Naval combat is a potent weapon in your

[@cho.gath789]

Airplanes have been real quiet since this dropped

[@markos50100]

Stalking their prey.

[@DBT1007]

Airplanes need more maintenance. More than oil.

[@jamsteroffthewheel4731]

I’m so hyped

[@SirJordanLore]

I havent seen an A.I. aircraft since Civ 5 tbh

[@mimicbox3]

@@SirJordanLore crazy how civ 5's ai uses aircraft and anti-aircraft so well

[@peterkang6677]

Sailing up and down rivers is such a great and historically accurate change

[@BoopSnoot]

Ya, but the peeps showing the game so far look like they have pronouns in their email signatures, so I'm apprehensive.

[@sergenicolas5287]

@@BoopSnoot Ahaha 🤣 Hope you are wrong.

[@poli_zgaming3616]

@@sergenicolas5287 sadly I think this may be true

[@hellodumzo]

@@BoopSnootwhat a weird thing to say lol you’re obsessed

[@atoucangirl]

i like the idea of rough currents, i always thought there should be more terrain variance on water to make naval combat more interesting. on land you have terrain features that make positioning all the more intersting. on water you just pile up units.

[@jonnybravo595]

agree my brother! :)

[@christossaroglou7158]

If reefs in civ6 had an additional movement cost as well as the defense bonus it would have been nice..

[@chalkisplacebo.6697]

I hope it can be toggled like the disaster slider in civVI if I get major losses from rng ill throw myself out a window

[@NiteSaiya]

The navigable rivers make so much sense it's wild it never occurred to me before.

[@emilsingapurcan8054]

I noticed the exploding and sinking animation for the battleship had some bounce and curve to it... how nice! Excellent animation work

[@CMDRJakob]

Plane jumpscare.

[@EricSmith9000]

You're trying to earn the nearly impossible "Make me use ships after 35 years" achievement.

[@ATinyWaffle]

I love being able to navigate ocean tiles from the start albeit with some risk. It was always annoying when you knew there was a large island or whole continent free to settle on but you were cut off by a single ocean tile until you unlocked Cartography.

[@CONSTANTINEXI63]

I loved that

[@donenzonen]

Laughs in Polynesian 😂

[@SilverAranda]

a threat from above.. ALIENS!!!

[@alantremonti1381]

Please, please release an ancient era civ that's just aliens who do everything better than everyone else.

[@lil_slv7052]

Imagine the crisis for the modern age will be aliens invasion. That would be epic

[@AlexHarrison-zv4jj]

@@alantremonti1381 Like the Goa'uld?

[@chammp777]

@@lil_slv7052 I would love to see an alien invasion or AI robot war that would be the crisis for a possible expansion for the future age, with the world uniting to combat and one civ reigning supreme as the winner

[@antokarman2064]

Possible xcom collab?

[@Doughy_Rozo]

I hope they add a little more to aerial combat in this game because not gonna lie air combat in civ 6 was dull, but i know their gonna cook up something crazy in Sid’s kitchen so, LET THEM COOK!

[@laritest]

Some say there will be an air commander like the naval commander in exploration age

[@Angel_Flash]

seriously, i have never ever had to use a fighter in civ 5 or 6. only bombers.

[@ellie6091]

@Angel_Flash fighters are crazy good in CIV VI because they stop units from moving underneath. You can build a wall out of them, and still use them to do strikes. Much more important in multiplayer though, because late game Ai is so bad at war

[@jdd_yt]

Im saying, I always loved planes in civ so I wonder how they would manage air control and anti air in this version.

[@akikapuno6764]

The Ocean isn't wasn't always sunshine and rainbows for sailors, I'm glad that the devs are making it more realistic

[@Cruor34]

Ok but it also didn't take 100 years to cross the ocean either. It's a turn based game, so if a storm is blocking you then that is like a multi decade storm. Thats why it wasn't in before, makes no sense. A ship taking a little damage each turn out in the ocean makes more sense.

