Title. I feel like she's too weak, currently. Just looking for a general buff to the peaceful domination play style.
I am a distinguished Western Civ. Theodore Roosevelt, muscular build, well-groomed stache. American pride flows through my veins. I have Cleopatra at my fingertips mirroring my every decision, I have Catherine De Merci looking at me longingly as I spawn spies by the hundreds. But dear and humble civ players, for the life of me, I cannot figure out how best to woo my one true love, Eleanor of Aquitaine. The way she waggles her finger at me disapprovingly when I cheekily try to sneak one of her cities into a trade agreement, the way she holds her wine with such grace, such poise! Fellow wing(wo)men, this seasoned veteran and low-key bear whisperer, requires your experience. How does one conquer this delicate French & English blend of fine wine?
She plays hard to get! I shower her with gifts, I ensure that I'm respecting her borders. I am feared by her enemies. I am swooned by her allies. My cities are all happy and busting at the seams with productivity and population! And throughout all of this effort, hundreds of years later, the closest I've been relationship wise with her is "This civ is friendly towards you".
I am sad to say that I think it is official, my dear civ friends. Eleanor considers more of just "Mr. President." I need to make the right move. I want her to refer to me as "Big Teddy." I would like her at my side, wind blowing in her hair, wind blowing through my stache, as we charge headfirst into battle against the legendary Ghandi and his Nuclear Regime! But she turns down my requests of friendship / Alliance! So I must be doing something wrong. What's the best way to get her to request your friendship and then an alliance? I'm assuming that she is more of a "late-game" lass, of which I'm willing to wait. But her agenda honestly confuses me a bit. I'm assuming that I will have to settle in a sweet spot just far enough as to not encroach on her lands, but just close enough for her to notice me!
Any help is appreciated, and thanks!
-Teddy
Obviously they removed British Museum for Gathering Storm, so Eleanor didnβt get it. But how much difference would it have made if she did get it?
Just a random question that occurred to me just now.
So to cut a long story short. I got a cultural victory in 1908 without ever going to war as France (no need to surrender). I only got the Gathering Storms Expansion this week because of the steam sale and I got to say it's a lot of fun but very exploitable. As Eleanor I quickly focused on building Chateaus and wonders. I also made sure to friend most people around me. They never said no. So I was basically always friends with people or in an alliance. My neighbour was the Congo who always expands quickly, however twice I got it in the world congress that he would have the +20% pop growth with the -5 loyalty. After a while almost every city (including his capital which is kinda broken) was flipping to me. Plus I gained all his wonders. Thus, I got a cultural victory in 1908 while always being neutral. I just thought it was a funny story. Hope you enjoyed. Can't wait to play more games in Gathering Storms.
###The Technocratic Republic of Aquitaine
Claim Type: State
Tech Level: 1700s
Provinces Owned: 4 5 8 Provinces, Capital in Pink
Flag: Our Glorious Banner
National Focus: Science
National Anthem: "Noble Pays de l'Aquitaine"
Government Type: Technocratic Consulship
Economy: Laissez Faire
Population: 176 000
Backstory:
When the bombs dropped, France was thrown into complete anarchy. All semblance of legitimate French governmental control had seemed to evaporate overnight. With no centralized body to govern France, pretender and breakaway states began forming like tumors on a corpse. France, at least for the time being, was dead.
One of Frances biggest cities, Bordeaux, had slowly developed itself into a safe haven for all the people of southwestern France. As the population swelled, a government began forming; a merchants republic of sorts. You see, the region of Aquitaine was famous for its fertile and rich winery's and vineyards. The Aquitainians, as they began calling themselves, made a decent business trading wine for loyalty, goods, and services along the west coast of France.
And who were the ones who created said wine? A group formally known as "wine-masters". They controlled the supply of wine, and thus, they controlled the economy of Aquitaine. At first, they were content with simply producing wine. But as Aquitaine expanded, they began to experiment with other sciences. As Aquitaine's economy began relying more and more on this artisan/intellectual class, they began going by a different name; The Technocrats.
Up until this point, Aquitaine had an Oligarchic Democracy, where in a General Election held every two years, a member of the elite merchant class would be selected by the people of Aquitaine as Consul, giving them full authoritiy on matters of state. The technocrats, wanting more power and resources to research with, conducted a general strike, where they stopped the production of wine indefinitely, until they were the Oligarchs of Aquitaine; not the Merchant Class. After a while, the Merchant class, with bitter resentment, acquiesced. The Technocrats were now Oligarchs of Aquitaine.
The Technocrats began switching focus from trade to scientific endeavors. They believe the r
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I am trying to find the exact wording for where the -1 comes from, is it from where the great work is located or from the city centre.
The only reason I ask is because when I was playing vs her, she plonked a city down near me then bought two additional tiles, beelining my own city then built a Theatre.
People keep saying it only specifically affects cities within 9 tiles of the city centre but offers no actual evidence.
Help please!
I was playing as Freleanor last night and I noticed that the great works in my cities closest to my enemy weren't having any effect on their loyalty levels. Does the effect "Each Great Work in her cities causes foreign cities within 9 tiles to lose 1 Loyalty per turn. " mean within 9 tiles of her city center or the tile where the great works are located?
I'm trying to talk about a woman from Aquitaine, but not sure what the adjective is? Aquitainean? Aquitainish?
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http://www.kyrackramer.com/2019/04/01/the-death-of-eleanor-of-aquitaine/ Eleanor of Aquitaine died on 1 April 1204. As the fictionalised King Henry II said in the play The Lion in Winter, she was βa woman out of legend. Not in Alexandria, or Rome, or Camelot has there been such a queen.β
A new nation known as the Aquitaine Federation was created today in the lands formerly known as the Gasconha Free State after a revolution focusing on it's unification. This state has decided to focus on it's national sovereignty and the unification of southern France. Viva la Aquitaine!
Government: Totalitarian Democracy
Capital: Bordeaux
Flag: http://imgur.com/xLLXCkk
Map: http://imgur.com/YNhGgzc
I'm having trouble googling this. I don't care if it's the 445 or 455 CE version of the text (445 would be better but not necessary), but I want to actually read this book and while I can find lots of stuff where people are talking about it, I can't find the actual chronicle itself.
IDEALLY I could see the original text alongside the translation, but I'm looking for free material, so a translation alone will suffice.
I want to read the earliest available written record of Ireland (CK2, a fluffy game, has intrigued me).
