Imperial Announcement
It has been some time since an Imperial Announcement was given, but as the Emperor prepares to celebrate his 250th year on the throne, it seems only fair to make clear to his subjects the future of the Empire, in light of an extended silence and a seeming focus on the Sixth Age.
Civilization VI
Currently, the Empire is working on Civilization VI until the Emperor embarks on a break in mid-June. This is to update all current Alternate Leaders and Civilizations, as well as (as should be done today) to update Rule with Faith with the addition of Great Theologians. Included in this will be the release of a few new Alternate Leaders, chief among them Shomu of Japan, Olaf II of Norway, and Vladimir Putin of Russia. New Civs may include the Māori but this depends on the Empire’s allies and time between other things. In addition, there is likely to be changes with the next DLC, in the expectation that this will come with it a patch that will break everything.
After the Emperor’s return to Civ VI around August or late July, plans will hopefully be able to be put forward regarding Rule with Faith’s proposed Great Philosophers and Golden Age mechanic – but this entirely depends on Firaxis adding caching and custom font icon functionalities. There will of course be new Civs and Leaders at this point too.
Civilization V
Beginning about July, when I return from an Imperial Vacation and during which time the Imperial universities will be on mid-trimester break, the Emperor’s focus will return to Civ V and JFDLC (as it did my last uni break). This will be wrapping up the CiD+RtP merge with the inclusion of Crimes and Development. As this alone won’t take the month, the rest of July will be devoted to wrapping up Society Divided and Progress in Time (pending Jan). The Emperor will also endeavour to release Cixi and Lili during this month, so that there is justification for others to assist the Empire in its final three civs – bringing our total to 80 and ending with a special release on, ideally, the Empire’s anniversary in September.
Well, that’s the plan ahead at any rate