Non European culture groups should have slower tech build up

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Tech groups of African and jungle Asian tribes are almost on par with European armies even at 1700! I think there should be something done about it.
 

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Yea, we really should implement something that shows how far behind they are, especially during the time period from 1444-1720.

We could make something like centers that spread stuff. Not having that stuff gives you a tech malus and makes you a free and easy target for more than three quarters of the game.

I haven't thought of a name yet. Maybe something like "system" or "establishment" would be fitting.
 
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Because heaven forbid people want to make a nation in another part of the world and have it succeed like Europe did in real life. That just doesn't match real history. It's just not right. It's just not fair.

... ... ...

You know, if you prefer accurate history all the way through, may I suggest picking up a history book and reading it? This is a game, and like it or not, it's sandbox where you can have almost anything you want happen, happen. That's how it was designed, that's how it's meant to be. If you don't like it, why did you get it?
 

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They can't even succeed because their units have worse pips up until mil tech 27 or something.
At that point the game is pretty much over.
It's impossible for any African AI nation to win a war against a human-controlled European nation.

I think it's a mock thread. Or he just looked at tech levels and thought "same tech levels means same strength" and stopped putting any thought into it.
 

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I think it's a mock thread.

Given he has a quote from Buddha in his signature, I think it was rather obvious.

It's a rather boorish topic for a mock thread, though, as it's well established here that anyone who seriously posits something like this is going to get downvoted anyhow.
 

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It's impossible for any African AI nation to win a war against a human-controlled European nation.
Heh, yeah, what a dumbass would lose to them...
*Has a flashback to losing vs. a 4PM Timbuktu and their ally Mali despite of owning half of Iberia and all of the Maghreb*
 

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You know, if you prefer accurate history all the way through, may I suggest picking up a history book and reading it? This is a game, and like it or not, it's sandbox where you can have almost anything you want happen, happen. That's how it was designed, that's how it's meant to be. If you don't like it, why did you get it?

Because this is the only strategic game on the market, that has a historic start and is comprehensive? This is not about railroading, but better modeling.