[LP] Civilization VI: Leader Pass - Discussion Thread

[Daniel Boone]

His agenda might be that he hates all female rulers - he spent most of his reign fighting with Alexander's mother, Olympia, who insisted on trying to

After rise and fall released, wasn’t there a hidden agenda that did something like this? I’m pretty sure it got removed due to backlash from the community.

 

[BigChinggis]

Yeah, the more I think about it Suleiman the Magnificent has to come with his magnificent onion hat.

I want it to take up at least 40% of the leader screen.

 

[Starina]

It looks like it's true

 

[theRoyzen]

So i recomputed again.
We probably will get Great Negotiators and Great Commanders on Monday
Rulers of China in Dezember, probably close to christmas,
Rulers of Shara in January
In February we get Great Builders (maybe the most anticipated)
and in March as Final (if they haven't to reschedule) the Rulers of England

 

[Starina]

So i recomputed again.
We probably will get Great Negotiators and Great Commanders on Monday

This may be true given that there are 2 videos hidden in the playlist on YT: 3 leaders in each video
But this playlist also has 2 videos hidden and missing Khubilai and Vietnam

 

[VGT]

I'm not even that surprised we're getting new content. In the early civ6 days I was assuming that maybe this one could become a sort of "long running live service" with different modular additions, full conversions, at some point I was hoping that Beyond Earth 2 could be just mode to enable in it. This would of course require for civ6 base game to become free to not lock purchasing of fully fledged games hidden under civ6 DLC coat. Introducing various modes in frontier pass strengthened that idea for me. What surprises me the most though - is that it's gonna be free for owners of all DLC. Don't get me wrong. I wouldn't be surprised if it would be only Firaxis call. But 2K going with that idea is something I don't have a grasp on. When I saw some shareholders reports from them saying basically they will be milking all their franchises I was worried about future of civ staying under that umbrella. Firaxis team must have had strong arguments to push this idea.

Well, hours played for civ were growing slower in the last months for me, there was finally some time to tackle other "endless games": 4x, grand strategies, total war, etc. I guess they found a way to reignite my interest again. At least for a while.

 

[Niallism]

After rise and fall released, wasn’t there a hidden agenda that did something like this? I’m pretty sure it got removed due to backlash from the community.

There was, but it was removed more because it was bad gameplay. You can't change the gender of your leader in play, unlike every other agenda where you can at least try.

 

[Stilgar08]

That's the final nail in the coffin for console players. Utterly disappointing.

 

[IvoryPavane]

Regarding the model quality, I’m optimistic because I think some of the NFP models are pretty good - Lady Six Sky particularly looks great imo. As the pass progressed the model quality weakened for sure, but if the new leaders are similar to the first two (Maya and GC) then I’d be happy - especially as it’s free.

I don’t mind them reusing idle animations tbh, as long as the “big ones” are unique, but I suspect I’m in the minority with that one

 

[TreVor_ish]

Regarding the model quality, I’m optimistic because I think some of the NFP models are pretty good - Lady Six Sky particularly looks great imo. As the pass progressed the model quality weakened for sure, but if the new leaders are similar to the first two (Maya and GC) then I’d be happy - especially as it’s free.

I don’t mind them reusing idle animations tbh, as long as the “big ones” are unique, but I suspect I’m in the minority with that one

Simón Bolívar's model was not great, I agree with Lady Six Sky, also the last one in João III was pretty good. So, overall NFP was quite uneven.
This new pack looks like a test for new 3d artists, which I don't mind being free. I would like to see some patches to existing issues though.

 

[IvoryPavane]

Also I hate speculating about something new when this was such an unexpected delight for me but I would REALLY love an alt leader pack two with Hannibal and an alt Dido

 

[jozef57]

If those 6 pack will follow NFP pattern, probably we will wait for Civ 7 until 2024.

that seems tob e a good prediction

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

Also I hate speculating about something new when this was such an unexpected delight for me but I would REALLY love an alt leader pack two with Hannibal and an alt Dido

I'd love a Carthage civilziation lead by Hannibal with Dido being an Alt leader that leads both Phoenicia and Carthage.

 

[Alucard648]

Iam hoping that DLCs inside this season pass will have more features besides leaders.

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

Iam hoping that DLCs inside this season pass will have more features besides leaders.

Given it is mostly free for loyal, I'm happy with anything they throw at me.

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

I'm slightly worried, given we haven't seen a shred of in-game art for the leaders, that they will be sub-par and out of tone with the rest of the game. I'm sure that will be rectified within 36 hours.

 

[pokiehl]

I'm slightly worried, given we haven't seen a shred of in-game art for the leaders, that they will be sub-par and out of tone with the rest of the game. I'm sure that will be rectified within 36 hours.

I wasn’t a big fan of the tone or style of the reveal announcement; I share your concern but let’s hope this will represent a return to form for their art team.

 

[Alexander's Hetaroi]

After rise and fall released, wasn’t there a hidden agenda that did something like this? I’m pretty sure it got removed due to backlash from the community.

Yes. I think they made it to where Cleo was more likely to have this agenda. Honestly, I might have been one of the few that didn't mind it.

I'd love a Carthage civilziation lead by Hannibal with Dido being an Alt leader that leads both Phoenicia and Carthage.

Hannibal would probably just lead Phoenicia as an alt leader. You can't have a separate Carthage civilization and not being able to build a unique Cothon harbor.

 

[IvoryPavane]

I’m not too worried about the art style in the trailer. Given that it’s free DLC to those who own it, that (plus the deep discount on the anthology) means it’s probably designed to squeeze a few extra sales out of Civ VI. Possibly the art direction is trying to appeal to a different demographic to maximise that squeeze?

I’m sure the leaders will look -worst case scenario- as good as the NFP.

Gosh I hope this post ages well.

 

[Duke William of Normandy]

Just wanted to say, we might be getting a Leader/DLC First Look video today, since they have a lot to reveal in juet six days, with two of these days being weekends and one being the release date. So keep your eyes peeled on Youtube, guys.