User Info: TheloniusCrunk TheloniusCrunk 9 years ago #1



But this game spits on our great American heritage. I was so excited to take advantage of my Manifest Destiny and my minutemen, and immediately my heart sank. Building my first minuteman was like having a baby and realizing that baby has down syndrome. 1 tile no matter what? I assumed this was some sort of jab at the brave defenders of freedom from some communist game developer. It disgusted me. The minutemen weren't cheaper and faster - they didn't spring forth at a moments notice to defend liberty. There was nothing even really creative about them. How about letting a worker become a minuteman for a turn? Something? Anything? Normal musket men can barely keep up with longswordsmen, and here we have a musket man who doesn't know how to use roads.



When I see longbowmen or chu ku no I think twice before declaring war. When i see minutemen, I wonder how they managed to walk so far, and why they were even built to begin with.



But that's not all. Why is Manifest Destiny so limited as a passive when we all know America has so many greater unique powers? Why can't I attack other civilizations without declaring war and why can't I ignore UN votes? Why can't i disarm my rivals and put sanctions on them? Or how about just extending Manifest destiny so that i can freely enter enemy territory without open borders agreements and can create settlements inside their borders?



The B-17s are fine, at least. But then Sid probably knew we'd never really need them since that's so late in the game - and the AI is so incompetent when it comes to aircraft that it doesn't matter what it does.



And then the greatest insult. The Freedom and Liberty trees favor two separate approaches. I want my freedom and I want it with a healthy portion of liberty. And then if i choose freedom the only modern policy i can adopt is COMMUNISM!?



Can someone, some great patriot, make a stand and fix this game? First let me say that I am an American and I love America. I love it when games have George Washington- it makes my heart soar like the great American Bald Eagle. I played Age of Empires III entirely because it had George Washington cut down Cornwallis with a longsword. How overjoyed I was when I heard that in Civilization V the Father of our Country would lead the American Empire to a glorious future.But this game spits on our great American heritage. I was so excited to take advantage of my Manifest Destiny and my minutemen, and immediately my heart sank. Building my first minuteman was like having a baby and realizing that baby has down syndrome. 1 tile no matter what? I assumed this was some sort of jab at the brave defenders of freedom from some communist game developer. It disgusted me. The minutemen weren't cheaper and faster - they didn't spring forth at a moments notice to defend liberty. There was nothing even really creative about them. How about letting a worker become a minuteman for a turn? Something? Anything? Normal musket men can barely keep up with longswordsmen, and here we have a musket man who doesn't know how to use roads.When I see longbowmen or chu ku no I think twice before declaring war. When i see minutemen, I wonder how they managed to walk so far, and why they were even built to begin with.But that's not all. Why is Manifest Destiny so limited as a passive when we all know America has so many greater unique powers? Why can't I attack other civilizations without declaring war and why can't I ignore UN votes? Why can't i disarm my rivals and put sanctions on them? Or how about just extending Manifest destiny so that i can freely enter enemy territory without open borders agreements and can create settlements inside their borders?The B-17s are fine, at least. But then Sid probably knew we'd never really need them since that's so late in the game - and the AI is so incompetent when it comes to aircraft that it doesn't matter what it does.And then the greatest insult. The Freedom and Liberty trees favor two separate approaches. I want my freedom and I want it with a healthy portion of liberty. And then if i choose freedom the only modern policy i can adopt is COMMUNISM!?Can someone, some great patriot, make a stand and fix this game?