I’m hopeful the UI will have some nice improvements tomorrow, so I’ll give it a shot. Though I guess mods will be broken, so if they haven’t improved things a lot I’ll end up taking a break for a few days until mods are working again.
I'm navigating it with a simple strategy: not buying the game for at least a year when the DLC content will be bundled into a lower price point and many of the UI improvements (and, if the fates are kind, a few AI improvements) are in the books. This isn't a Firaxis specific criticism, but sadly many of these complicated strategy games come out not fully baked. I find I'm much happier if I wait.
In the meantime, I'm just firing up a vox populi Civ V game, there are still great mods adding content to keep that game fresh. I also have Civ VI but don't play it hardly ever; just prefer IV or V that much more.
What is with the people coming to announce that they are not buying the game? That is not even remotely the topic here.
I'm trying to imagine myself navigating to the forum of a game I do not want to buy, specifically clicking on a topic that can only be answered by game owners, and proudly announcing that I am not buying the game.
What is with the people coming to announce that they are not buying the game? That is not even remotely the topic here.
I'm trying to imagine myself navigating to the forum of a game I do not want to buy, specifically clicking on a topic that can only be answered by game owners, and proudly announcing that I am not buying the game.
Listen, people are free to express themselves here. When expensive DLC is planned for release the month after the base game, people are free to question and object to that process.
It’s baked in, and the game developers expect and factor in that backlash when making decisions like this. Hearing from players that the DLC is too expensive, or that they are not interested in it for whatever reason is completely fine.
For myself, I have the Founder’s Edition and am excited to play Carthage when I wrap up my current game.
Can someone please help me, I haven't bought the game yet, but I am caving and will buy it with the Ada Lovelace content.
Am I no longer able to just buy the bundle that will also contain the 2nd DLC? The one that will have Iceland in it? On the Steam page I only have the option of getting vanilla Civ7 and the Deluxe edition.
Can someone please help me, I haven't bought the game yet, but I am caving and will buy it with the Ada Lovelace content.
Am I no longer able to just buy the bundle that will also contain the 2nd DLC? The one that will have Iceland in it? On the Steam page I only have the option of getting vanilla Civ7 and the Deluxe edition.
Can someone please help me, I haven't bought the game yet, but I am caving and will buy it with the Ada Lovelace content.
Am I no longer able to just buy the bundle that will also contain the 2nd DLC? The one that will have Iceland in it? On the Steam page I only have the option of getting vanilla Civ7 and the Deluxe edition.
Iceland is not a part of any officially announced content. Crossroads of the World (March DLC/Deluxe extras) has Britain, Carthage, Nepal, and Bulgaria. Right to Rule (April-Sept DLC) has Assyria, Silla, Dai Viet, and Qajar Iran (these were leaked). Iceland was found in an in-game file that suggests they will be in a third naval-focused pack but that all could have also been scrapped.
I haven't actually played since the pre-release period (mostly due to competing real-life stuff), but I intend to take another go with Carthage this week, and maybe roughly each time a new major patch/DLC releases.
What is with the people coming to announce that they are not buying the game? That is not even remotely the topic here.
I'm trying to imagine myself navigating to the forum of a game I do not want to buy, specifically clicking on a topic that can only be answered by game owners, and proudly announcing that I am not buying the game.
I never said I'm not buying the game. I said I'm waiting to buy it. For me it is a viable strategy for navigating the early madness of constant patching, hotfixes and dlc releases to wait for a point beyond those frequent updates and releases and then buy it. The comment I made both responds to the OPs original post and also was a way of expressing my frustration with the current state of grand strategy games. I cannot remember the last time a Civ game, a Paradox game, or Total War dropped and did not need multiple major fixes to be playable after launch. That used to be so frustrating for me, because I'd feel like I spent a bunch of money to play the game right away but the game was functionally unplayable. I now avoid this phase of the cycle entirely and save money.
I wish I didn't feel like it was necessary, I'd rather feel like if I drop 100 bucks on a special edition I'm going to get a quality, stable game I can enjoy for hours and hours right away, but I've been burned too many times. Watching these forums is a way to keep tabs on the game's progress.
I'm certainly waiting to buy the dlc. I like the base game, there's a solid foundation there. But it certainly needs more work. I just feel the dlc is too pricey. I'll wait for sales.
For me it is a viable strategy for navigating the early madness of constant patching, hotfixes and dlc releases to wait for a point beyond those frequent updates and releases and then buy it.
I didn't do this for Civ VII but it's basically what I do for Football Manager every year - wait until the final patch and update after the January transfer window and buy then, much less frustration that way!!
Biggest change I've seen so far, is only 2 artifacts per continent instead of 4.
Missionary spam was still a thing near the end of exploration. (I spent a ton of treasure fleet money countering it)
(of course, didn't have much else to spend it on.)
Once again, only 1 civ on the other continent. The AI just loves using the IP to wipe each other out.
(and still no way to tell who is behind their attacks)
Another IP vanished just before conversion, and yes, it was on a resource. (they gotta fix that)
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