Any news on traits?

[TheEnforcer]

Just wondering if there is any news on the traits that will be used and how they will be implemented yet? Personally I hope they keep all of the traits from 4 and then add in scientific and agricultural from previous civs. Also think it would be neat if they did soemthing like give a Civ three traits and then have to choose which iof the three will be you major trait which gives you a bigger boost and then two minor traits which are less powerful than if they were chosen as the major one and for the AI opponents to have those choices be random.

 

[bonafide11]

I think traits as we know them are out. Civs will have specific bonuses, but there will be no more "traits" like in Civ IV. So maybe the English will have a bonus where each tile with at least 2 commerce gives an extra commerce, but it won't be a generic "financial" trait that other Civs share. All Civs will have their own unique bonuses, some may be carry overs, but there won't be two traits per Civ, with each Civ having one UU and one UB. There will be much more variety between Civs.

Even if I'm wrong about this, and I don't think I am, don't expect them to "keep all of the traits from 4." This is a brand new game built from the ground up -- they're not going to blindly institute things from Civ IV.

 

[Louis XXIV]

My guess is it'll be things like Elizabeth having advantages in ship building or something like that. More subtle and civ-specific.