DLC 6 Anticipation Thread

[bbbt]

So to review, GH could be:
1) xplatform changes
2) New dev tools (i.e. the world builder)
3) Additional DLCs beyond the SE Asia one
4) The next expansion

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

So to review, GH could be:
1) xplatform changes
2) New dev tools (i.e. the world builder)
3) Additional DLCs beyond the SE Asia one
4) The next expansion

(5) Something completely different

(3) seems unlikely since it doesn't follow the DLC0# naming scheme.
(4) seems unlikely since it is testing alongside DLC06 now, which makes it seem like it is coming with DLC06

Here's a bigger mystery to me:

When they added the DLC05 depots for Mac and Linux, they added a depot called "Sid Meier's Civilization VI depot". Why? It is unused. It would be redundant to existing depots if it were just used for the base game files.

Personally, I think that name is a placeholder designed to hide in plain sight.

 

[conorbebe]

The ideal DLC 6 for me would be two new civs: Majapahit/Indonesia and Khmer/Cambodia.

 

[AvianBritish]

(5) Something completely different

(3) seems unlikely since it doesn't follow the DLC0# naming scheme.
(4) seems unlikely since it is testing alongside DLC06 now, which makes it seem like it is coming with DLC06

Here's a bigger mystery to me:

When they added the DLC05 depots for Mac and Linux, they added a depot called "Sid Meier's Civilization VI depot". Why? It is unused. It would be redundant to existing depots if it were just used for the base game files.

Personally, I think that name is a placeholder designed to hide in plain sight.

But CivGH might be a free DLC to everyone because of the ongoing issues and delays; the Aztecs was treated as a "Pre-order DLC" which didn't follow "DLC00"?

(Whatever it is, I'm hyped for it)

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

But CivGH might be a free DLC to everyone because of the ongoing issues and delays; the Aztecs was treated as a "Pre-order DLC" which didn't follow "DLC00"?

(Whatever it is, I'm hyped for it)

They've already gone and given DLC05 and 06 to DDE buyers for free. If Civ GH is free content, I doubt it will be a full civ or even a leader. That incomplete Golden Horde scenario hidden in the game files springs to mind.

 

[bbbt]

But CivGH might be a free DLC to everyone because of the ongoing issues and delays; the Aztecs was treated as a "Pre-order DLC" which didn't follow "DLC00"?

(Whatever it is, I'm hyped for it)

It could be a "one year of release" free DLC or such. I'm thinking it unlikely though - not the least as I don't know why they'd have two separate qa builds for bit.

I'm leaning towards world builder at the moment, but who knows. Given how close I was with guessing 'Nubia', this is probably something not even on my list

 

[Cerilis]

They've already gone and given DLC05 and 06 to DDE buyers for free. If Civ GH is free content, I doubt it will be a full civ or even a leader. That incomplete Golden Horde scenario hidden in the game files springs to mind.

Didnt someone point out the Golden Horde scenario was more or less converted to the Poland scenario or something?

 

[agonistes]

but now it is testing alongside DLC06 on the regular qa builds.

This is vay vay interesting, and not something I realized you had explicitly stated before. So the two are very probably bundled in some way - at the very least, there is a decent chance they arrive together. On the other hand, and for me a *yawn*, it could merely be another scenario that has no or minimal impact on the base game - although even wonders give me joy. Probably more than a mere scenario though, even a grand one.

edit: maybe its simply the alt leader?
edit2: at any rate, I hope the uniques are more subtle, non-warmongery types. More like Catherine's.

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

This is vay vay interesting, and not something I realized you had explicitly stated before. So the two are very probably bundled in some way - at the very least, there is a decent chance they arrive together. On the other hand, and for me a *yawn*, it could merely be another scenario that has no or minimal impact on the base game - although even wonders give me joy. Probably more than a mere scenario though, even a grand one.

edit: maybe its simply the alt leader?

I don't see any reason that they would need to package the alt leader separately from the civ. They didn't need to make Macedon and Persia separate.

But, yes. I think Civ GH will arrive with DLC06.

 

[drubell]

I hope "GH" stands for "GUI overHaul" because that's the most blatant oversight in this game, and the game would be much better with a GUI change from the ground up.