[@MMadesen]

Naval combat was always pretty boring before you reached modern age. But now with navigable rivers and boats being a real threat to cities, thats way better.

[@Cruor34]

I doubt they are a threat. Station 1 archer in a city to counter the boat. Just because it can GET to a city doesn't make it a threat. Navy was hardly any threat in any civ title and the AI had no idea how to use it. Why will the 7th time change that?

[@SK-lt1so]

​@@Cruor34 But even if there is an archer, a boat adds an attacker for the defender to deal with-"combined arms" advantage for the attacker.

[@Cruor34]

@@SK-lt1so Well, I hope the AI can do it. AI has been trash ever since they went to 1 unit per tile.

[@Verhen_n]

Civ 7 looks like a game with soul. Exciting

[@BrattyNerdGirl]

I don’t know about CivVI but CivIV & V naval combat wasn’t really used much or at all by the ai so I’m glad to see a focus on it.

[@madkitty2801]

I can confirm after 1khours of playing vs ai they barely use navy unfortunately and i can see this trend repeating itself in vii

[@BrattyNerdGirl]

I remember from Civ 4 the ai would use naval units a bit especially in the early game but not enough that it really made a huge difference. I’m hoping they use them a lot more in Civ 7 but we’ll have to wait & see.

[@Dragonseer666]

@@madkitty2801 Although they might make the AI use it a bit more, especially to protect their Treasure fleets

[@laritest]

@@madkitty2801 what makes you think that it repeats itself in civ vii? Did you play the game already?

[@woodysmith2681]

@@madkitty2801 The Age of Exploration live stream showed China/Confucius building and using ships as soon as the devs, who did it to show off the new Age mechanics. I think the idea is to add sea as the new frontier in Exploration Age and add air in Modern Age, and give them oomph.

[@schumerus6786]

This game looks extremely ambitious and it does look like the ambition is translating well! I am excited for the new entry in the series!

[@yonatanrozenberg6378]

I can't believe that I will finally be able to sail with my fleet in the rivers!!!

[@laritest]

The plane is either a handley page (British) or a Gotha Bomber/Zeppelin Staaken (German)

[@ellie6091]

nice eye! judging by the engines it looks to be Handley Page.

[@SimCityEA1989]

I love the physhics of these ships, especially in battle!

[@AnonymousNetizen-be6ww]

Super cool! I love how they're leaning into this aspect of the game.

[@nikogianakos3013]

Most of these are cool. But this is REALLY COOL. Rough seas damage?!? God I love you Civ. ❤

[@Fredsta4christ]

Shaun, can you please make sure that ships carrying precious loot can be boarded and taken over?

[@DrakeTimbershaft]

Is Kupe going to be in Civ VII? His civilization starts in the ocean as he searches for land. He was my favorite character in Civ VI!

[@mattman8144]

Can some nations like China build huge ships that can explore the great oceans or the oceanic people have smaller ones that can too? Both are historical.

[@ewok40k]

ENDING BE LIKE: SOMONE CALLED BILLY MITCHELL

[@husainhaider]

Quite frankly, I stopped building a navy after the ability to manoeuvre through rivers stopped.

[@R.W.KING_KONG]

I want to state a german saying (translated) „I am hot like fries fat“. Yes I would liked it more when your Civ would evolve more naturally like a bit more historically precice, but I see the point in being a game and the need pf balancing. Like Civ6 was won in the mid game

[@DaCommishDude]

My ship isn't allowed to sink until February

[@Niitewing]

OTTOMANS? Will they be included or not?

[@Flowers4Fischl]

Shaun is doing a great job, potentially the future lead designer for civ8 if he takes the path of Carl

[@jackhew93]

ships are strong but please ad a buildable land based anti ship enplacement. Land artillery used to ambush fleets close to shore have changed the course of history in many instances

[@deanmalto]

Will we get kamikaze planes?

