Just sharing an idea I’ve come up with before.
I believe introducing more architecture sets is the solution to the problem of certain sets being shared by too many civs, and this will also make the game more beautiful. Ideally, I personally like each set to be shared by 2 or 3 civs as much as possible, 4 at most.
My current ideal list:
Western Europe A: Britons, Celts
Western Europe B: Franks, Burgundians
Southern Europe A: Spanish, Portuguese
Southern Europe B: Italians, Sicilians
Southern Europe C: Byzantines, Bulgarians
Northern Europe: Vikings, Goths
Central Europe: Teutons, Bohemians
Eastern Europe: Magyars, Poles, Lithuanians, Slavs
Great Steppe (Nomadic): Huns, Cumans, Mongols
East Asia A: Japanese, Koreans
East Asia B: Chinese, Vietnamese
Southeast Asia: Burmese, Khmer, Malay
South Asia: Hindustanis, Gurjaras, Bengalis, Dravidians
Central Asia: Persians, Tatars
West Asia: Turks, Saracens, Berbers
Africa: Malians, Ethiopians
New World: Aztecs, Mayans, Incas
For some potential civilizations:
If there will be Romans, they can join the Southern Europe B.
If there will be Armenians and Georgians, we can introduce Caucasus set for them.
If there will be Vlachs, the Eastern Europe can be split into
Eastern Europe A: Magyars, Poles, Lithuanians
Eastern Europe B: Slavs, Vlachs
If there will be Khitans, Jurchens or Göktürks, the Great Steppe can be split into
Western Steppe: Huns, Cumans
Eastern Steppe: Mongols, Khitans, Jurchens, Göktürks
If there will be Tibetans and Nuosu, we can introduce East Asia C set for them.
If there will be Siamese or Chams, the Southeast Asia can be split into
Southeast Asia A: Burmese, Khmer, Siamese
Southeast Asia B: Malay, Chams
If there will be Sogdians, they can join the Central Asia.
If there will be Kanembu, Nubians, Somalis, Kongolese, Shona, the Africa can be split into
West Africa: Malians, Kanembu
East Africa: Ethiopians, Nubians, Somalis
Bantu: Kongolese, Shona
If there will be Muisca, Chimu, Tarascans, Mapuche, Polynesians, the New World can be split into
Stone A: Aztecs, Mayans, Tarascans
Stone B: Incas, Chimu
Wooden: Muisca, Mapuche, Polynesians
NOTE: These are only assumptions and may not be realistic. For example, if there will be no Mapuche and Polynesians, then Muisca would most likely be with Incas and Chimu, even though stone buildings were not popular in Muisca. Also, the Vandals would be a difficult problem. Perhaps introduce North Africa set for Berbers and them. I don’t know.
In addition to having the sets split into subsets, I’d suggest that each civ could have a unique castle skin and a unique monastery skin, which can be more aesthetically pleasing, and allow older civs to align with newer ones, and also avoid issues with civs sharing the same set actually belonging to different religions. Personally, this also avoids a situation I don’t want to see, which is to keep the default East Asian castle for the Japanese. The default East Asian castle actually has some elements of Chinese gatehouse not commonly found in japanese castles.
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