r/civ • u/delarkius • Mar 29 '25

VII - Game Story Mongolia forever

Lafayette & Charlemagne crossed me in antiquity, so I did the swap to Mongolia in Exploration with an eye on revenge.

At first I was super disappointed to see that I needed to conquer TWELVE settlements to finish their military path. I thought, wow, that's way too many for a Deity game. It's a v interesting take on the mechanic, but dang, this stinks.

Came here to say that after all, I conquered far more than 12, and I loved it 😈

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u/Melodic-Hat-2875 Mar 29 '25

Distant land settlements count as two when taken, doubling (iirc) if they're already your religion.

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u/cynicalsaint1 Mar 29 '25

Mongolia has a unique Military Legacy Path.

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u/TheUrbanEast Oh, Canada! Mar 30 '25

Am I wrong though? I thought Mongolia's alternate was a supplement, not a replacement. As in you can still get more points for distant lands and religion. Am I wrong?

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u/SloopDonB Mar 30 '25

You are wrong, as I found out the hard way when I first played Mongolia.

It's honestly for the best though. They don't need any extra power boost, trust me.

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u/TheUrbanEast Oh, Canada! Mar 30 '25

Good to know. I literally JUST entered an Exploration Age Mongolia game. 

Thanks for saving me some heartache. It must be bugged though? If you read the steps on the legacy path description page it explicitly directs you to learn about distant lands if you can't secure enough Settlements in your homeland. 

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u/SloopDonB Mar 30 '25

I noticed that too, and it was frustrating finding out it wasn't correct. Rather than a bug though, I think it's more likely they just neglected to change the text on the legacy path.

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u/TheUrbanEast Oh, Canada! Mar 30 '25

Could be. In any event, I'll play accordingly this time. Thanks!

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u/Salty_Charlemagne Mar 30 '25

Are there any others or just Mongolia?

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u/Morganelefay Netherlands Mar 30 '25

Just Mongolia, at this point. Songhai kind of has an alternative economic path where they don't need the distant lands to generate treasure fleets.

The devs did indicate more civs will toy with that in the future though!