[GS] Dams/Flooding video

[Eagle Pursuit]

https://twitter.com/CivGame/status/1080887616168316928?s=19

A short video on the benefits of Dams

 

[Red_warning]

Damn

Seems like smaller lakes will increase quite a lot in value

 

[tedhebert]

it will be very annoying if spies really do breach your dams often ;-) i like it !

 

[Sagax]

Damn

Missed pun opportunity.

Also, build wonders on rivers - problem solved! /s

 

[VermelhoRed]

Damn

Seems like smaller lakes will increase quite a lot in value

Why? Have I missed something?

 

[Sagax]

Why? Have I missed something?

Fresh water benefits without the risk of flooding, I suppose.

 

[UWHabs]

For me, I think the biggest change will be to plan my districts away from rivers as much as possible, and to use the riverside land more for farming. I want those sweet bonus yields as much as possible.

I can also imagine myself planning to build a dam to within 1 turn, wait for the river to flood one last time to gain yields, and then finish the dam immediately after that, right before I end up placing an important piece there that I don't want wrecked.

 

[Siptah]

Who's that?

 

[OmegaDestroyer]

A spy.

 

[Siptah]

I didn't know that they appear on the map as units. Maybe I should pay more attention...

 

[Phoenix1595]

In the past, I have always been skeptical about the idea of natural disasters in Civ. Having seen what Ed and co. have done with them over the past few weeks has really convinced me that these will be a great addition to the game. I think unpredictable interactions with the landscape will make a relatively static game much more spontaneous and enjoyable.

 

[Boris Gudenuf]

Since dams can (and doubtless will) be breached or broken, will England get a UU of 'Dam Buster' bomber complete with cylindrical 'skipping' bomb?

Modders, Man Your Keyboards!

 

[Giskler]

With the red border and the greek style palace in the background I guess this is Sparta.

 

[CPWimmer]

I love seeing this, and being reminded of how the art team took the community feedback and fixed the curvature of dams.

 

[SammyKhalifa]

Since dams can (and doubtless will) be breached or broken, will England get a UU of 'Dam Buster' bomber complete with cylindrical 'skipping' bomb?

Modders, Man Your Keyboards!

Once there was a silly old ram
Thought he'd punch a hole in a dam
No one could make that ram, scram
He kept buttin' that dam

'Cause he had high hopes, he had high hopes
He had high apple pie, in the sky hopes

 

[Giskler]

I don't recognize this building in the city center of the second city.

Just generic greek art?

 

[Disgustipated]

Hmm, I wasn't planning on building that many dams. I can see the AI now will have a propensity to attack dams. Dams will be the new neighborhoods.

If you only have farms on a river, do you really need a dam? Seems the extra food would be nice. I really can only see building a dam if I have districts on that river that will be damaged. For my initial game I will go damless unless I have districts to protect.

edit: Oh I see the advisor says it protects against drought too. Still not sure I want to build that many.

 

[bbbt]

I'm confused by the dam sabotage. I would have expected a 'flood' immediately after the sabotage but their was nothing in that graphic. Does it just mean you aren't protected from floods that might occur while the dam is sabotaged? As that's much weaker.

 

[WillowBrook]

Hehe, the dam breach flooded Washington. . I'll say no more to avoid off-topic comments.

 

[Melliores]

Do not forget that in the Industrial/ Modern era you can unlock the hydroelectric station for the Dam district to generate clean power. They will be a multi-purpose district.