Can you explain me more this Idea? I kind like it too.

TonyDaebak wrote:

Can you explain me more this Idea? I kind like it too.

Originally all generic (non-emblematic) units had the same unit art

Then various ethnicity groups have been introduced for these generic units: they still have the same stats but the unit models and unit card now highlight which group they belong to (Hispanic, Asian, Arabian etc).

Was a great improvement for immersion as African kingdoms weren't boosting anymore Caucasian spearmen for example and it was cool to see how the individual generic unit art changed with each ethnicity group - also ensured there is great variety at least on the visual level on the strategic map when it comes to units

Now what I propose is to highlight which ethnicity group for each culture applies when selecting.

The benefits are two-fold: if someone wants to pick a culture that uses the same technicity (unit art) they could easily tell which to choose e.g.: if they are roleplaying and dont wish to deviate or see the ethnicity of their base units flip due to the culture change

On the other hand some people (like me) simply want to see any many unit art as possible and would like to try out various groups - using the designation it could be easy to tell which one we havent seen yet and pick those cultures

The second half of the recommendation is a bit more complex but its basically the world map mod if anyone saw it (didnt manage to get it to work though I also didnt try hard):

1. Introduce world map depicting our Earth

2. Assign a single technicity group to each of the regions on it matching historical reference (Arabic technicity in regions located in the Arabian Peninsula or Han Chinese Eastern Asian coastline territory)

3. When picking culture only those cultures are available for selection where the faction has territory - this ensures each faction remains more or less consistent in their ethnicity until they are able to expand outside and gain regions that enable additional technicity groups e.g: A faction playing in Africa or the Americas will not have access to Asian and European ethnicity groups for a long time

Naturally there arent enough factions allowed in a single game to populate the map but that is another recommendation :)