PhilBowles
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I kind of want a 3rd expansion for Civ5 after BNW, because surprisingly, it feels like Firaxis can do more and they've done a great job of really making Civ5 an amazing experience.
G&K expanded on the early game with religion, BNW ostensibly expands on the latter half but really, Atomic/Information era is more or less the same as before, BNW just re-aligns the politics at Modern era inflection and there's now tourism to manage.
If it its going to be a later game mechanic post ideologies, they can bring back Corporations but with something that isn't just a reskinned religion mechanic, and perhaps more substantive that interacts with your diplomacy. ideology, soft power and economy. There could also be information war mechanics and more UN shenanigans, especially around City state influence/pledges to protect and how they could relate to modern diplomacy vis-a-vis what's going on in Syria right now.
I even have a title for it!
Civilization V: Into the Future
Era-wise, Civ V is complete - they had a 'past' expansion (although it wasn't marketed or designed as an "early game" expansion, just 'reimagined' that way in publicity when they chose the direction for BNW), and a 'modern' expansion. And any expansion focusing on a timeframe later than BNW's would for the most part be a waste of time, since it would be on a game stage when the victor has already been decided.
Any third expansion should be more holistic, and look at 'empire management' broadly defined - saying "okay, we've now got a base game that covers all game stages, how can we give the player more control over the way they develop as a civ, through all game stages?"