[GS] Gathering Storm Screenshots Discussion Thread

[WillowBrook]

Players can now ask AI for promise
(courtesy of PotatoMcWhiskey Maori gameplay)

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Yes!

 

[SupremacyKing2]

Wow that's awesome. Diplomacy will feel less game-y now.

Yes it is. Not just we can ask the AI not to forward settle or not to convert our cities but if the AI breaks the promise, I assume we will get grievances against the AI that will lower our warmonger penalty if we go to war. Finally, we can go to war against an AI that is offending us without getting dog piled on as a warmonger.

 

[AriochIV]

Here is the updated civics tree:


Although the arrangement of the Future Era civics is random, it appears that there are always six.

 

[SammyKhalifa]

Here is the updated civics tree:


Although the arrangement of the Future Era civics is random, it appears that there are always six.

Is there anything changed in the rest of it? My memory not so good

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

Nope, The Information just gained Environmentalist and the Near Governance replaces what was Future Civic, It also added the three new fourth tier governments.

 

[Metecury]

So the missing units are nowhere to be found. They simply miscounted.

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

So the missing units are nowhere to be found. They simply miscounted.

Remember when they introduced the GDR, they said they scrapped a bunch of future era units to focus on just the GDR.

The person that keeps track of totals must've forgotten to update the total number of units.

 

[Karmah]

That's engineer talk. It warms my mathematical heart.

I'm an engineer , a scientist ,yet a strong part of my activity is on marketing , what does your mathematical heart tells you now ?

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

I'm an engineer , a scientist ,yet a strong part of my activity is on marketing , what does your mathematical heart tells you now ?

Your company is doing something right.

 

[Seek]

Have we seen that the Geothermal Fissure gives Campuses a major adjacency bonus before?

 

[bbbt]

So the missing units are nowhere to be found. They simply miscounted.

Someone suggested the count might have included the scenario units (Ie the "plague doctor" for example)

 

[Metecury]

Remember when they introduced the GDR, they said they scrapped a bunch of future era units to focus on just the GDR.

The person that keeps track of totals must've forgotten to update the total number of units.

Man I wish they did not reduce the amount of content.

 

[ferretbacon]

Eleanor appearing to lead England:

And Eleanor appearing to lead France:

Either these two screenshots are from different builds and reflect an icon change, or she may have alternate models for each civilization.

 

[Metecury]

They finally resized the ironclad. I can now say this is the best expansion ever.

 

[Zaarin]

Either these two screenshots are from different builds and reflect an icon change, or she may have alternate models for each civilization.

Based on the tiny, barely readable thumbnail, French Eleanor is a small improvement over English already-leaked Eleanor--hopefully that does in fact mean they've improved her model--though it also means they could still do better.

 

[ferretbacon]

Based on the tiny, barely readable thumbnail, French Eleanor is a small improvement over English already-leaked Eleanor--hopefully that does in fact mean they've improved her model--though it also means they could still do better.

She looks like she's wearing a crown and at least a bit more youthful when leading France. If she has separate models, I'm now wondering what the chances are that she'll have different LUAs? It would be simpler to balance her with the two civs if they were different, so perhaps they went that route.

 

[DWilson]

She looks like she's wearing a crown and at least a bit more youthful when leading France. If she has separate models, I'm now wondering what the chances are that she'll have different LUAs? It would be simpler to balance her with the two civs if they were different, so perhaps they went that route.

I hope they don't. They're already stretching the novelty of one leader, two civs. And that was the best part of Eleanor's inclusion, for me at least.

 

[pgm123]

She looks like she's wearing a crown and at least a bit more youthful when leading France. If she has separate models, I'm now wondering what the chances are that she'll have different LUAs? It would be simpler to balance her with the two civs if they were different, so perhaps they went that route.

That would be easier, but feels like it misses the point.

 

[ferretbacon]

I hope they don't. They're already stretching the novelty of one leader, two civs. And that was the best part of Eleanor's inclusion, for me at least.

I agree with you. The same LUA regardless would be better. It creates a sort of inverse alternate mechanic compared to what we've seen so far. Gorgo and Chandragupta add another dimension to Greece and India, respectively, whereas Eleanor does the same for England/France, but also has the different civs play off of her. I'm very keen to see what LUA they went with and how it will both contrast to Vicky and Catherine, and Eleanor herself.

Another question: is her model a simple reskin, or will they have different animations? Will she have different voice lines?

 

[Ziad]

England Eleanor has her hair up.
French Eleanor has her hair down.

Cute.