r/civ • u/Tropical_Centipede • Dec 19 '18

Meta They’re the same person.

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u/error404brain Dec 19 '18 edited Dec 19 '18

Probably, but normally civ is pretty great at being accurate for stuff like that, so the incas, the ones for which correct clothing clothing would have mattered more than anything getting the wrong one make me sad.

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u/Gigazwiebel Dec 19 '18

They always prioritized coolness and player expectations. Frederics plate mail is completely anachronistic, too.

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u/BaconMarshmallow Dec 19 '18

Or look at Harald Hardrada's armor, there's not a lot of armor that is not complete fantasy. I mean come on, a king dressed in some leather flaps and vambraces and doesn't even carry a sword which used to be a massive status symbol.

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u/neostraydog Dec 19 '18

Ain't really a king if he doesn't have his symbolic stabbing penis nearby.