Nov 20, 2020 The Babylon Pack is out now. Original story below.
Hot off the announcement that the next pack in Civ VI's New Frontier Pass is dropping next week, we now know more about the new Babylonian civilization that's coming as part of the Civ VI Babylon Pack.
The Babylon civilization, like its city-state predecessor, will be all about science. A disgusting amount of science, as it turns out. The civilization's unique ability is called Enuma Anu Enlil and it basically grants you the full science bonus towards technologies when triggering eureka moments (essentially, conditions that you can meet that allow you to research techs quicker) at the cost of -50% science generated per turn.
In the words of our esteemed editor and resident Civ VI expert, Richard Scott-Jones, "come the f*** on". While Babylon doesn't have any other abilities that provide a boost to science generation, triggering eureka moments isn't hard if you know what you're doing. There are also some obvious routes towards generating enough science so that the -50% penalty doesn't hold you back as much as you'd expect. Richard's worried that Babylon will become the most overpowered Civ VI civilization... I'm just worried about the possibility of space flight by 1066 AD.
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