Is the allied objective mechanic a player only mechanic, or will the AI also be able to designate targets? And are you only able to do this at all times or only when you are the warleader?
With so many countries in the area, it will be almost impossible to send trade back to Europe...
Please tell me that the tech groups in that part of Africa change! Almost everything sub-Saharan around Mali should be closer to Muslim tech than current sub-Saharan tech.
Sub-Saharan tech really ought to be kept only for regions around Kongo, Ethiopia and Kilwa.
The main thing is how the AI works. With all of that wasteland and reduced border friction and a lower likelyhood of generating claims, the AI will be rather unlikely to declare war to take the land in the first place, and without the stupidly easy West African invasion route from Trarza, the AI will likely be hard-pressed actually launch an invasion unless they really do un-derp the naval invasion AI. Of course, I doubt there's much stopping an aggressive human player from just annexing the whole thing as fast as they can core it all.What will stop the Europeans from simply eating the whole region? The dearth of colonizable provinces is a nice start, but it will end still in a Scramble for Africa in 1700 if France/Spain/Portugal can simply go there, scatter their armies and devour it all.
The rest is extremely nice.
They haven't replied when I asked about India and Persia. So we can assume that new tags have generic ideas. At best group ideas (likely for India).I agree, wasn't it mentioned that Timbuktu was a centre of learning for Muslims?
I also hope there are a bunch of new ideas for these nations, if maybe only grouped ones for cultures.
How did you get so many facts on these kingdoms? I can't even find some of the nations on google...
What will stop the Europeans from simply eating the whole region? The dearth of colonizable provinces is a nice start, but it will end still in a Scramble for Africa in 1700 if France/Spain/Portugal can simply go there, scatter their armies and devour it all.
The rest is extremely nice.