Curved borders?

[ovrdose]

From the gameplay i have seen, the borders seem to not be curved. In civ 5 the borders were naturally curved, and i think it was a good aesthetic choice. Why did firaxis choose to remove this? Will they put it back?

 

[Abraxis]

If I remember correctly, it took them a while to correctly implement it in its final form in CiV as well. Though admittedly I think it still released somewhat curvy.

I could see them not wanting to in order to "make things clearer", but I think almost everyone preferred the natural looking ones. I hope they release an update with this feature at some point. For now, balance should remain a priority though.

 

[Zaarin]

If I remember correctly, it took them a while to correctly implement it in its final form in CiV as well. Though admittedly I think it still released somewhat curvy.

I could see them not wanting to in order to "make things clearer", but I think almost everyone preferred the natural looking ones. I hope they release an update with this feature at some point. For now, balance should remain a priority though.

They're not mutually exclusive. The art team won't have anything to do with balance, though they may be busy on DLC.

 

[Mort_Q]

You missed the "don't care / didn't notice" option in your poll.

 

[Abraxis]

They're not mutually exclusive. The art team won't have anything to do with balance, though they may be busy on DLC.

The logic of an organic border would not be handled by the art team, this would have to be done by whomever handles the code, probably the same monkeys responsible for balancing it.

 

[anandus]

Civ5 also had straight borders in the beginning (look at some early screenshots).

But to be honest I don't really care how they look.

 

[Stilgar08]

Voted yay, cause it would be nice. But I'm absolutely good either way...

 

[criZp]

You missed the "don't care / didn't notice" option in your poll.

Maybe OP didn't care about that option

 

[George Abitbol]

The borders are straight on flat terrain, but they become curvy on natural features (cliffs, coasts, riviers). That's interesting because it shows the differences between artificial borders (just a line in the plain/desert, look at the Iran/Iraq border, or Arizona) and the more natural ones.

 

[Mort_Q]

Maybe OP didn't care about that option

Or maybe OP didn't notice.

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

I voted yay. I would like to have them, but I won't throw a hissy fit about it if they aren't there.

 

[Xur]

There's a lot of small things that I'd like "fixed", but nothing major. The minimap, overly large buildings/wonders, jagged borders and border growth - most of these can be fixed with mods. My main concern is micromanagement: no build queue and trade route management that seems to be even worse than civ5. But all in all, this seems to be the best civ at release in a looong time.

 

[joncnunn]

You missed the "don't care / didn't notice" option in your poll.

Added

 

[ehecatzin]

Voted yay, because they actually looked nice on civ5, they probably make it to civ6, but I can see how it's not a priority.

 

[Krajzen]

The borders are straight on flat terrain, but they become curvy on natural features (cliffs, coasts, riviers). That's interesting because it shows the differences between artificial borders (just a line in the plain/desert, look at the Iran/Iraq border, or Arizona) and the more natural ones.

If that's true it's awesome. Screenshots?

 

[qadams]

If that's true it's awesome. Screenshots?

I agree, it would be awesome — but so far I haven't seen it. All I've seen are crinkly hexagonal borders where there could be straight lines.

 

[Mustakrakish]

Have you seen those civs from V? They have curved borders. Curved. Borders.