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Any word whether we will actually control our supremacy units as they liberate an earth map? Thanks.
Nope, no control. There's no actual playable battle on Earth.Any word whether we will actually control our supremacy units as they liberate an earth map? Thanks.
Sadly, we will only be sending X Units through a Warpgate and surviving X Turns from what I have heard.
When BE comes out, I'm sure someone will combine Civ V and BE assets and mod in a Supremacy vs Earth scenario.
The ships left Earth around 2250, and arrived at the alien planet around 2600, having been in transit for almost 400 years. Why do people assume that Earth will still be primitive in c.2900 when you get around to opening the warp gate? If anything, the Earthlings should be 350 years more advanced than the colonists.When BE comes out, I'm sure someone will combine Civ V and BE assets and mod in a Supremacy vs Earth scenario.
The ships left Earth around 2250, and arrived at the alien planet around 2600, having been in transit for almost 400 years. Why do people assume that Earth will still be primitive in c.2900 when you get around to opening the warp gate? If anything, the Earthlings should be 350 years more advanced than the colonists.
It's also a bit odd that Earth is frequently said to be "dying" and yet humans are still there 800 years later.
Pretty much.The resource shortage can be a break in technology development, the so called Inflection Point can cause Earth 2900 to be as advanced as Earth nowadays, maybe worse. Humans may be there but with very lower life quality
The ships left Earth around 2250, and arrived at the alien planet around 2600, having been in transit for almost 400 years. Why do people assume that Earth will still be primitive in c.2900 when you get around to opening the warp gate? If anything, the Earthlings should be 350 years more advanced than the colonists.
It's also a bit odd that Earth is frequently said to be "dying" and yet humans are still there 800 years later.
The ships left Earth around 2250, and arrived at the alien planet around 2600, having been in transit for almost 400 years. Why do people assume that Earth will still be primitive in c.2900 when you get around to opening the warp gate? If anything, the Earthlings should be 350 years more advanced than the colonists.
It's also a bit odd that Earth is frequently said to be "dying" and yet humans are still there 800 years later.
I totally get that -- the adventurers advance much more quickly than the homebodies -- but I think the outcome might have been different if the Jamestown colonists had been in stasis for 400 years and arrived in the New World in 2007.It's pretty odd that a bunch of random English colonists (~ 1 million in 1700) managed to became the top economic superpower in late 19th century, in 20th century surpassing motherland (and thousands - years - old - civlisations) in all categories
I thought we'd had this discussion somewhere. I'm not seeing any hole. It's a matter of resources: without them, technology on Earth would become stagnant and even difficult to maintain at a certain level.I totally get that -- the adventurers advance much more quickly than the homebodies -- but I think the outcome might have been different if the Jamestown colonists had been in stasis for 400 years and arrived in the New World in 2007.
Since when has technological advancement been tied to availability of resources? It seems to me that scarcity is just as likely (or more likely) to drive advancement out of necessity as it is to slow development.It's a matter of resources: without them, technology on Earth would become stagnant and even difficult to maintain at a certain level.
Since when has technological advancement been tied to availability of resources? It seems to me that scarcity is just as likely (or more likely) to drive advancement out of necessity as it is to development.
Where would we be today without iron, coal and petroleum, and no analogues? Who knows. As I said, science would most likely be spending most of its efforts trying to come up with replacement materials and efficiency techniques to maintain the same level of technological development. Machinery requires more and more specific (and varied) components the more advanced it is. So while you can build a shack out of straw, wood, bamboo or leather, the same can't be said about electronic computers and automotive vehicles. Not to mention technology we won't see for another 100-200 years.Since when has technological advancement been tied to availability of resources? It seems to me that scarcity is just as likely (or more likely) to drive advancement out of necessity as it is to slow development.