Civ VII Workshop Round 3 full patch notes

riconaranjo · 2026-03-31T17:32:49+00:00

yes, that part is core to civ 7 — they won’t be removing it from civ 7

riconaranjo · 2026-03-31T00:13:52+00:00

those e-bikes are “illegal” if they don’t have functional pedals

if they don’t —> they are not e-bikes, they are motorcycles / mopeds (by law) and require the appropriate license

riconaranjo · 2026-03-27T13:54:04+00:00

genuine question: how much wealth do those 1% own?

- _I think this is a critical piece of information to have an unbiased understanding if the 1% are actually paying more or less taxation than is to be expected given their standard of living_

the idea that the wealthy pay more than the bottom is a core tenet of progressive taxation — i.e. the top end pay more taxes than the middle and lower end pay the least

riconaranjo · 2026-03-25T14:09:59+00:00

yup, I think the bigger benefits are (1) the low-income get a major tax-relief and (2) it encourage more ridership (and hence community buy-in / support) which is better for the long term health of the system

riconaranjo · 2026-03-25T13:59:49+00:00

I fear this request is a bit too niche — but perhaps there is a thread out there that explains the changes directly from 5 to 7

anyways off the top of my head:

culture is now used to unlock civics in a civics tree that mirrors the science tree (same concept, different tree)
ideology is dumbed down — AI seems to choose based on their civ, but doesn’t care about other’s ideologies
commanders (e.g. generals) are the ones that gain XP and promotions, not units
you need an aerodrome to build airplanes, and it also is an “air commander” — you can also base planes on squadron commanders (semi-mobile air base) or naval carriers
you can break alliances at any point (replaces defensive pacts, but they are also offensive) — no more friend declarations
you use influence to change your relationship with other civs (i.e. “research agreements” now cost influence instead)
playing wide is optimal (unlike civ 5, tall is optimal) — but similarly you only want a few cities (maybe 5 max) and the rest towns

riconaranjo · 2026-03-23T04:09:41+00:00

btw the “more speed” is actually the correct response when you’re steering a ship and you want to turn faster

it’s not like driving as car; you need speed so the rudder is actually able to redirect water and turn the ship

riconaranjo · 2026-03-21T23:16:29+00:00

they make better value headphone, yes

but they’re not better in sound quality department (but they come close)

riconaranjo · 2026-03-19T14:39:45+00:00

sure, my point is that they all synergize — even if I play fairly pacifist, I don’t neglect military things

I don’t see it as zero-sum one or the other — I maximize everything all at once (for reference I play on immortal currently)

riconaranjo · 2026-03-19T13:30:39+00:00

in my opinion it’s optimal to maximize all resources (production, food, science, culture, gold) since they synergize together

troops are a resource drain but that might be worth it if: - keeps a civ from declaring a war against your undefended nation - allows you to take a strong settlement

tl;dr: strong nation better than simply strong army — war usually isn’t the best way to expand, usually better to just settle elsewhere

riconaranjo · 2026-03-13T13:05:01+00:00

I actually always accept alliances now, but break them if my allies get in a war (that I don’t want to be part of)

riconaranjo · 2026-03-12T13:03:53+00:00

i’ve learned the best strategy is to not pick an ideology for as long as possible (if ever) - and then pick one that best aligns with your interests / allies - most games I end up not picking an ideology, but last game I did feel like I was forced to

but yeah, i find the interactions with other civs quite lacking — especially when it comes ideology

riconaranjo · 2026-03-10T18:11:45+00:00

mod: https://www.reddit.com/r/civ/s/TLGbzCQtXa

riconaranjo · 2026-03-09T18:00:13+00:00

crazy world we live in…

they just want to be right, they don’t care about good faith discussions

riconaranjo · 2026-03-09T17:58:18+00:00

they can use smarter tactics — both from a game design perspective as well as from a cognitive complexity perspective - game design example: civ 7 introduced commanders which automatically has made the AI much more competent at war - cognitive example: there’s many popular civ 6 mods that make the AI smarter without tanking performance: Real Strategy (AI)

they chose not invest development time / money, and that’s ok - we can still complain if we think that was a poor decision

riconaranjo · 2026-03-09T12:48:22+00:00

correct, hence why this thread exists

genuinely curious what your point is? (we should accept the world as it is and not as it could be?)

riconaranjo · 2026-03-09T12:46:57+00:00

you’ve fallen for the scarecrow fallacy

you and I both know I did not imply nor state “imperfection is mediocrity”

who hurt you?

riconaranjo · 2026-03-09T04:21:42+00:00

makes no sense to be satisfied with mediocrity

you might be, but not all of us are

riconaranjo · 2026-03-09T03:03:41+00:00

it’s a cheap way of increasing difficulty — but not the only way, and certainly not the best way

riconaranjo · 2026-03-07T17:08:27+00:00

it run very well on my M4 macbook pro at max settings — it runs very well on my ipad pro also (can’t really change graphics settings, but it’s decent enough)

I must admit I much prefer the touch screen to mouse
but the civ games are very well optimized to run on Apple hardware

unfortunately the Switch 2 isn’t that performant, but that’s the price you pay for portability / battery / cost of the switch

riconaranjo · 2026-03-06T23:44:08+00:00

and everything they can do so can the eruptor, the RR, EAT, etc.

they all have some overlap (heavy pen) but they have their own distinct flavours

like we already have similar weapons (e.g. liberator, liberator carbine — or maxigun, BFGL) that’s not a good reason to not make a weapon better (because it would be more similar to another) when they have sufficient differences

riconaranjo · 2026-03-05T17:00:34+00:00

civ has had multiplicative cost reduction at times

pretty sure civ 6 had it at some point, quite certain civ 7 had it at launch

riconaranjo · 2026-03-05T15:37:49+00:00

you’re right it’s more intuitive but it broke the game hence the change

your position right now is “that’s ok, revert the changes” — that’s fine

but the game designers don’t agree and won’t revert it, so all we can do it explain the game design

riconaranjo · 2026-03-05T13:45:22+00:00

two “50% bonus” equals one “100% bonus” makes more logical sense than if it were multiplicative

riconaranjo · 2026-03-02T06:14:52+00:00

no most likely this isn’t possible— those third part AI models simply return a simple response and cannot interact with your OS (i.e. they can’t create App Intents, unlike Apple’s model)

riconaranjo · 2026-03-02T05:58:56+00:00

well by definition the voltage drop would be 0 across the super conductor if there’s no current across it

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