New Civ Tweet... what could this be?

[Rosty K]

Where could you possibly build it?

You could tear down the Chinese one instead

 

[Kimiimaro]

19 hours left

 

[Alexander's Hetaroi]

As a Wonder?

Yes. The only thing I could think of would not make sense as you couldn't build it in your city center since a wonder takes up a tile. Maybe it doesn't even have to do with an alternate German leader but a Soviet Russia, or American leader (Ronald Reagan) having to do with ideology differences more than the physical wall itself.

 

[JacquesBquick]

all i can think of is if an expansion were to....expand....on the idea of a city center, wherein maybe you could opt to expand a city center to a second tile for some great benefits but some kind of happiness/amenities drawback or make you hyper vulnerable to espionage, as eagle suggested. a berlin wall could negate that malus? Or more simply they could just add a concept of City Center projects, where you can build just one or two out of a selection of like, 6 in your city center. Monument and Granary and Water Mill as early game CC infrastructure would be unaffected, but in late game you may have several choices: Sewer, Canal, Internal Walls, Subway/Metro, Park, and Hospital. Perhaps the first Civ to build a Canal gets the world wonder Panama Canal for additional bonuses, and the first civ to build a park gets Central Park, the first internal walls gets the Berlin Wall, etc. These CC infrastructure in general could, rather than flat bonuses like Monument, enhance particular adjacency bonuses of the CC depending on what else you have around it. For instance, a canal in a CC with two non-adjacent coast tiles would get enhanced gold and production from those coastal tiles. A park in a CC would give adjacent theater squares, campuses and holy sites an amenity. Sewers would still be housing related etc. So you pick and choose which projects would work best for that particular city.

 

[JacquesBquick]

anyway, regardless if Ed's tweets are related or not, its very clear that the genearl consensus favors this being an expansion announcement which...I have to wonder, what are 2k and firaxis thinking to themselves? Its clear from tweet replies, this forum, reddit, and I'm sure other places people think this an expansion announcement. I know they've seen those things too and know what we are expecting. What do you do in the shoes of 2K if that's not what you have lined up for announcing? I think the instinct for most businesses is to ignore this audience expectation, because the muddled masses won't know what was supposed to be expected. But I also think that's a mistake, to just ignore your more dedicated, though smaller audience. quite a pickle

 

[gunnergoz]

At last! Civ 6 for the TRS-80! Or for the Exidy Sorcerer!

 

[Nikolai II]

Announcing CivCrates! $20 gives you a chance to earn a new civ/leader, free tech/civic voucher to use in any game, or +100 production voucher to use in any game

/s

 

[DeutschDachs]

all i can think of is if an expansion were to....expand....on the idea of a city center, wherein maybe you could opt to expand a city center to a second tile for some great benefits but some kind of happiness/amenities drawback or make you hyper vulnerable to espionage, as eagle suggested. a berlin wall could negate that malus? Or more simply they could just add a concept of City Center projects, where you can build just one or two out of a selection of like, 6 in your city center. Monument and Granary and Water Mill as early game CC infrastructure would be unaffected, but in late game you may have several choices: Sewer, Canal, Internal Walls, Subway/Metro, Park, and Hospital. Perhaps the first Civ to build a Canal gets the world wonder Panama Canal for additional bonuses, and the first civ to build a park gets Central Park, the first internal walls gets the Berlin Wall, etc. These CC infrastructure in general could, rather than flat bonuses like Monument, enhance particular adjacency bonuses of the CC depending on what else you have around it. For instance, a canal in a CC with two non-adjacent coast tiles would get enhanced gold and production from those coastal tiles. A park in a CC would give adjacent theater squares, campuses and holy sites an amenity. Sewers would still be housing related etc. So you pick and choose which projects would work best for that particular city.

Yeah... I don't think we should consider the Berlin Wall a world wonder... or whatever it would be. At any rate... do not want

 

[Alucard648]

Announcing CivCrates! $20 gives you a chance to earn a new civ/leader, free tech/civic voucher to use in any game, or +100 production voucher to use in any game

/s

And grand prize: Giant Death Robot unit.

 

[Kimiimaro]

And grand prize: Giant Death Robot unit.

But... X-Com Squad...

 

[JacquesBquick]

Well there goes all incentive to build internal walls if it's going to become the Berlin Wall... do not want

yeah that's true. Civ development seems to skim over negative yet impactful aspects of history, slave trade, black markets, genocides, harsh dictatorships. Certainly an understandable design choice given that this is not a history simulator, its a history-themed strategy game. The Berlin Wall is quite recent and quite 'negative' especially given that its tearing down was considered a celebration. So, I'm only speculating on Ed's tweet, that he was researching the Berlin Wall. Just spitballing practical ways such research could translate through a development process to an in-game implementation

 

[DeutschDachs]

yeah that's true. Civ development seems to skim over negative yet impactful aspects of history, slave trade, black markets, genocides, harsh dictatorships. Certainly an understandable design choice given that this is not a history simulator, its a history-themed strategy game. The Berlin Wall is quite recent and quite 'negative' especially given that its tearing down was considered a celebration. So, I'm only speculating on Ed's tweet, that he was researching the Berlin Wall. Just spitballing practical ways such research could translate through a development process to an in-game implementation

Yep, although in Civilization IV you could use "Slavery" to hurry production at the cost of population (implying brutality). I don't know that in the current political climate they could even get away with doing something as vague as that though.

 

[Kwami]

Yep, although in Civilization IV you could use "Slavery" to hurry production at the cost of population (implying brutality). I don't know that in the current political climate they could even get away with doing something as vague as that though.

I don't see why not. Plenty of other games have slavery mechanics, including some historical ones (e.g. EUIV).

 

[Kimiimaro]

I don't see why not. Plenty of other games have slavery mechanics, including some historical ones (e.g. EUIV).

Indeed. I remember one game where big part of my Ottoman economy relied on slave trade, mostly from East African provinces. Oh, and let's not forget events that involved burning books or mobs against unbelievers that you could even support.

 

[Alexander's Hetaroi]

Yep, although in Civilization IV you could use "Slavery" to hurry production at the cost of population (implying brutality). I don't know that in the current political climate they could even get away with doing something as vague as that though.

The Aztecs already have that somewhat built in with the Eagle Warriors ability. Anyway I would be surprised if this isn't going to be an expansion announcement. Nothing else since the game came out has had any kind of animated teaser.

 

[Kimiimaro]

The Aztecs already have that somewhat built in with the Eagle Warriors ability. Anyway I would be surprised if this isn't going to be an expansion announcement. Nothing else since the game came out has had any kind of animated teaser.

Actually, the last DLC had a map of the world and that map was slowly approaching SE Asia.

However, roughly 17 hours and 20 minutes left! Now I'll go to sleep. Maybe dreams will reveal me some first look, since I saw Mayans in a dream one night ago. Goodnight!

 

[Ferocitus]

Maybe dreams will reveal me some first look, since I saw Mayans in a dream one night ago.

I hope that's how the universe really works because we could have a very
interesting new leader for the USA. After watching Firefly again, I dreamed
about Christina Hendricks.

 

[leandrombraz]

They are teasing too much for it to not be the expansion. I was skeptical but now I'm a true believer. They gonna announce the goddamn expansion tomorrow!

 

[Alexander's Hetaroi]

Actually, the last DLC had a map of the world and that map was slowly approaching SE Asia.

Did not know that. Was that before the first look videos? Because that was the basis of my statement.

 

[DWilson]

If GH is relevant, which I doubt, Global Harmony is my bet as an expansion name based around late game, diplomacy, the cold war, proxy wars (okay, maybe not), and a united nations.