Israel civ

[Panag]

Originally posted by Azazel
Actually, I'd rather start with hundreds of different tribes around 10000 BC, and then work my way towards space exploration, merging tribes, city states, etc. along the way.

hi ,

who knows , maybe we get 64 civ's with CIV IV , .....

have a nice day

[sabrewolf]

Yahweh Sabaoth,
i don't agree with you. the whole idea of civilization is to write your OWN history. imagine if the vikings would have started in a hot, dry, sea-less region or the egyptians down near the south pole in a tundra-region... and so on.

the civs in real life didn't choose where they started. and they had to work from that point on, under the given circumstances.

the only thing really unflexible are the traits and the UU, but that was done for playing purposes.

if the game would make it impossible for the celts to rule the world and impossible for the chinese to be weak, why should anyone play with the celts?
and if you'd want perfect realism, ICMBs should be disabled until at least year 2003, because 'till now, there hasn't been a nuclear war yet. also, nearly all civilizations would have to be replaced, because 4000 BC they didn't exist yet. and the americans would have to appear sometime end of the medieval age.

i know this all sounds trivial, but i basicly want to say that the more real-world based restrictions, the less fun it is to play

[Yahweh Sabaoth]

Originally posted by sabrewolf
i know this all sounds trivial, but i basicly want to say that the more real-world based restrictions, the less fun it is to play

No, it doesn't sound trivial, and I mostly agree with you.

It's just that I think some of the Civs are a little... unbalanced. For example, the Scandanavians. They weren't even united. If you could rule one specific group of Vikings, that'd be one thing... but to see them rise, consistently, to a mighty empire because of their great UU and their expansionist trait is always a little upsetting. The Zulu, too.

But on the other hand, I do like the "weirdness" of the game... for example, when a powerful Iroquois Empire joins forces with India to attack my globally dominant Chinese empire... etc., etc. That IS one of the best parts of the game.

I guess the only Civs that bother me becoming "great powers" consistently in the game would be the Scandanavians, the Iroquois, and to a lesser extent, the Mongols and Zulus.

Everyone else... it makes sense when they have their "day in the sun" late in the game.

And I have nothing against people of Scandanavian, Zulu or Iroquois ancestry.

[Silpy]

Dont trust the Civpedia! Perhaps it is because it is my country, but I found the decription of post-war England rather poor. I had to re-do it for my modded version. If you dont beleve me, look at it. It jumps from victory in WW2 to Tony Blair, missing out our 'specal relationship' with the US, decolanisation and several silly wars (Falklands, etc). Perhaps people form outher countrys find it the same with their nations Civpedia notes....

[Az]

You can't put the entire history there. It was a bunch of highlights.

[Yahweh Sabaoth]

Well, that's true, the Civilopedia is not where I'd go to get research on a country but it's not the end of the world. I find their depiction of Mao atrocious, but still, you got to give them SOME credit... they could just crank out some nonsense... I'm willing to bet that the Civilopedia contains more history than most Americans' minds!

[High_Lord]

I have the History Channel

Watching it makes me want play Civ

[Az]

I could have the history channel, but my folks are cheap.

[Edan]

Originally posted by High_Lord
I have the History Channel

Watching it makes me want play Civ

Admit it, what doesn't make you want to play Civ?

[Az]

for me, It's most things.

+1

[Panag]

hi ,

what traits should the Israeli civ be , ....

have a nice day

[sabrewolf]

definetly religious

otherwise
- militaristic if you consider modern day israel
- commercial if you consider that jews are famous for banking families across the world.

[Panag]

Originally posted by sabrewolf
definetly religious

otherwise
- militaristic if you consider modern day israel
- commercial if you consider that jews are famous for banking families across the world.

hi ,

, well in some mods some civ's have more then two trait's , should this be the same in this case , ....

have a nice day

[sabrewolf]

this thread is not about a specific scenario, it's about the general inclusion (if or if not) of the hebrew/israel civ.
so firaxis or whoever decides would have to agree on just TWO traits.

[Panag]

Originally posted by sabrewolf
this thread is not about a specific scenario, it's about the general inclusion (if or if not) of the hebrew/israel civ.
so firaxis or whoever decides would have to agree on just TWO traits.

hi ,

why wait until they bring it in , a MOD would be good , .... a MOD of one civ , well why not , ...

have a nice day