Recent content by Lorizael

I'll add that the Sun orbits the solar system's barycenter very slowly. Jupiter, making up most of the remaining 2% of the solar system's mass and also being far from the Sun, has the largest influence on where the barycenter is. So you can kind of pretend that the Sun and Jupiter are doing a...

It's right with some subtleties and caveats. Technically the orbital energy is the total energy of the system (sun+planet), which means you're occasionally forced to make assumptions such as: gravity is the only relevant force (pretty good assumption), the Sun isn't moving in any significant...

No, that's not how orbital mechanics works. A single impact cannot put the Earth into a new circular orbit. If the Earth were struck and slowed down, it would fall toward the Sun. As it fell, it would accelerate. By the time it reached the location of its new orbit, it would be going too fast to...

It would have to have been a peaceful migration because of Earth's current state. Earth is in a nearly circular orbit, which is a low energy orbit to be in. If it had been pushed into its current position from the asteroid belt by some catastrophe, that would have added energy to the system...

Berz, there's nothing a priori crazy about the idea that a planet may have formed at a different location in the solar system. But when you look at the Earth itself, the idea of it forming in the asteroid belt has two basic problems. Problem one is plausibility, which I've already been quoted...

This is the key for me. These little border skirmishes have to be mechanically different from war or else there's no point. You could play a trade empire that forces other civs to rely on you for vital resources. And whenever you spot them trying to found new outposts so they can expand, you...

My guess is that a global health mechanic represents how well adapted you are to life on the planet. This is based on nothing more than wishful thinking and a screenshot from the recent gameplay footage showing a wolf beetle getting a health-related combat bonus.

But that makes entirely too much sense.

I'm going to imagine it's an homage to Apolyton. (I'm sure it's not.)

They could be bringing back some version of Civ4's health system.

Indeed. But are they sentient robots or simply shells housing uploaded minds? Important distinction!

The helmet almost seems too small to contain a person's head. I wonder if there's anyone even in the suit?

A couple points, some of which have already been made: It's set centuries in the future. Tell the 18th century that a large chunk of Europe would be on good relations and part of a European Union. Countries can have deceptive names all the time. Just because it's called the Slavic Federation...

We still don't know the specific items within each virtue. Perhaps those will have more flavor. And perhaps those names are placeholder names.

Solver is a former Apolyton admin now at WePlayCiv. He was a beta tester for Civ4, too. Glad to see him onboard.