In my more recent games (single player), the AI is really weird about capturing disparate settlements from rivals or neighbors and not connecting them. I don't feel like fighting a war to take a settlement I don't want, with no other way to return it to the previous owner without having to ACTUALLY declare war against them just to open up the negotiation table.
#Please return Loyalty or give the choice to Puppet or Liberate captured Settlements
fringe stirrup
marble vale
https://discord.com/channels/1307104947426295818/1357794117161320478, well it's very similar
neon mural
I hate it when theres a random enemy city in the middle of my empire, returning the loyalty system would be so nice 🥹
cobalt oak
Oh yeah, puppet cities sound like a great idea. But I feel like towns could really use a rework — they’re a bit boring right now. Developing them doesn’t feel all that satisfying, in my opinion.
brave cradle
Maybe there could be a puppet town specialization that doesn't count towards settlement limit but has reduced yields? Could even give it a gold/influence malus if ever it happens to be too OP
brave cradle
Oh yeah, puppet cities sound like a great idea. But I feel like towns could real...
Towns are meant to reduce micromanagement so increasing their interaction could get complaints too.
I do have an idea to make them a little more interesting though. Perhaps over time, towns could "level up" which lets them upgrade their specialization or even get an extra one, allowing for multiple specializations with enough investment, maybe after having produced enough happiness surplus over a long period.
It'd at least incentivize investing in towns more rather than just being something you forget about once they have specialization.
Also when the town levels up, they should be cheaper to convert to city.
broken flicker
In my more recent games (single player), the AI is really weird about capturing ...
I can't vote for this because I think loyalty would be a bad mechanism in a game where one age (exploration) is centered around exploring, settling and conquering distant lands that are far away from your home.
I'd be down for puppeting or liberating capturing settlements though.
errant agate
I can't vote for this because I think loyalty would be a bad mechanism in a game...
One upside of the Ages system is that systems can be turned on/off by age. I think loyalty could make a lot of sense for Antiquity only.
It would even make homelands more interesting in Exploration because it would “open more of the map” with the removal of loyalty pressure.
fringe stirrup
I can't vote for this because I think loyalty would be a bad mechanism in a game...
Fair. Though loyalty IS in the game, but only for a specific Antiquity Crisis
broken flicker
Fair. Though loyalty IS in the game, but only for a specific Antiquity Crisis
With a completely different mechanic though, not loyalty pressure from neighbours
calm sedge
I hated the loyalty mechanic, but would love the option to return cities to previous owners, especially for city states (I'm not sure, but I think you cannot liberate city states at the moment)
snow rover
I didn't know loyalty was a popular mechanic from 6. I've never enjoyed it personally.
stark grove
I hope they don’t bring back loyalty. It’ll just hinder the amazing combat system they created. Domination is finally fun and less tedious.
wheat moss
Loyalty is the worst feature of civ6. I hated pretty much everything they added in Rise and Fall. Please no.
No loyalty. No governors. No emergencies. Basically take everything that was done in Rise and Fall and don't do it again.
fading eagle
Bump
Make puppet cities great again
solar tendon
I would very much like the option to liberate settlements that used to be ips
main fossil
Please some sort of loyalty system. Tie it in to connected settlements from your trade network or something. Like settlements not connected to your trade network suffer a % happiness penalty or something so that it has to be connected or you have to be making a lot of happiness
stark grove
Please some sort of loyalty system. Tie it in to connected settlements from your...
Now this I could get behind. Not just outright loyalty. But a good mechanic with trade would be nice.
main fossil
Honestly would also probably buff ai since they would have a more condensed empire and therefore stronger. Since it's bad to not be connected to your trade network
torn kindle
I'd also add religious connection to it. As of now religion on a settlement doesn't mean much out of crisis time. But it could actually make the settlement lean towards the civ that hosts the religion's capital. Doing this would incentivize players to do religion play. For now religion is all about grinding relics, and has no other use.