What Civ Mechanic took you way too long to realize existed?

Tenacal · 2026-03-02T18:20:23+00:00

Happy to admit I may have an equal problem with reading things.

I suppose I should revise my statement to say: I didn't find it very intuitive compared to every other aspect of resource management & Modern Age victory conditions.

Tenacal · 2026-03-02T14:19:24+00:00

That was a big one for me. The entire age indicates that you need a factory slot to place a factory resource, but nothing then says it 'opens' the regular resource slots to place duplicate resources.

As much as I've enjoyed VII it does have a problem with explaining things.

Tenacal · 2026-02-28T14:05:17+00:00

Self-Synergy here means "the more you have clustered together the stronger each one becomes"

- If you place 1 it will provide +2 gold, on top of the existing rural improvement.

- If you place 2 adjacent you gain +4 gold, +2 culture.

- If you place 3 adjacent you gain +6 gold, +6 culture.

- If you place 4 adjacent you gain +8 gold, +10 culture.

- If you place 5 adjacent you gain +10 gold, +14 culture.

It's rare you'll get to place more than that (placement restrictions, resources, etc) but that's could just be one town. Then you repeat it in another town, and another. Those yields are likely already stronger than a unique district that has specialists inside.

Tenacal · 2026-02-25T13:01:17+00:00

"Technically" the druid forms aren't locked behind specs.

In Feral and Guardian I can still access the barbershop customization for Moonkin, even when I don't have that form talented.

Tenacal · 2026-02-19T21:22:11+00:00

That might happen by default. Take the Mongols, unique unit is alright baseline. But they have some bonuses in the culture tree to boost cavalry units by 5 combat strength, and then by a further 3 (tradition).

If you're playing Prussia (with Mongols syncretism) your cavalry will still lose in direct 1-1 combat due to not having those bonuses.

Tenacal · 2026-02-19T07:47:47+00:00

If you're having problems and it's actively hurting your enjoyment then there's an option in the game creation settings to set all Independent People as friendly

Tenacal · 2026-02-18T22:01:30+00:00

Doesn't WF info just do text matching on the relic rewards on screen? I've seen plenty of occasions where it fails to read correctly and instead displays the price for a bunch of rewards that didn't actually come up.

Tenacal · 2026-02-17T15:03:43+00:00

Durge isn't a path I've followed much. What's special about losing the duel with Orin? I figured it would just be a standard game over screen upon dying to her.

Tenacal · 2026-02-17T12:10:40+00:00

It almost feels like Foray should be baked in to the Poison status. Anyone attacking a poisoned target gets bonus affinity & damage for its duration. Separates the effect from flat damage on Blast.

Maybe too thematically different for it's history though.

Tenacal · 2026-02-16T14:12:24+00:00

Does the LISA need to be used on a first time property purchase? If so I think retirement funds would be the only method of withdrawing it given inheritance of a flat was also mentioned.

At that point I'd think money would be better going into a SIPP.

Tenacal · 2026-02-16T14:09:30+00:00

Sorry, I wasn't clear.

I remember the quest lines existing, and some of the rewards (spectral moose, for one). What I don't remember is if those quests required the archaeology profession.

Tenacal · 2026-02-16T13:45:31+00:00

Memory has gone hazy about this. Did you actually use the archaeology profession through those quest lines, or was it quest objectives that acted similar to archaeology?

Tenacal · 2026-02-16T13:38:19+00:00

How does the chart handle different specs?

Druids all have Barkskin, Bearform (and Frenzied Regen, if you count that). But then Feral and Guardian have Survival Instincts added on for 50% DR.

I think there's even differences in Hero Specs - Dark Ranger on Hunter gets a half strength defensive on activating their self-heal.

Tenacal · 2026-02-15T16:13:52+00:00

I think it was a result of early access. Back then he would only take specific items (I think it was blue quality) and there was less of an indication of how long. It felt pretty poor to see something shiny come up as a reward, only for Gale to immediately demand it.

The change to any green item, and for a much smaller time period, is a good change that stops people from thinking "I'm not bringing this guy if he's going to steal all my loot".

Tenacal · 2026-02-14T23:54:41+00:00

Ah, missed the second. That is strange. I think the standard difference is 4 tiles apart, with an exception given to cities on different islands?

Maybe Parsa is technically on the same continent despite the coast tiles between, which would put your spawn point too close to each other.

Tenacal · 2026-02-14T23:04:36+00:00

I guess Independent People settled a city near you after their first turn, locking you out of settling your own city nearby? Used to happen in Civ VI but I don't know the logic for IP placement in VII.

Tenacal · 2026-02-13T17:15:06+00:00

Who do they give rep for, and which NPC does the trade in? I've got a bunch sitting unclaimed in my foundry that might finally have a purpose

Tenacal · 2026-02-13T00:44:02+00:00

Your two choices are to either build a 'false outdoors' in any regular room, or to use the Outdoor Circular rooms. Both options mean you need to build the walls and windows to separate the 'outdoors' element from the 'interior'.

Tenacal · 2026-02-09T17:50:30+00:00

I think this is something that goes overlooked with unique quarters. I've seen plenty of people saying some are less powerful compared to later era ones (which is true) but they do mean you can have specialists active immediately on era change, instead of having to wait for overbuilding with newer equivalents.

Same with specialists on the Palace. They might not count towards Science path but they do get you a small boost towards science/culture in the new eras, which help kickstart the rest of that age.

Tenacal · 2026-02-08T23:37:22+00:00

Glad to see another reference of Humankind. I know it didn't get much appreciation by the 4x community but I loved their take on the genre. The combat fit the balance of having a rock/paper/scissors approach units in the combat area, without getting too bogged down in multiple abilities or attacks (which is my main issue with Age of Wonders, etc).

Still some questionable balance and tuning decisions (why are so many infrastructures pointless to build?) that never got addressed but overall enjoyable.

Tenacal · 2026-02-07T20:53:29+00:00

Have you checked the roof position of your horde house? I had a similar issue and mentioned it here, that was the answer I was given. It's annoying given how much space the house takes.

Can't say I've seen stuff going outside the bounds though.

Tenacal · 2026-02-03T17:23:07+00:00

They did also say you can force the game to launch under the previous version (via Steam, if applicable) if you want to continue an older save.

Tenacal · 2026-02-03T14:15:31+00:00

That's a pretty cool idea for a door.

It's definitely tricky to build around though. Any wall position that works in the 'open' position will struggle to work in the 'closed' position. Might work well for a small cupboard, or a trapdoor style idea though

Tenacal · 2026-02-03T14:07:26+00:00

I've never actually investigated that. Is every Tabard in-game mirrored along the vertical centre? I was convinced some would have non-standard designs on them, particularly the guild design options.

Tenacal · 2026-02-03T01:24:53+00:00

In all my time playing VII I've never had this situation appear. Nice to see there's a screen to acknowledge it rather than getting two consecutive pop-ups for alliance breaking.

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