i searched for motivation postings. why player love this game like so: site:https://wildfiregames.com what makes the game so special - motivation
so i think maybe interesting to start this post.
what i personally really much love is:
i could try modify it self ( We chose to release the art of 0 A.D. under CC BY-SA to allow people to mod the game ..(2010, https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Case_Studies/0_A.D.)
meet people all over the world
works in linux (and many other OS)
i love hotkeys instead of mouse movements => i love autoCiv <3 and love modify it (of course other great mods: boonGui,kateAutoCiv,feldmap, .... but autoCiv ist the most important for me)
and yes i love strategies very much more then shut and run thinks.
sometimes i feel a bit uncomfortable that's it being a some kind of war game. and yes i don't like decrease pop self (we often do it if we are in popMax)
BTW some motivation you could also find here: https://wildfiregames.com/forum/topic/18475-where-are-you-from/