The Pet Peeve thread

**Rebellious Waffle** · 06-12-2007, 14:02

Lead poisoning, or something like that. I start out with a smart, austere, budding bureaucrat general and two turns later he's an idiot man-child with anger management issues who lives in a pineapple under the sea.

**Rebellious Waffle** · 06-12-2007, 14:08

(That's with reference to the top of the thread, not the most recent post before mine.)

**Kraggenmor** · 06-12-2007, 15:22

Originally Posted by Rebellious Waffle

Lead poisoning, or something like that. I start out with a smart, austere, budding bureaucrat general and two turns later he's an idiot man-child with anger management issues who lives in a pineapple under the sea.

Thank you for that, Waffle!!

Gave me a hearty laugh this morning.

Hah! Its funny because its true.

**Monsieur Alphonse** · 06-12-2007, 16:26

Why does Constantinople get hit by a storm every ten turns? Is the sea Marmara (sp) the Byzantine equivalent of the hurricane season in the Caribbean? Whenever I control Constantinople I block the land-bridges with a fleet. Every 10 turns I have to retrain my fleet because of a storm that hit Constantinople.

**Didz** · 06-12-2007, 16:38

Originally Posted by Monsieur Alphonse

Why does Constantinople get hit by a storm every ten turns? Is the sea Marmara (sp) the Byzantine equivalent of the hurricane season in the Caribbean? Whenever I control Constantinople I block the land-bridges with a fleet. Every 10 turns I have to retrain my fleet because of a storm that hit Constantinople.

I've never noticed that in my game, you need to check your carbon emissions.

Originally Posted by Monsieur Alphonse

Sounds very boring to me

Sounds totally daft to me

**Rebellious Waffle** · 06-12-2007, 16:46

I think you get points towards being a "fair fighter" when you tend to win either close, average or heroic victories -- give your enemy a decent chance at winning rather than crushing them beneath your heel.

Personally, I like to keep the blood flowing. These boots don't shine themselves!

**Daveybaby** · 06-12-2007, 17:28

No queens!

It would be really nice to see the occasional queen pop up as faction leader (unless its in there and i've never noticed it before). Some of the most important leaders throughout history have been women, and i know its primarily a war game, but it would be really nice to see this implemented, if only for the potential change of pace it might give if you occasionally had a leader whose stats werent primarily determined by their combat prowess.

**Didz** · 06-12-2007, 17:39

@Davebaby
I agree, but in doing so one would need to introduce a role in the game which differentiated between political and military characters, or at least make it less likely that female characters make good generals.

[I know thats not necessarily true IRL, and not PC, but it would be in keeping with the period. The exception being Joan of Arc perhaps]

I also think it would be nice if some role for females was found for the muslim factions. I always feel sorry for that poor girl on the muslim marriage picture, she looks like a frightened squirrel.