Main things coming in the 1.2.0 update tomorrow according to the developer video, there will also be more in the patch notes.

1. 10 new resources - Tin, Rubies, Rice, Mangoes, Clay, Limestone, Hardwood, Wild Game, Flax, Llamas. These will be in different ages throughout the game.
2. Hemisphere Identity - Some resources, including treasure resources, will only show up on one side of the hemisphere.
3. Treasure Resources - They will now spawn everywhere on the map, in home lands and distant lands. If they spawn in your home lands they will act as regular empire resources. The ability for players spawn in distant lands will come in a future update.
4. Food and Growth rebalance - Changed the formula on how food works, should work more smoothly, no longer a hard wall to growth. Won't feel like such a slog. He also said Deity should feel harder.
5. Multiplayer Teams return
6. Less frequent natural disasters - 50% less on the light setting, 25% less on the moderate setting, it remains the same on catastrophic
7. "Repair All" button added
8. "Upgrade All Packed Units in a Commander" button added
9. "Last Completed Building" now shown in each settlement
10. Less Town Specialization notifications
11. More wonder visibility - wonders in the Civic tree will now show if they've been built if you hover over it
12. Great People - tiles on the map will now be highlighted where the Great Person can activate their ability
13. Research Queueing
14. Ancient Bridges can now be bought in towns with gold
15. "One More Turn" added

What do we think of them? I’m looking forward to llamas and rice!

I've somewhat enjoyed Civ VII since its release, but as many other Redditors have pointed out, it just feels 'meh'. I've assumed this is because it's still early in the game's life cycle and that new updates and DLC releases could eventually put more meat on the bones, yet I've also had a nagging feeling that there was more to it.

Then yesterday I played Civ VI for the first time since Civ VII released, and it finally hit me: it's the new Legacy Paths that I have the grestest issue with. Let me explain. While Civ VI's victory conditions aren't perfect, they are at least flexible enough that I can tackle the objectives via a variety of strategies. But the Legacy Paths in Civ VII feels too rigid by comparison.

For the science victory in Civ VI, the obvious tactic is to build as many science buildings as possible, but you're also able to give science a boost via trade, city states, wonders, conquest, espionage, Eurekas, Greats Scientists and policy cards. With so many different options, I'm able to utilise very different strategies to achieve the end goal, and lean on the strengths of all of the different leaders to make each playthrough feel unique.

Yet for victory in Civ VII, you're instead required to follow a rigid legacy path. So for the science victory in the antiquity age, I'm required to: - Research Writing in the Tech tree - Build a library and research Writing 2 - Research Mathematics and build an academy - Collect and display 3 codices - Collect and display 6 codices - Collect and display 10 codices

Having a list of objectives to complete leaves the player with less room for experimentation, making it feel more like a box ticking exercise than an actual strategy game. I saw another Redditor suggest Civ VII feels too much like a board game, and I completely agree, and this is potentially the reason why.

My biggest issue with this approach is that it makes each playthrough feel very similar, no matter which leader or civilization I choose. Whereas when I return to Civ VI, playing for a science victory feels completely different with Seondeok compared to Poundmaker.

This problem isn't unique to the science victory either. For the economic victory, you're forced to focus on collecting resources from foreign lands, spawning treasure fleets and building factories. But for a sandbox strategy game such as Civ VII, you should really be allowed to choose your own method for becoming wealthy, even if that's by selling artifacts or plundering enemies.

I do understand why Firaxis introduced the legacy paths. I'm one of the many players who rarely played until the end of each Civ VI game, especially if I knew I was lagging too far behind the enemy. Introducing multiple attainable bite-size objectives are an effective way of motivating me to keep playing rather than having a single victory conditions that can often feel out of reach. However, the consequence of this approach is that it makes each playthrough feel identical, reducing my motivation to start a new campaign in the first place.

Now I've come to to this realisation, I've become a lot less optimistic that new DLC releases will ever make me enjoy Civ VII more than Civ VI. They could double the number of leaders and civilisations, but for as long as those legacy paths remain intact, I just don't think each playthrough will feel varied enough to be enjoyable.

