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Beyond Earth’s factions were mostly interchangeable. There was none of the kinship you’d feel in traditional Civ when playing as Gandhi or Washington or what have you. Sure, there was the “American” faction and the “French” faction and the “Russian” faction and et cetera, but these weren’t people we knew. It’s in part a response to the pervasive complaint last year that factions didn’t have enough personality. The tech web is now more colorful, making it easier to spot affinity-related techs. Thematically, it makes no sense for traditional Civ. But more importantly, it’s a wholly unique system that could only really work in Beyond Earth. It’s a fascinating system, and I look forward to hearing how people take advantage of it. …And you will know us by the trail of hexes. You’ve basically created a massive floating war factory.

Late in the game you’ll reach a point where it takes only a single turn to move your city though, which can be really crazy provided you have a lot of currency lying around to buy up troops when necessary. So far, I’ve found this typically means a slower start for aquatic cities-it’s an arduous task to move your city in the early game, and spending energy to purchase hexes can only get you so far. You also keep any hexes you’ve left behind. Upon moving, the city takes over all six hexes in its immediate vicinity-any it didn’t already own. Instead, you can gear production towards moving your city, one hex at a time.

Aquatic cities don’t expand through culture like your usual land-based cities.

You can now found a city on coastal (or, if you have the right technology, ocean) tiles instead of on land. But no, the key new feature in Rising Tide is aquatic cities.

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