Why is there no hero Arminius for the Germanic civilization?

[Barade]

Hi,

I love the new Germanic civilization and I guess there is some reason why there is no hero Arminius (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arminius)? Maybe because it is different tribes than the ones? I was really wondering why you would not add him. I really don't know who the 3 current heroes are in history but the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest is probably one of the most well known events between Romans and Germanic tribes.

For example, when I played Carthaginians with the game mode regicide I had Hannibal as hero as expected who is well known, too.

[manowar]

There is a merged PR here (for v0.29) that adds Arminius but as a name that will be used by any AI players in games not a hero: https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/0ad/0ad/pulls/8784

The (long) PR that added the Germans as a civ (v0.28) is here: https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/0ad/0ad/pulls/7104 

That PR contains a lot of the discussion / reasoning. If you feel strongly enough I am sure you could open a PR.

 

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

this is because this Germanic civilization is based on Cimbri and Teutons.

 

these tribes were nomadic while the later Chatti and Cherusci were not.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherusci

 

Edited July 8 by Nicolaus_von_Kues

[Barade]

Thx for the clarification. I was already suspecting something like this. It's a bit sad for me that they are not part of the Germanic civilization since they are probably the most famous tribe for the average player.

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

2 minutes ago, Barade said:

Thx for the clarification. I was already suspecting something like this. It's a bit sad for me that they are not part of the Germanic civilization since they are probably the most famous tribe for the average player.

This is how civilizations begin in 0AD. First approach is a factionless civilization, something generic...