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The fact that they've waited a long time to reveal the final sponsor as opposed to the first 3 makes me believe they have something special in mind. No idea what, though. THE PROGENITORS RETURN. jk

I would be more interesting in buying it if they added the hybrid affinities as separate choices with their own unique appearance.

I've always wondered about the ship myself. The pod that lands to set up the first city can't be the whole ship. It must detach and land, leaving the rest in orbit. But what becomes of it then? I would imagine it being too valuable to abandon or scrap for resources.

Those pesky fleshbag operators are so inefficient and needy too. Must replace.

This is about lore and the basic idea behind the affinities, not gameplay. What affinity do you like the most in those regards? If a colony was to conquer their planet and spread out to the stars, reunifying all mankind into one interstellar empire, what affinity would you want them to be? I...

I'm the rapid expansion type. I try to snatch up as many strategic resources as I can, even if I don't need them. Though, since aliens are WAY harder than barbarians, it can be frustrating at times. Sometimes I need a whole army just to clear the way for a colonist and worker.

My bets are on Japan too. Japan's the last potential major power not included as a sponsor. Anyone other than them would just be scraping the bottom of the barrel, like if they made the Zulus a civ in Civ5... wait, they did that.

I look at transcendence victory and the harmony affinity in a different light. While it could be aimed at peaceful symbiosis with the planet, there's also a much less "harmonic" side to it. Consider the Mind Flower as a giant global mind control device, slaving every alien (and maybe human too)...

I thought I read in PAC's civilopedia entry that Seoul is in PAC, or a "New Seoul" or something.

Response to a need of more production Purity: "We need to begin employing the work force of our colony to produce what we need faster." Harmony: "We should domesticate the aliens and start using them for mindless tasks. Humanely, of course." Supremacy: "Automate everything. Even the...

Emperor: Battle For Dune comes to mind since the factions in that game have their own soundtracks. Halo too, since the affinities seem to draw some artistic inspiration from it. Purity would fit the Atreides soundtrack since they seem to be sort of regal and honorable. Supremacy would be Ordos...

I was hoping Supremacy-Harmony would be like a symbiosis of nature and machine, co-existing with the aliens but also using advanced machines. Instead they seem like a monstrous plague of abominations of flesh and metal, which is still cool.

I keep thinking of the NSA as the super spy faction. But, Japan would fit with aquatics. Rising sea levels (rising tide if you will) seems to be a common theme for forced adaptation and formation of the sponsor groups. Maybe Japan had to look to the sea for solutions to their expanding, already...

I would like to see Starships get expansions based on BE expansions. For instance, introduce a Starships expansion with rising tide's new leaders and hybrid affinities. Anyone know if Firaxis has commented at all on expanding Starships alongside BE?

I like to think the seed ships resembles the colony ship you build for a science victory in Civ 5. After it enter space, it deploys or hooks up with other components, and the shuttle part is used to scout the terrain and deploy the units you arrive with ahead of the pod. But that's just what I...