Mongol leader, and I can't imagine there are ANY other appropriate zulu leaders to use than Shaka.
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May 14th, 2013, 21:32
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I guess it depends on whether you feel the objective is to have "leaders who were important" or "leaders who you're ok assuming the role of." I mean, Civ has that role-playing aspect - the start of every game says something like "[LEADER], it's your duty to lead [CIVILIZATION] to greatness!"

Stalin bothers me not because "oh, folks told me to dislike him," but because his regime killed the families of people I know.
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