SammyKhalifa
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My feelings are much the same. If diplomacy is made relevant, and factions distinct, it will be a boost, and while I didn't like aquatic city spawn in Alpha Centauri that was because those cities were just terrestrial cities transposed onto the sea (and made city spam worse than ever when all of the map could be colonised). If aquatic settlement is genuinely handled differently this time around it could be worth investigating.
Agree with all that. I'd add that I hope it makes the techs distinct as well. As it is it feels like I'm ticking a list (ok, web) of meaningless words, so some flavor here I think would go a long way. I do agree that the quotes about diplomacy makes it sound like they "get it."