All Quiet on the Civ Front

[Eagle Pursuit]

Oh dear. While I love my little "All Quiet" thread, is it time to start a new thread call "Wild Dynamite Speculation Thread"?

The last I checked with the moderators, they would rather not have another 3000 post anticipation thread. We should try to keep the rampant speculation to a minimum.

 

[Mr.JamblesAlpha]

could it be referring to red shell being removed. you know like how the boom goes the dynamite got started. nothing at all in reference to what is actually in the next content pack.

 

[Sherlock]

The last I checked with the moderators, they would rather not have another 3000 post anticipation thread. We should try to keep the rampant speculation to a minimum.

Rampant speculation must be enjoyable, so many people seem to like it. I know I do.

 

[Leyrann]

They added a depot called Boomgoesthedynamite. This is getting very meta.

I laughed so hard when I read this.

Very very meta.

Amazing.

 

[Leathaface]

I'd give the new app about 80% chance of being XP2, 10% chance what we typically refer to as a DLC (e.g., a civ and scenario or a map pack), 10% chance stuff related to modding (e.g., source code, world builder, or better documentation).

And June 2019 seems a pretty reasonable guess for XP2 release.

I agree with you, I don't expect there to be any DLC in between R&F and the second expansion. The reason all that DLC came out before R&F was because it was part of the deluxe edition. Now there is no deluxe edition.

They added a depot called Boomgoesthedynamite. This is getting very meta.

Very quiet for a long time, then BOOM! A good amount of activity.

 

[pokiehl]

I'm still hoping for some small DLC, like a map pack.

 

[Council 13]

Games are all about DLC's these days. No way there won't be at least a few before the next expansion. Nice to see some activity, nevertheless.

 

[Xandinho]

I really love all these speculations, I've been missing this.

 

[Duuk]

Games are all about DLC's these days. No way there won't be at least a few before the next expansion. Nice to see some activity, nevertheless.

There won't be any DLC before the next expansion.

Good news though, I've upgraded the odds of there BEING a next expansion from "Probable but not certain" to "Very Likely"

 

[Leathaface]

I'm still hoping for some small DLC, like a map pack.

Me too. VI doesn't have many map types at present, I can remember V having much more.

 

[God of Kings]

Civ VI: Bombs & Dynamites

Civ VI: Now with Michael Bay

 

[WillowBrook]

About five hours ago, they changed a description in the config app from "Sid Meier's Civilization VI User Test" to "Sid Meier's Civilization VI Portcullis".

More wild speculation in 3, 2, 1 ... Go!

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

About five hours ago, they changed a description in the config app from "Sid Meier's Civilization VI User Test" to "Sid Meier's Civilization VI Portcullis".

More wild speculation in 3, 2, 1 ... Go!

A portcullis? Wow, they're really beefing up security. Don't stand too close to the murder hole.

My wild shot in the dark, probably just some under-the-hood type stuff that doesn't concern us. Maybe someone who has experience with this sort of thing can shed some light, but for now I rank it of low importance.

 

[WillowBrook]

Portcullis also shows up under the configuration tab on steamdb in path names for what I'm guessing are test versions of the game.

My best guess is that testers now have something new to test, but the powers that be are doing their best to keep us rabble out of their castle until official propaganda is ready.

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

Portcullis also shows up under the configuration tab on steamdb in path names for what I'm guessing are test versions of the game.

My best guess is that testers now have something new to test, but the powers that be are doing their best to keep us rabble out of their castle until official propaganda is ready.

Those pathways seem to be what they were configuring with those updates, but the fact that they have new setups doesn't mean much to me. I didn't even understand the old configuration information. Launch type: option 1 vs option 2, for example? Completely opaque to me.

 

[leif erikson]

Yes, they're slamming the portcullis down in our faces to protect something?

Spoiler :

A portcullis (from the French porte coulissante, "sliding door") is a heavy vertically-closing gate typically found in medieval fortifications, consisting of a latticed grille made of wood, metal, or a combination of the two, which slides down grooves inset within each jamb of the gateway.

 

[durfal]

The Boomgoesthedynamite depot made me think about this part of history:

A modern battle on ancient grounds
In the 17th Century, Poland and Austria allied to retake lands in Europe conquered by the Ottoman Empire after Turk forces attempted to invade and control Vienna in 1683. This intrusion into Venice planted the seed for the destruction of the Parthenon.General Francesco Morosini, a sixty-four year old veteran shamed by the loss of the Venetian colony of Crete to the Ottoman Empire in 1669, led a band of homegrown warriors and mercenaries in an attempt to take back a portion of Greece.As the Venetians surrounded the Acropolis, the Turks took shelter on the hill. Strategically, they hid their gunpowder within the Parthenon, believing the Venetian forces would not dare attack the Parthenon due to the historic significance of the building.This would prove to be a bad strategic choice.
Bombing the Parthenon
Morosini knew of a concentration of Turk forces at the Parthenon, but it is unknown if he knew of the explosives held inside the historic building.
Armed with knowledge of the Parthenon as a pivotal battle site, Francesco Morosini ordered subordinate Antonio Mutoni, head of the mortar brigade, to target the Parthenon.
After three days of shelling, a mortar struck to Parthenon and detonated the gunpowder on September 26, 1687. It is unknown if Mutino himself let loose the fateful bomb or if a nameless soldier made the "lucky" strike.
At the very least, the responsibility for the damage done to the Parthenon weighs heavily on the deceased shoulders of Morosini, Mutino, and the Turk leaders who made the strategic decision to conceal explosive materials in a historic spot.

From https://io9.gizmodo.com/5951994/the-jerks-who-bombed-the-parthenon

Could be referring to the Parthenon, the Ottomans or Venice or non of that and it means something completely else or nothing at all.

 

[MrRadar]

I google, therefore I am... learning new things.

I just learned that apparently Boom goes the dynamite is a catchphrase and a meme in the US. The fragment "it has become a popular phrase, used to indicate a pivotal moment" from that Wikipedia article sounds very intriguing.

Could those living in the US share with the rest of those, who live under various kinds of rocks (including me), if it is indeed popular and what new speculations could be, erm, speculated based on this?

 

[AssemblingTyphoon]

Boomgoesthedynamite

Dams, Bridges, Canals and Railroads confirmed!

 

[WillowBrook]

I google, therefore I am... learning new things.

I just learned that apparently Boom goes the dynamite is a catchphrase and a meme in the US. The fragment "it has become a popular phrase, used to indicate a pivotal moment" from that Wikipedia article sounds very intriguing.

Could those living in the US share with the rest of those, who live under various kinds of rocks (including me), if it is indeed popular and what new speculations could be, erm, speculated based on this?

I'm not one to say if a phrase is popular or not, but I'm pretty sure I've seen it used that way, sometimes maybe a little sarcastically, where something isn't really that pivotal in the bigger scheme of things, but seems so for some people.

My best guess is they've started testing the second expansion, and whoever was changing things on Steam didn't know what would be publicly visible under Steam's newer, more opaque, testing regime.