[GS] Firaxis Livestream: Hungary Nov 29 11AM PT, 2PM ET

[Myomoto]

It's interesting they would pick Hungary to explain canals. Hungary doesn't really look like a naval power

I would have expected them to focus more on the World Congress, but let's see - maybe they will do both.

 

[Uberfrog]

Huzzah! I'm a big fan of these livestreams, it's a fun way to find out about new content, and it's always a pleasure to hear from Sarah, Ed, and the rest of the dev team.

 

[Trav'ling Canuck]

It's interesting they would pick Hungary to explain canals. Hungary doesn't really look like a naval power .

Hungary constructs an alternate route from the Med to the Black Sea. See it today on Civ 6.

 

[Leyrann]

It's interesting they would pick Hungary to explain canals. Hungary doesn't really look like a naval power

I would have expected them to focus more on the World Congress, but let's see - maybe they will do both.

A lategame stream would probably reveal too much new stuff at this point.

 

[Human Crouton]

It's interesting they would pick Hungary to explain canals. Hungary doesn't really look like a naval power

Have to explain canals now so that we better understand what exactly they mean for navy powers when they do reveal those naval civs.

 

[clapyourhands]

The livestreams don't get nearly as much exposure as the FLs, so if I had to hazard I guess I would say that none of the new civs explicitly take advantage of canals, and it's a topic that won't be covered in later FLs. Later civs might also have more relevant mechanics to demonstrate that directly reflect their abilities (ie: bonuses from natural disasters or diplomacy), so since Hungary doesn't really utilize many new mechanics maybe it was a good pick to show off a feature that didn't fit elsewhere. Partnering a civ with no new mechanics to explain with a mechanic that no new civ uses, essentially.

Of course there's also the popular guess that China's updated abilities will involve canals, in which case there will be a civ that has a special ability regarding them--it just wouldn't be a new civ, so canals wouldn't get their own FL or corresponding livestream, hence partnering them with Hungary.

 

[Disgustipated]

Hungary constructs an alternate route from the Med to the Black Sea. See it today on Civ 6.

I actually plan on something similar for the achievement. I plan on going from either the North Sea or Baltic sea to either the Black sea or Adriatic Sea on the Firaxis Earth map. There are a couple combinations that allow for 7 tiles long.

 

[SupremacyKing2]

It's interesting they would pick Hungary to explain canals. Hungary doesn't really look like a naval power

My guess is that they will split the livestream and do part of it with Hungary with one save game and then load a different save game to show off canals. They've done that sort of thing before to show off different features.

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

My guess is that they will split the livestream and do part of it with Hungary with one save game and then load a different save game to show off canals. They've done that sort of thing before to show off different features.

Smart thinking. If China really does have a new canal bonus, as some have proposed, perhaps Ed will use them to demonstrate it.

 

[Xmonger]

I'll bet the tie-in why they're doing canals and Hungary is because of the Hungary buff where districts across rivers build faster - maybe you can build out canals to speed up district building too.

 

[Siptah]

Some question that we still have the chance to speculate upon - in a few hours we can't speculate anymore.

• Any guesses when canals will unlock?
• For which tech will the eureka be: build a canal?
• Will the achievement be to build a 7 tile canal? (we might not know that tonight)
• Will canal districts yield gold?
• Do they have any adjacency yield?
• Is there a movement penalty for moving onto/away from canal tiles?
• Do canals give adjacency to other districts?
• What's the bonus of the Panama Canal?
• Is it possible to conquer cities by canal?
• Era score for building canals?
• Faster movement along canals?
• Can canals be plundered? (can dams be plundered seems more interesting)
• Is it possible to build a canal on a hill tile?

 

[Leyrann]

Some question that we still have the chance to speculate upon - in a few hours we can't speculate anymore.

• Any guesses when canals will unlock?
• For which tech will the eureka be: build a canal?
• Will the achievement be to build a 7 tile canal? (we might not know that tonight)
• Will canal districts yield gold?
• Do they have any adjacency yield?
• Is there a movement penalty for moving onto/away from canal tiles?
• Do canals give adjacency to other districts?
• What's the bonus of the Panama Canal?
• Is it possible to conquer cities by canal?
• Era score for building canals?
• Faster movement along canals?
• Can canals be plundered? (can dams be plundered seems more interesting)
• Is it possible to build a canal on a hill tile?

Can you build ships in a city center tile if it's connected to the sea by a canal?
Can you build a harbor on a canal tile?

 

[Giskler]

Some question that we still have the chance to speculate upon - in a few hours we can't speculate anymore.

• Any guesses when canals will unlock?

They said in the first stream that canals unlock in late classic.

 

[Siptah]

They said in the first stream that canals unlock in late classic.

So construction or engineering are likely for dams and canals.

 

[Xur]

It's probably gonna be pointless canal spam by the AI :S I'd be happy if each player could build 2 canals max.

 

[Siptah]

It's probably gonna be pointless canal spam by the AI :S I'd be happy if each player could build 2 canals max.

If canals have no other benefit than letting ships cross, I don't think the AI will build a lot (nor will human players).

 

[Xur]

If canals have no other benefit than letting ships cross, I don't think the AI will build a lot (nor will human players).

I just hope the AI does a check to see how many tiles are on each side of a possible canal, so the AI doesn't build coastal canals with 3 tiles on one side and a continent on another.

 

[Siptah]

I just hope the AI does a check to see how many tiles are on each side of a possible canal, so the AI doesn't build coastal canals with 3 tiles on one side and a continent on another.

If this is the case, there will be a day two mod in which the AI doesn‘t build canals at all.

 

[Giskler]

My printscreen button has been polished and oiled. I'm ready.

 

[Vahnstad]

I just hope the AI does a check to see how many tiles are on each side of a possible canal, so the AI doesn't build coastal canals with 3 tiles on one side and a continent on another.

Really afraid of this as well.