SupremacyKing2
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BAstartGaming interviewed Will and David at E3 and asked them about stations:
Link to video.
At the very end of the video (4:10 mark), David says this:
The answer is a bit evasive but it appears that Rising Tide might be changing stations to answer the concern that they were not as complex as in civ5. I get the impression from the answer that players will now be able to interact in various ways with stations through the new diplomacy system.
Link to video.
At the very end of the video (4:10 mark), David says this:
They have been punched up a bit to work with the water gameplay. And the new diplomacy is offering new ways to interact with all the other entities on the map. I can't talk specifically about how that effects stations, we will be revealing that later. They are in the game. They are relevant. You'll have lots to do with them just like in the base game.
The answer is a bit evasive but it appears that Rising Tide might be changing stations to answer the concern that they were not as complex as in civ5. I get the impression from the answer that players will now be able to interact in various ways with stations through the new diplomacy system.