Idle Question

[stoutfellow]

This is for other Civ IV buffs.

There are eight Traits each Leader can have: Aggressive, Creative, Expansive, Financial, Industrious, Organized, Philosophical, and Spiritual. Each Leader has two Traits, and no two Leaders have the same Traits. Now, there are eight-choose-two or 28 different pairs of Traits possible, but there are only 26 Leaders. Two combinations, then, do not appear, to wit, Industrious/Philosophical and Creative/Organized.

Idle Question: why those two? I can hazard a guess on I/P: building Wonders double-quick and then generating Great Person points twice as fast to boot could be an extremely potent combination. (The only other pair I can think of that would reinforce like that is F/O, with increased income and decreased expenses, but perhaps that's less decisive.) But why would C/O not appear? Any guesses, or should I just chalk it up to randomness?

Comments

[kd5mdk.livejournal.com]

Couldn't think of any C/O leaders?

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

I can think of three defensible candidates.

Charlemagne, founder of the Holy Roman Empire (hence Organized) and patron of the arts, in the Carolingian Renaissance (hence Creative). Unfortunately, both France and Germany have two Leaders already, and their special units (Musketeer and Panzer) sit oddly with old Karl; you'd probably have to introduce a new Frankish civilization, with, perhaps, the Paladin as its special unit.

Suleiman I, called the Magnificent (Creative) and the Lawgiver (Organized). Again, you'd need a new Turkish civilization; use the Janissary as its special unit.

Or, my personal favorite, Augustus Caesar. No need for a new civilization there, and his claims to both Traits are rock-solid.

[kd5mdk.livejournal.com]

The Romans only have one leader, right? So that's certainly possible.

The Arabs only have Saladin, so you could cram Suleiman in as a subset of them, although it would be a bit culturally wrong.
What would be the special capabilities of a Janissary unit?

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

The Romans only have one leader, right?

Right.

What would be the special capabilities of a Janissary unit?

Damfino. I suppose you could give them a plus against Melee units; I seem to recall stories that their scream while charging was very unnerving.

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[(Anonymous)]

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[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

Hey, that's an idea. Maybe I could take up, I don't know, maybe some kind of game...