Super IGN preview

[Simplicity]

There's a new IGN preview with almost everything about Warlords you could want to know.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/717/717727p1.html

The Good News:
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WOW! Those Unique buildings are going to make the game interesting. Some of them are insanely cool.
Pavillion is +25% culture!!!! I guess China is going for cultural wins from now on...

Charismatic is only +1 happy/city. I think most people agreed it was kind of overpowered before.

The Bad News:
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Only two new non-civ specific units... Trebuchet and Trireme, apparently. That's unfortunate.

No Mausoleum wonder... There's only 3, but we really kind of knew that already.

[Dis]

the game already has galleys in it

[Qwertqwert]

Thanks, I havn't read it yet but I am now.

"Korean
Wang Kon - Financial, Protective
Korean Seowon, replaces University
+35% research"

Does anyone know if that means a new total of 35% bonus or total of 60% bonus?

And Tokugawa gets the awsome military combo of Aggressive/Protective

[Dis]

french salon? Does it still have the same research bonus as an observatory.

and I see my germans are getting a bad ass building. :drools:. I'm a production whore.

[Simplicity]

Originally posted by Dis
the game already has galleys in it

Ah, you're right. I was experiencing a brain cloud when I wrote that. I meant Trireme, of course. I fixed the original post.

[Simplicity]

Originally posted by Qwertqwert
Thanks, I havn't read it yet but I am now.

"Korean
Wang Kon - Financial, Protective
Korean Seowon, replaces University
+35% research"

Does anyone know if that means a new total of 35% bonus or total of 60% bonus?

And Tokugawa gets the awsome military combo of Aggressive/Protective

The article did say "over and above the other benefits" but who knows whether they mean what they say here... :-) I'm guessing it's not 35% MORE than a university, that would be A LOT of research.

Oh, and Tokugawa is going to mess up so many games now... Combat+Drill1+Drill2. And he's a raving loon. I love it.

[Qwertqwert]

Yeah, Germans and Russians get awsome unique buildings, and Japan, Zulu, Arabia, and Eqypt get some of the worse unique buildings.

And if that 35% is in addition to, that would be a great unique building for the Keoreans

[Simplicity]

Okay, the French Salon sucks. But the Egyptian obelisk and Madrassa are STRONG. Two priests can give you an early prophet. And that means slingshot heaven.

I'm not sure what I think about the Zulu building. Okay if you've got a big empire, but otherwise... eh. I guess if you LET the Zulus get out of hand, you could have a problem keeping up with them.

[Qwertqwert]

The way it's looking to me, Toku is the ultimate warmonger leader, and Victoria the builder leader. And Wang Kon a great leader to go for Space Race with. And one of the Russian leaders (I am specifically thinking Cathrine) would be great for Space Race too, because of that +2 FREE scientists with the library, that adds a LOT of early reashearch.

French Salon is decent, that's 1 FREE artist, in addition to the +25% reashearch.

[Simplicity]

Oh, I missed the free part. Okay, not terrible. Not great (like say +1 trade route!).

And how about that Temple of Artemis: +100% trade commerce. Imagine that with Carthage's +1 trade route!

[Qwertqwert]

Originally posted by Simplicity
Oh, I missed the free part. Okay, not terrible. Not great (like say +1 trade route!).

And how about that Temple of Artemis: +100% trade commerce. Imagine that with Carthage's +1 trade route!

That thing for carthage only applys to costal citys. But throw in a great lighthouse and it's even better.

[Qwertqwert]

Also, is there a new general building called a stable? I ask because of the mongol unique building.

[Qwertqwert]

Also, Huyana Capac get's the great (in my oppnion) Industrious/Finnancial, that Qin Shi Huang had before.

[Simplicity]

We saw that it another preview... I guess this confirms it. My guess: +2 XP to mounted units.

[Swiss Pauli]

Originally posted by Qwertqwert
The way it's looking to me, Toku is the ultimate warmonger leader

Not sure I agree with this from the human player's perspective: Toku was the ultimate warmonger anyway, but losing ORG will make a big empire hard to sustain and Samurai are melee units so they don't get the PRO bonus. However, I think the new combo will let the AI play a much better game as Toku, or, at the very least, he'll be a much tougher nut to crack.