[@Jack_Gibby]

This is very exciting but I hope they overhaul the entire combat system. It was ridiculous stacking units (both civlian and military) on top and around to grant combat strength in civ 6.

[@Anthony-whoop-whoop]

Do we have aircraft carriers in the modern era?

[@_0______00__________0_______0]

There's no way you can't, was really hoping to see one here.

[@Anthony-whoop-whoop]

@_0______00__________0_______0 I was hoping to see one too, as well as other modern day units like modern armour. But from one of the screenshots they had shown of how units look different throughout the ages, it stopped at WW2 infantry. So I'm going to be rather disappointed if they end the units progression at WW2

[@WallyGrandine-sy1ki]

What are those caves with blue and purple flames around them?

[@nemam83]

why are the ships so ridiculously huge compared to everything else...

[@rodmata1]

And what about drones hitting land or sea units in the modern age. Present war's most dangerous units are FPV drones.

[@Gerolanfalan]

I was about to talk smack about the Mongolian navy, but it turns out they actually had the biggest one in the world at the height of their empire. But then they lost it all to the Kamakura era of Japan.

[@oldmatttv]

Makes me a little worried that you can't progress the way you decide to and want to, and the other continents are simply locked away in the first era. This together with the low number of players in the first eras... I'm just not sure this is going to be for me. We'll see. Although, I will be waiting for hot-seat mode anyway because that's pretty much the only mode I play, so I suppose things may change before that's even in.

[@tontza1233]

Rough oceans are a great addition

[@acoustic5738]

0:08 bzzzooooooooooom !! 😂

[@mte989]

wonder if naval combat will be a DLC like the 4th era

[@ManWittVan]

Why are those boats flying? I'm imagining cartoon whirring levels of rowing.

[@airbound1779]

Threats from above? XCOM units confirmed?

[@stargazer4683]

What about the Sea peoples they could appear under certain conditions.

[@sumairshirazi]

Can ships be used to destroy land units.

[@Richard-zw9sl]

will we have man o wars again? :D

[@xana6696]

Can boats in the Exploration Age carry military units?

[@Cruor34]

Unlikely. They will probably do the same lazy, unrealistic embark system they started in Civ 5 and used in Civ 6.

[@OfficialFishNews]

Already have the ac odyssey ship theme in my head

[@sagitarriulus9773]

I hardly ever use boats and now I hardly will

[@randomdude64yt]

gonna have to see how long I can ignore anything navy related in this civ game.

[@wulf7460]

"various changes" civ 6 with boats in rivers

[@dominikk6971]

Dope!

[@SebiSuper9mil]

Day 80 of asking for Bohemia and Czechoslovakia civs in Civilization 7

[@georgep.burdell7237]

Likey likey!! 👍

[@adzi6164]

inb4 naval battles on large rivers... Chi Bi, anyone?

[@iamthe1whowillbringpeace316]

Should also add natural disasters to cities like natural fire or floods.

[@ciaotiziocaius4899]

reminds me of humankind

[@klob1401]

You'd better bring various changes into network code and lobby stability, and of course not poor lobbies for 5 persons maximum

[@acoustic5738]

Please air power review

[@thewinner7382]

I wish we could stack units (not necessarily a full death stack)... It would really help free up the map and allow the AI to wage war more effectively

[@ud-dino3267]

I think this is what commanders are supposed to do

[@blam320]

You can. In previous videos they revealed that Commanders and Naval Commanders can group units together into a single stack for traversing the map efficiently. You then "deploy" them back out for combat. Highly promoted commanders will even gain the ability to "teleport" units from your cities directly to the front line.

[@Fummy007]

Exploration Age begins 400 AD. somehow you can enter oceans right away, 1000 years before Columbus. Im sorry but thats just stupid to be crossing the Atlantic so early.

[@MrFlexNC]

let us play as Ragnar Lothbruk and raid Paris, Thank Youuuu

[@Ally-h1j]

Great, what about the largest map size.....

