Beyond the Sword Fact Sheet

[Solver]

Indeed Alexander, thanks for linking to it. I'm sure we have many posters here who could conclude who that is

[Alexander I]

Originally posted by LordShiva
Why are his teeth so straight? Do the Mayans have the Orthodontist's Office as their UB?

Because all the snaggle-toothed killers in Civ3 and associated XPs were scaring people away from the franchise.

Would you rather he looked like this mongrel?

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by dregor


You won't be seeing it so large in the game where that kind of detail would be of minimal importance.

You haven't seen my TV/monitor

[Alexander I]

There's a new letter from the Prez on Firaxis' website. No real info, but he does call BtS "truly our best expansion pack ever."

http://www.firaxisgames.com/community/prez.php

[Provost Harrison]

"James Bond (Great Spy) has been born in London"

[LordShiva]

GP spam

What's next? Great Settlers? Great Taxi Drivers? Whee, you can consume one of those to reduce overcrowding unhappiness!!

Almost as bad as wonder spam

[Alexander I]

Originally posted by LordShiva
GP spam

What's next? Great Settlers? Great Taxi Drivers? Whee, you can consume one of those to reduce overcrowding unhappiness!!

Almost as bad as wonder spam

At least wonders have cool little videos.

[Dale]

Originally posted by Alexander I
BTW Solver, IGN has posted this screenshot of an angry, angry leaderhead: http://media.pc.ign.com/media/896/89...g_4551143.html
without saying who it is. It's of course not any of the officially announced leaders. I believe I already know who it is (you can figure it out by looking at where he is and what he's wearing).

The IGN guy who wrote it posted at the other site we don't mention that it's Pacal of the Mayas.

I'd link, but then we don't go there do we?

[Dale]

Originally posted by Solver
You'd be surprised at the wide range of skills among those hardcore fans. The ones that work directly with the developers aren't all picked because they're the best skilled players - there's a wide range of people and skills there, really.

I'm surprised how little Poly and the site we don't mention actually represents Civ. There sooooo many more Civ groups out there than us and Firaxis took the best of us from all areas, right Solver?

[The diplomat]

Originally posted by Alexander I
There's a new letter from the Prez on Firaxis' website. No real info, but he does call BtS "truly our best expansion pack ever."

http://www.firaxisgames.com/community/prez.php

Not to be the cynic, but when does a company prez not call something "the best game/expansion ever" in a press release?

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by The diplomat


Not to be the cynic, but when does a company prez not call something "the best game/expansion ever" in a press release?

Q F T

But, perhaps the odds are with him on this one, we can only hope that is

[joncha]

Originally posted by Solver
Sitting Bull is Protective/?. Native American unique building - Totem Pole, extra XP for archers.

[Kuciwalker]

I suspect the rest of the civ will be meh enough for that not to be particularly unbalancing.

[Micah Goodman]

Originally posted by Alexander I


At least wonders have cool little videos.

I hate the videos in this game. Poorly done cartoons? Blah. Civ 2 had the best wonder videos in the series.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Locutus
The longhouse is a regular house, that's like making the American UB an apartment building, the British one a cottage or the Indian one a bungalow. That's just an architectural description of Iroquois living quarters. Buildings in civilization represent specific services available in a city, like a market, castle or library. Not residential housing.

It was indeed residential housing, but one that actually was unique (hell, Haudenosaunee means People of the Longhouses). One of the things that it fostered was a sense of community. They can find a way to put it in there. It's a far more unique building than say a Mali 'Mint' is.

Which brings up another good point: the Iroquois didn't have cities...

Neither did Zulu, or for that matter, the Mongolian horde (at least the way we think of cities).

Indeed, they are a people, not some kind of military unit or weapon the way Legions, Berserkers or Cho-Ku-Nu are. A Mohawk Warrior is like having a Roman Swordsman or a Chinese Archer. It's not an actual unique unit, just a named one.

Or an Inca Quecha (which is the name for the Inca language really)? Or an Indian Fast Worker?

Not actually UU's, just named ones.

And as a specific unique historic entity AFAIK the term Mohawk Warriors mostly if not exclusively refers to a modern protest group that was formed in the 1960s, not some ancient warrior class.

That's a different use. The Mohawk were known as the most ferocious fighters of the Five (then Six) Tribes. The Keepers of the Eastern Door for the Haudenosaunee.