Let's preemptively guess bad suggestions for Civ4!

[Miznia]

Are you getting all of this down Firaxis?

Well, they'll take a couple of things from it, like they did for Civ3. Since it's unlikely that "The List" for Civ4 will differ much from mine, are there any guesses as to which they'll implement...?

I think we'll definitely see topless units, and more intricate farming.

[Thrawn05]

Originally posted by Miznia
I think we'll definitely see topless units...

For an extra $20, you get an adult Civ4 version.

[Goatguy]

Originally posted by Miznia
SEXIEST CIV YET:German leader is still Hitler.

Wow...just watching about that on the history channel Kinda freaky, he didnt really like his babes.

GO INDIANA- right now: 12:02 left (1st half) 21-11

[child of Thor]

Miznia,
you might like this thread then , but on the other hand maybe you should stick to what you prefer?here

[Miznia]

(I'll check that thread out, Child o' Thor)

A PROPHETIC GLIMPSE OF CIV4
(aka Joan X 10)

Tokugawa's Daughter, and Mao's Daughter. (Portrayed by Mamika Shimada and Harumi Inoue respectively.)

[Miznia]

(Mao's Daughter)

[Goatguy]

!??!

Where did you get those pictures from in WISCONSIN?!!??!?!

[Stefu]

Well, we're going to have the usual unreasonable request brigade.

Civ 4 should have better AI!
Civ 4 shouldn't have any bugs at all!
Civ 4 should be fully customizable down to every single bit!

But paradoxically

Civ 4 should be ready by Christmas 2002!

Then we'll have the c00l brigade:

Wouldn't it be c00l if Civ4 was in real time?
Wouldn't it be c00l if Civ4 went far far into the future?
Wouldn't it be c00l if Civ4 started, like, million years in the past?
Wouldn't it be c00l if you could, like, step down from your throne and adventure and, like, slay dragons and rescue princesses, and it would all be part of your score?
Wouldn't it be c00l if we had Canadians?

Not to forget people who like these radical sweeping changes:

Civ 4 shouldn't have cities! All squares just have populations and so on!
Civ 4 shouldn't have units! Armies should have real sizes!
Civ 4 should track every citizen's ethnic origin, so we can deal with 60% Zulus-30% Americans-10%Romans!
Civ 4 should have realistic leaders and dynasties, except for that part where leader realisitcally dies after 2 turns!

[CCJames]

RELIGION (part 3). Occasionally, at random, a religious leader (Jesus, Zarathustra, Buddha, Oprah, etc) will appear and run around your empire, converting people and throwing your cities into civil disorder. But if you capture and crucify him, then your civ gets to run that religion.

This made me laugh really hard. Thankyou.

[Miznia]

>> Where did you get those pictures from in WISCONSIN?!!?

This is a campus! I just download them using my lightning-fast internet access privileges! (I don't even think I had to search in Japanese, to find those two pics.)

>> For an extra $20, you get an adult Civ4 version.

Actually, I hope they're already working on topless units for the XP. Next patch even, maybe?

>> Civ 4 should have better AI!

I would mostly like the AI to have deeper "diplomatic conscience," and have opinions on the good/bad of wars or alliances, etc., between other players. The AI's Balance of Power concerns should make a conquest victory very hard.

I don't like the "radical sweeping changes" category. I know their aim is increased realism, but I want a game simple enough that I can predict what will happen in hypothetical situations (I have a very hard time doing this in EU, for instance). Also, a lot of these changes mean more clicking for the user (sending merchants! rotating crops! ). I want to concentrate on the highest-level decisions, and play a game in an afternoon (which is why Civ1 is still awesome).

[asleepathewheel]

bad suggestions:

bring back the caravan! I want to have hundreds of those things wandering the empire, and let me exploit them to get wonders in one turn!

bring back spies: I want to purchase a rivals empire city by city!

bring back the ability to destroy a stack of units by destroying the best defender!

bring back the zone of control of Civ2: I want to have my army of knights prevented from moving due to a phalanx on a nearby mountain!

etc.

[Jawa Jocky]

1) More corruption. Your 2nd city should have 99% corruption. It will take 40 turns to build a warrior. The AI will have no corruption to make the game fair.

2) Add bars and brothels as city improvements to increase happiness.

3) Heroin will trade for 1000 plus 100 per turn until you have no money. Then your city improvements will be sold to trade for more heroin. The AI will pay for its heroin by taking from your treasury.

4) On Deity the AI will start with 50 cities, tanks, and nuclear weapons. Lets see if Vel can write a strategy guide for this

5) The game will be released when the first line of code is complete. It will cost $100.00 unless you want a special addition that comes with a lamented cardboard box $150.00. Patches will be released yearly or when the 2nd line of code is finished, whichever takes longer.

[Thrawn05]

Originally posted by asleepathewheel
bring back the caravan! I want to have hundreds of those things wandering the empire, and let me exploit them to get wonders in one turn!

This is exactly why I skiped to Civ3. It just getting dull and boring send 100s of caravans to other cities for like 3 gold.

[Thrawn05]

Originally posted by Jawa Jocky
3) Heroin will trade for 1000 plus 100 per turn until you have no money. Then your city improvements will be sold to trade for more heroin. The AI will pay for its heroin by taking from your treasury.

And convert cities who's civ is having a war on drugs!

Originally posted by Jawa Jocky
4) On Deity the AI will start with 50 cities, tanks, and nuclear weapons. Lets see if Vel can write a strategy guide for this

I think he could. Vel could write a strategy on how to get Bin Laden in less then 5 hours given the chance!

[Changmai Beagle]

Cool New Game

Actually I kind of like some of the suggestions........... I could really get into a game of mixed CTP, Colonization, MOM and EU - and perhaps even finish it this year. (Anyone remember the huge and detailed board game War in the Pacific?)

Especially if we combined some - How about topless Canadians? Since it's April and still -19 celcius here this morning, that may be something we don't see elsewhere this summer.