[@yendis399]

Naval leaders? Nelson?

[@ManAmongPeople]

Will my oranges fight differently now?

[@Theopt89]

So, nothing changed?

[@Sobble-cafeinado]

Gandhi will be in this game?

[@beforesunsetboxing6017]

I'm sorry but except rough seas there is zero new content in this announcement, compared to Civ 6. It's all sales talk. We already knew about navigable rivers earlier. Admirals are in Civ 6. What's new / changed?

[@heatth1474]

Yeah, I honestly confused what even is the point of this. It started saying about "various changes", but then nothing.

[@alalalala57]

I just want the AI use them for the first time lol.

[@dokdias]

Shaun is great but he should control his body movements

[@MoonlightBgWolfs]

North Carolina Class Battleships

[@iambeloved496]

We just want the ai to actually fight back instead spam anti cavalry units all game.

[@areezlakhani3142]

Can y’all release these as vids and not shorts, the format is annoying

[@dwhizzel6471]

I hope the AI will.know how to use a navy and an aorforce

[@yamasaa]

Not enough terrain variety on water tiles, kinda disappointed :/

[@yunusbilece8690]

Get us some automation, I can almost deal with end game lags but I cant deal with micromanagement I want to conquer the world without spending 10 hour each turn on my builders and another 10 hours for construction. Also give us some troop formations or something like that to make troops move faster it takes lifetime to conquer even at late mid game. If you can't do none of it at least let us use engineers to connect cities automatically do not just bring some new units to game play for god sake play civ6 and see how annoying it becomes after a while.

[@ekz1t]

sounds all like civ 5

[@alexandermihaylov3555]

HELL YEAH

[@jplays3]

❤❤❤

[@dgcYtube]

Ok, so, our ships cn jsut be lost by natural disasters, that is cool, realistic but, these ships take too longe, way too longe for us to lose them so easely.

[@rollerskdude]

Looks like rivers are finally gonna do something. Multiplayer had better work with this game. Or just remove the tab.

[@jondreph2239]

700 ribu too expensive 😢

[@pericanet]

And submarine???

[@eridal1548]

That doesn't sounds so different to what we have in VI

[@pardeepdhaliwal9744]

Guys just make Civ 5 Vox Populi 2

[@adrianopandolfo]

Having a Pacific Northwestern civ would be dope as hell with this. Imagine the war-canoes. Those things are fucking awesome.

[@julymagnus493]

I work for Ara: History Untold. Stop making our game look bad pls.

[@corleone5496]

Zróbcie obszerną dużą dyplomacja ONZ NATO przekazywanie broni przez państwa misję stabilizacyjne pokojowe pomóc humanitarna odwzorowanie dzisiejszych czasów realistyka

[@mcgeedarion]

Not being able to explore oceans in Antiquity is a stupid game play mechanic.

[@clementdurand997]

Why is it stupid ? It's not a real change. In Civ 6, only Maoris can explore seas in Antiquity. All others civilisations was blocked next to costal tiles...

[@WestCub]

No se, cada que sale éste vato me da por quitar el reel

[@eisenwal]

Pearl harbor

[@Rosivok]

Love the ideas, but the art leaves alot to be desired...

[@MrAragorn83]

So and what's new here?

[@arnaulukededeudunton4674]

Please make the boats smaller 😅

[@kyley428]

So like every other game.

[@Gojoseon]

This dude is so handsome and enthusiastic when explaining the gameplay. Only flaw is when he started a sentence with “as well”. :)

[@doyoungkim6448]

When I playing Humankind, rough sea is annoying and terrible system! And Humankind2 also exists again

[@Ram-xr5uj]

Fix the ui

[@Keyhan-c8c]

Add Alien invasion for the late game natural disaster 🖖🏻👽 I think you need to give the late game some content.

[@Derpleton14]

$70 lmao