 

[AvianBritish]

I think CivGH is a free DLC, even if it's just 1 alt leader (Isabella).

 

[agonistes]

I don't see any reason that they would need to package the alt leader separately from the civ. They didn't need to make Macedon and Persia separate.

But, yes. I think Civ GH will arrive with DLC06.

So builder is best guess atm?

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

So builder is best guess atm?

That, a lightweight free DLC, or something else that we can't fathom.

 

[Katakanja]

Meh, I'm still willing to stand by my guess from the last thread - GH is an expansion, but the reason we're seeing it so early is because Firaxis are willing to spend a bit more time testing new ideas, going back and refining them, then repeating another testing cycle, over and over, for a longer period of time vs a normal DLC

 

[Manifold]

Estimated Release Date:

If it follows the same pattern as DLC05, it will release October 24th or 26th.

I hope this diplomatic dilemma would not be the state until the end of October seriously.

 

[Duuk]

Since the thread is finally open:

I'm really hoping for (Indonesia and) Vietnam.

And I think GH is the expansion build, which is in the very early stages, which is why the updates are weird timing for it.

 

[Zaarin]

I'd like to see the return of Siam, but I'd be a bit surprised if it happened. Vietnam could hypothetically be interesting, but it spent most of its history as a little remote corner of China.

 

[Turrdy]

According to the wording of the announcement:

In the coming months, we’ll be releasing two additional Civilization & Scenario Packs for Civilization VI that will introduce three new leaders representing civilizations from Africa and Southeast Asia.

I think it will be a civ from SEA and a second leader for an african civ. Hatshepsut or Ramses or a Kongolese leader that allows Kongo to win a religious victory, which is long overdue imo (yay, no more annoying Mvemba). BUT it could also mean that we will get 2 civs in the next DLC, both from SEA (or SEA and Africa). We already saw a two-civ-DLC (Alexander and Cyrus), so that's that.

And I strongly suspect that GH will be a DLC-pack/bundle with all the DLCs since release at reduced price, say 30 bucks instead of the 40 you'll pay if you buy them seperately. Not everyone bought DDE (like me for example). That would make sense as DLC06 is expected to be the last DLC for the moment.

edit: Oh and what I really want to see in the next patch is multiplayer teams overhaul. I mean that they implemented it in the first place is nice, but it's kinda quirky... For example negotiating a peace deal needs improvement, since your teammembers don't get any of it. (you can't demand, say, 5GPT for yourself and 5GPT for your teammate in the same agreement, you can only demand for yourself and your teammate won't notice you made peace until he gets the popup-bubble on the right)

 

[CivLuvah]

I'd like to see the return of Siam, but I'd be a bit surprised if it happened.

You wanted Nubia the last time, so I might have suspicions that the next one wouldn't be Indonesia but Siam, since you, I guess, accidentally predicted the African DLC.

Or maybe I could be off, since we tried to predict the South-East Asian one more often and before the African one.

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

According to the wording of the announcement:

I think it will be a civ from SEA and a second leader for an african civ. Hatshepsut or Ramses or a Kongolese leader that allows Kongo to win a religious victory, which is long overdue imo (yay, no more annoying Mvemba). BUT it could also mean that we will get 2 civs in the next DLC, both from SEA (or SEA and Africa). We already saw a two-civ-DLC (Alexander and Cyrus), so that's that.

And I strongly suspect that GH will be a DLC-pack/bundle with all the DLCs since release at reduced price, say 30 bucks instead of the 40 you'll pay if you buy them seperately. Not everyone bought DDE (like me for example). That would make sense as DLC06 is expected to be the last DLC for the moment.

edit: Oh and what I really want to see in the next patch is multiplayer teams overhaul. I mean that they implemented it in the first place is nice, but it's kinda quirky... For example negotiating a peace deal needs improvement, since your teammembers don't get any of it. (you can't demand, say, 5GPT for yourself and 5GPT for your teammate in the same agreement, you can only demand for yourself and your teammate won't notice you made peace until he gets the popup-bubble on the right)

If the second component is for Africa, it should be able to tie in with the SEA civ somehow, for scenario purposes. Madagascar seems like the most likely choice in that regard, since it was colonized by ancient Indonesians.