What's your opinion on civ switching?

[phoenixician]

Because Civ 7 has a lot more things than just Ages and Civ switching

Seriously, the game has alot of things that are not related to those mechanics that would be great to play in a Classic Mode. The work required for a Classic Mode is MUCH LESS than to create a new game

I posed that question from the perspective of Firaxis/2K btw. I doubt the cost of reworking Civ7 fundamentals is less than polishing the graphics of Civ4/5 though, even before taking risk vs. profit into account.

 

[phoenixician]

...You play well early and you get punished, you get units removed, you get resources taken away from you, and then your opponents get free stuff, upgrading units far beyond their science level, etc

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I am confused. What is this free stuff?

 

[Crashdummy]

I posed that question from the perspective of Firaxis/2K btw. I doubt the cost of reworking Civ7 fundamentals is less than polishing the graphics of Civ4/5 though, even before taking risk vs. profit into account.

I think it would take less time to remove ages and civ switching than to rewrite all of Civ4/5 into a new engine and create better graphics for them

People are overestimating the time it takes to make a Classic Mode, we have modders that by themselves made a basic attempt in just a few weeks. Alone.

Firaxis can make Classic Mode in a few months

 

[Crashdummy]

I am confused. What is this free stuff?

When the Age ends, everyone gets pushed to the same place in science and culture (if anyone is behind, they get free techs, etc), everyone gets their units upgraded to the same tier (even if you would be unable to do so by yourself), if you have too many resources, you get stripped of them to be close to those that dont have any and much more stuff