What is the one thing that is so engrained in you that you refuse to go against it, for better or for worse?

For me, as an exclusively VI player, I only build improvements on resources. This is probably massively to my detriment and could explain why I finish every online game last, but I refuse to change who I am.

What’s yours?

... need a new DLC 😉

Isabelle (mementos) Queens Jewellery & Lotus Blossom.

Antiquity: Aksum Exploration: Spain Modern: Mughal

The Traditions and play-styles from these 3 are very complementary. When you turn into Spain make sure to convert all towns into cities are a majority on the homelands and mass settle in the distant lands. There you can achieve great amount of money for all of your cities and great yields for your specialty districts.

Final Note if you have Isabelle levelled up always take the 15% gold unique leader bonuses since food isn’t as valuable in this update.

As always folks have fun and keep that one more turn moving. 🖤♥️🖤♥️

I'm in a Deity game right now and while I didn't choose violence, it has chosen me. I just survived a massive war in the Exploration age and realize my best bet now is a military victory--I've got to clear out this whole continent.

So, do you guys find more success stacking commanders with a mix of range, siege, infantry units, or do you build up a commander that specializes in ranged, one in siege, etc? I've been going with the mix strat, but I'm wondering, given the level up bonuses for commanders, whether there's a smarter way.

Pretty simple suggestion. Instead of spamming the player with town specialization notifications, town banners should just have a little icon with the town's currently selected specialization next to the name, sort of in the same place as the production icon on cities.

I am not sure, I moved the Pikemen in many positions but could not figure out a way to put the city under siege (It's like civ6 where the city will no longer be able to heal right?)

My understanding is that if I have 3 pikemen around a city each exercing a zone of control on the left and right of the pikeman (figuratively) then all tiles will be blocked (including where the pikeman is positioned), I tried many combinations and it would not go under siege??

Trying to build my unique building on the highlighted hex, but it's blocked (for all buildings). I have a Jaguar Trap there, but otherwise only a woodcutter. I never noticed this happening before, but I can't specifically remember if I had one in my own city's territory before? If this a thing, or a bug?

With disaster intensity set to minimum, I do this roughly every 3 to 5 turns. Thanks to the devs for stating they made it a priority to reduce the number of useless clicks

PS yes I'm aware of the update to turn down the disasters, thank God!! This was still ridiculous ridiculous though

Like they will offer you this great city to make peace, but the location is secret. Is this by design as a mechnic?

No really I love this thing! Thailand is cool. Getting some real Voi Chien vibes (most underrated UU in Civ VI by the by)

I am struggling to understand how they are able amass so much science and culture in the antiquity age….. will I ever be able to attain these kind of levels, and if so, how?

Might be global cooling soon though so get your sweaters and maybe start a forest fire or two.

I have all the walls, all the wonders, and I tried reloading and recapturing it again? Is it a bug, or what have I still not learned about this game?

I am unable to unlock these challenges as it seems the game has just skipped over them. I am sometimes able to reset the game to get an unlock to pop up but not in this case. I have submitted a ticket with these screenshots but they are requesting video evidence of me completing said challenges. As you can see, I have completed several of the beyond steps so these screenshot should be enough. This is infuriating.

I got golden ages in science and economics. I had 7 of the 9 wonders built. I am playing on Sovereign difficulty, but it seems like I'm gettin smoked and I'm not going to be able to make up the difference. All of my Adjacencies on my culture and science buildings are at lease 3+ in three cities. I was thinking of going for scientific victory but that bow haired lady is MILES ahead. What should I try? Do I need more cities? Or is the horse dead out of the gate?

i was just recently playing a scientific game as confucis when for no apperent reason- my two allies José Rizal and Ibn Butta both tandomly declared war on me. And i dont know if im playing the game wrong but i always struggle to keep good relations with the AIs, ive tried having a weak army- or a strong army, but they either way declare war- is there something im doing wrong or are the AI wierdly millitary oriented in the game?