bene_legionary
Searching for the daguerrotype of God
Technologies and ideas naturally spread after their invention, and that spread of ideas through trade and interactions has changed the world over and over again. The translation of the Bible and the Printing Press; Gunpowder; the Internet; wheeled chariots; Chinese, Slavic and Latin script; etc. Yet these interactions aren't really explored in Civilization VI, apart from the base game Research Agreements, and Peter of Russia's unique ability. Inter-civilization contact is very lacking in Civilization VI, which should be something that needs to be improved on for the next game.
One way that this could be done is that, instead of each civilization having their own researched technologies with their own progress, researched technologies are shared between civilizations that have met each other. Researching technologies would remain very similar – a civilization would select a technology to research, and it would start researching it with its science output. However, the science that the civilization puts in can be added on to by other civilizations that they have met, and especially by others on their continent. For example, England could research 60% of gunpowder, then stop researching gunpowder to start the research of square rigging. Neighbouring France can pick up that remaining 60% to research gunpowder for themselves. Civilizations that discover technologies then give other civilizations on a continent they share with bonuses or slow passive research towards adopting that technology – those civilizations don't have to research that technology, but they have to adopt it to get its bonuses. In the last example, England might have a bonus towards adopting gunpowder because they researched some of it by themselves already. If France and England meet China; which has already researched gunpowder by itself; before they complete gunpowder, their scientific progress would be applied to adopting gunpowder. Instead of researching everything by themselves, a civilization may decide to put more resources into other aspects of their civilization and their scientific advancement would be through adopting existing technologies other civilizations have researched, or adding on to others' discoveries. Or, two civilizations might put their research focus into one technology at the same time, researching faster than if only one civilization researched it by themselves – whoever put the most into researching the technology adopts it, while the other civ gains a significant bonus towards adopting it. The bonus could be improved with trade routes, embassies and missions, and research agreements.
I'd like to know everybody's thoughts on it, especially any holes you can see.
One way that this could be done is that, instead of each civilization having their own researched technologies with their own progress, researched technologies are shared between civilizations that have met each other. Researching technologies would remain very similar – a civilization would select a technology to research, and it would start researching it with its science output. However, the science that the civilization puts in can be added on to by other civilizations that they have met, and especially by others on their continent. For example, England could research 60% of gunpowder, then stop researching gunpowder to start the research of square rigging. Neighbouring France can pick up that remaining 60% to research gunpowder for themselves. Civilizations that discover technologies then give other civilizations on a continent they share with bonuses or slow passive research towards adopting that technology – those civilizations don't have to research that technology, but they have to adopt it to get its bonuses. In the last example, England might have a bonus towards adopting gunpowder because they researched some of it by themselves already. If France and England meet China; which has already researched gunpowder by itself; before they complete gunpowder, their scientific progress would be applied to adopting gunpowder. Instead of researching everything by themselves, a civilization may decide to put more resources into other aspects of their civilization and their scientific advancement would be through adopting existing technologies other civilizations have researched, or adding on to others' discoveries. Or, two civilizations might put their research focus into one technology at the same time, researching faster than if only one civilization researched it by themselves – whoever put the most into researching the technology adopts it, while the other civ gains a significant bonus towards adopting it. The bonus could be improved with trade routes, embassies and missions, and research agreements.
I'd like to know everybody's thoughts on it, especially any holes you can see.