[NFP] Civilization VI: Possible New Civilizations Thread

PhilBowles said:
It's not a decision by Firaxis - there is a structure called "The Observatory" at Chichen Itza on account of its shape and presence on a raised platform, and probably fulfilled that role. It's an archaeological label, certainly, but then most of the names we know the cities and rulers by - even those that are in Mayan languages - are not the original names of the settlements the Maya would have used (for instance, Tikal is not the name the Mayans used, while Caracol - a comparably-sized but less well-preserved city now in Belize - is a Spanish name used because a lot of snail shells were found at the site), while the leader names we're familiar with are English translations.

The use of the observatory as a generic Mayan structure is similar to the use of the Colosseum or the Hermitage in past Civ games - the real structure is unique rather than a typical feature of Mayan settlements, and making it generic is simply a game decision.
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Yeah it's another Minas Gerais problem.

I was hoping for the saacbe as a unique road, so I'm a tad put out by that decision.
 
LoganInCamo said:
https://tldrmoviereviews.com/2020/05/12/civilization-vi-new-frontier-pass-features-thread/#pack1

I have a question about features in next weeks update from the above link. Units have lifetime and renown...does anyone know what that means?
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that’s specifically for the apocalypse game mode, as far as we know, i think. Lifetime means units die off after a number of turns, and renown is an aspect similar to experience, but it’s like how famous for skill they are
 
Thenewwwguy said:
LoganInCamo said:
Units have lifetime and renown...does anyone know what that means?
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that’s specifically for the apocalypse game mode, as far as we know, i think. Lifetime means units die off after a number of turns, and renown is an aspect similar to experience, but it’s like how famous for skill they are
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This is all speculation. We don't know anything related to these yet.
 
One of the sad things about all these new civs is that with a poor AI they all tend to be too similiar to each other. There isn´t any room to configure different behaviours. To me the civs I meet all feel like different skins of the same AI.

The only thing really worth noting is that if the civ has a dangerous early UU or Civ ability. Other than that they all have the opportunistic agenda (declare war if your own army is much stronger, be nice if it is similiar or larger)
 
When are we expecting the Gran Colombia first look video to drop? Seeing as we're getting two new factions in one go and they're scheduled to come out in just 6 days I mean
 
Still hoping we get one or two civs/leaders who use R&F/GS mechanics. At least the one which will require R&F.

It is conceivable that this season pass will consist mostly of vanilla mechanics, allow players time to catch up to GS, and then attempt a second pass with more civs/leaders using the full set of available mechanics.

Some mechanics need love. Loyalty has so much potential. Two modes seem directed at R&F mechanics (hence why you need either R&F or GS), so hopefully we'll see improvements along with those patches.

Onii-chan said:
When are we expecting the Gran Colombia first look video to drop? Seeing as we're getting two new factions in one go and they're scheduled to come out in just 6 days I mean
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The previous First Look patterns for double DLC would suggest either today or next Tuesday.
 
AntSou said:
Onii-chan said:
When are we expecting the Gran Colombia first look video to drop? Seeing as we're getting two new factions in one go and they're scheduled to come out in just 6 days I mean
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The previous First Look patterns for double DLC would suggest either today or next Tuesday.
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At this point I'm just going with "sometime before next Thursday". :lol:
 
Onii-chan said:
When are we expecting the Gran Colombia first look video to drop? Seeing as we're getting two new factions in one go and they're scheduled to come out in just 6 days I mean
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I think next Tuesday would make a lot of sense. Let the dust settle on the Maya one a bit and put out the last one a couple of days before release to maximise hype.

Of course I'd be very happy to see it today ;)
 
Lonecat Nekophrodite said:
Since no one knows Mayan language anymore. this 'generic' term is used 'out of neccessary' because 'Observatory' as buildings in previous Civ games is not used yet so Firaxis deemed approprate to use this district name. correct?
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The Mayan language group is actually documented incredibly well, with researchers being able to estimate some of the Proto-Mayan language from which all those tongues diverged 5000 years ago. Not only that, there are people still using these languages on a daily basis. I've found a dictionary of Classic Maya language: http://www.mesoweb.com/resources/vocabulary/Vocabulary-2009.01.pdf; and a dictionary of an active Mayan language used in Guatemala, Quiche: http://www.famsi.org/mayawriting/dictionary/christenson/quidic_complete.pdf.

As the Quiche dictionary proves, there is a native word for observatory: tanabal, suggesting that there are more terms describing observatories in other Mayan languages and that these cognates emerged before the arrival of the Europeans. Using some comparative linguistics I assume one could deduce the word in Classic Maya using these two dictionaries and some more probably to be found in the Internet, but it's quite a bit of effort for a word in a videogame that is easier to understand in English anyway.

Anyway, Fire-axis, or as i like to call you, k’ak’ tzuk, pls fix.
 
blackcatatonic said:
I think next Tuesday would make a lot of sense. Let the dust settle on the Maya one a bit and put out the last one a couple of days before release to maximise hype.

Of course I'd be very happy to see it today ;)
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I think that all depends on whether they have a patch video prepared. No First Look for Gran Colombia today probably means no patch video, which would be a bit weird since it's been 8 months since the last one.

Given we may not be getting a livestream for the first DLC pack due to quarantine, you'd think that makes a patch video even more likely.

Edit: Of course they could have a First Look on Tuesday and surprise us with a livestream on Wednesday? They usually just sit in a room staring at their laptops anyway, not like they need to be in proximity :lol:
 
Time to speculate what Kevin means by get outta here.
https://twitter.com/FXS_MisterKevin/status/1260954031985491968

Surely some hidden message regarding the new Civ/Leader? SURELY! Notice the "wow, no way, get outta here" tone at the end of the sentence. To me that indicates only one possibility.

Baby Yoda as alt for Korea. He sings K-Pop when he's happy.
 
Zaarin said:
[Sarah] does a much better job with the foreign words than Bean does. His intros seriously make me cringe sometimes. :crazyeye:
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The main thing that bugs me about Sarah's narration is the way she pronounces every single 'the' as 'thee'. It sounds amateurish.
 
WillowBrook said:
I'm surprised there's no preorder available yet for those who just want to go ahead and pay for it already. I can't see any logic to not starting to take orders as soon as it was announced. :think:
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I can't see any logic in people wanting to pay in advance for a digital product that can't run out or doesn't have any bonuses for doing so, but there you go. :)
 
Kibikus said:
I can't see any logic in people wanting to pay in advance for a digital product that can't run out or doesn't have any bonuses for doing so, but there you go. :)
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Yes we are so stupid for being excited and wanting to signal our support to the team by buying the pass and showing them we like this approach :)

Nevermind the modest savings or bonus content we get by purchasing the entire pass at once :)
 
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