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No, and we don't need to crank the effects up to 1500% like they did.

Alpha 10 is officially in Ubuntu backports now. See here for information on how to manually install it, or here to enable automatic installation of backports.

Also I would like to add that the Persian Temple is Zoroastrian and, despite being a small religion, I don't think any Zoroastrians were offended by the destruction of their temple (I know that there are a lot more Hindus than Zoroastrians in the world, but nevertheless nobody was offended). The destruction of temples is also historically accurate-- For example: the Temple of Jerusalem, among other famous religious sites, was sacked many times in antiquity by the Romans, Assyrians, and Babylonians. I do understand the harm it might do to devoutly religious people, but, as Michael said before if they have a problem with seeing a holy building destroyed, they might not want to play the game. Another thought is that we might want to give the more historically religiously tolerant civilizations, like Persia, a special power that says that when a temple would normally be destroyed, it could change ownership to the conqueror's civilization, and the conqueror would be able to train mercenary units of the conquered civilization from the captured temple. Just an idea for thought! And good work Pureon, I think those look very good and realistic given the images we found.

The way I look at it is, if someone's feelings are going to be hurt by a digital representation of their religion's temple being destroyed in a war game, then perhaps they shouldn't be playing a war game to begin with. Said sensitive individuals seem to have no qualms with destroying the temples of other religions? Hm? And the reason temples are conquest critical is because they can train units that affect the outcome of the game. I really can't see any situation where we would not allow the destruction of an Indian temple or any other culture's temple. We endeavor to represent the culture of our factions as authentically as we can within the limitations imposed upon us by the game engine and genre, so that is how we are showing respect for these cultures, by portraying them in a dignified and authentic manner.