Last month in Persian gulf day i saw an interesting video about Persian - Portuguese wars but unfortunately video’s language was Persian so i didn’t share it here . But let me share some of its screenshots now :
I would like to think that Persia is in the mind of the Devs - it’s clearly the most popular suggestion over all and I think it’s a common thought that Italy and Malta were civs made with ‘headstart’ so to speak (some artwork, assets and initial unit/civ notes), though certainly not a snub - in fact all potential Euro civs have the groundwork done.
Basically I think it’s one of the top choices for a whole new ‘from the ground up’ civ.
Here’s a question:
As Persia is a (Southwestern) Asian civ, and one would assume it would go with a Wonder age-up mechanic like the other Asian Civs, what do you think they could be?
Tbh though qizilbash is better than war elephant as the unit of Sufi natives, it’s still too specific to fit in a lot of regions outside middle east or central asia.
It had better be a Persian unique unit.
For the natives I can think of a few options:
The best move is to add more Islamic natives with their own uniqueness. Don’t throw in a Sufi mosque whenever you need an Islamic native.
If that is not going to happen, change Qizilbash to something more generic.
I think Persia is by far the strongest civ candidate for the game. It was historically important, it is well-known (it’s also present in other games from the series), it’s well documented, it is from a region of the world that is still barely covered by the game and it can also be as unique as the devs want it to be (including new mechanics, architecture, etc.).
It simply has it all.
Sincerely, I hope they come up with something different. Maybe some unique mechanics that can be used for more new Islamic civs like Omani, Uzbeks and others.