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 42 minutes ago by Nicolaus_von_Kues