Should there be more "Civilization Abilities"?

[jdd2007]

personally i think Militaristic/Peaceful makes sense. it does not say Warlike/Peaceful, it says Militaristic. a Mlt/Pcf civ would be peaceful, but would maintain a substantial military. they would not initiate conflicts, but if they did, they would have an army...now that i think about it, it could be a pretty powerful combination...

btw...agricultural ( fertile? )would be a perfect breeding ground for ICS...

[Morley]

I like the idea of an agricultural CSA. However I worry too about the ICS aspect. What if instead of increased food prod. at the city center (which is prob. unbalancing even w/o ICS), an Agr. civ's workers can irrigate faster? This would represent an increased understanding of how to grow food, which I assume is the idea behind having an Agr. CSA

[Sarxis]

I didn't get to vote in the poll- came too late.

But I don't know if I want another special ability for the civs. Afterall, besides each of our cultural nuances, how much is really that different from one civ to another? I think the underlying differences are covered enough with the current uniquenesses included already.

[lockstep]

Originally posted by Morley
I like the idea of an agricultural CSA. However I worry too about the ICS aspect. What if instead of increased food prod. at the city center (which is prob. unbalancing even w/o ICS), an Agr. civ's workers can irrigate faster? This would represent an increased understanding of how to grow food, which I assume is the idea behind having an Agr. CSA

'Workers work faster' is already part of the 'industrious' ability. However, I like the general idea that 'agricultural' should be linked to irrigating without unbalancing the game ...

What about this: If an 'agricultural' civ irrigates plains, the tiles yield two additional bushels instead of one. For balancing reasons, this 'super-irrigation' would not be possible on grassland or grassland with shields. (The second effect of 'agricultural' would still be 'enlarged city size without aqueducts'.)