Firaxis has scheduled Civilization VII update 1.5.1 for the week of November 9. Its developer preview explains what changes when an army captures a settlement. Returning it to the original founder can improve relations. Liberating a conquered city-state that was previously under your suzerainty can restore its bonuses.
What changes when starting a new map
Randomized Earth keeps the broad idea of an Earth map while generating the terrain and offering a choice of historic or randomized starting locations. The Donut map places water on both sides of a ring of land. That gives players two coastlines to consider when choosing where to settle or send a fleet.
Great People move out of the production queue
The update gives Great People individual unlock conditions. That changes the decision from finding an open slot in a settlement’s production queue to meeting a particular requirement. Firaxis also previewed a Unit List and Map Search, two ways to locate a force or place without scrolling across the entire map.
Lead producer Tom walks through the features in Firaxis’s November developer video. For the audience playing through Valve’s storefront, ActivePlayer tracks Civilization VII concurrency on Steam. Featured artwork comes from the 2K Newsroom.
