
The goal of this new technology is to show how humanity affects the world with things like fossil fuels and overpopulation. You'll be able to do things like move your population to seasteds and recapture carbon emissions. Use Diplomatic Favor to extract promises from other leaders, vote on Resolutions, call a Special Session to address an emergency, and increase the weight of your votes in your quest to achieve the new Diplomatic Victory.Ī new era has been added to the Technology and Civics trees. Earn Diplomatic Favor through Alliances, influencing city-states, competing in World Games, and more. Make your voice heard among the other leaders of the world. When settling cities, consider the flood risk to coastal lowland areas, but keep in mind that in the late-game, new technologies like Flood Barriers can be used to protect these tiles. Shape the world around your empire to overcome unfavorable land conditions by making improvements like canals, dams, tunnels and railroads. Your choices about resource usage will directly affect the world’s temperature and can cause melting ice caps and rising sea levels. Initially you’ll be powering your most advanced buildings by burning carbon-based resources like Coal and Oil, but renewable energy sources also unlock as you progress to current-day technologies. These resources are now consumed in power plants to generate electricity for your cities. Strategic resources play an additional role in Gathering Storm. You'll also need to deal with the reality of climate change as time progresses, which also plays into diplomacy. But it's not all bad, settling near and being affected by these effects will give you positive benefits if you manage to survive them. They will appear randomly, but sometimes you'll have advance warning, such as knowing whether a volcano is dormant. Many more environmental effects are available as well. If you're near a sea, you might deal with a hurricane. If you settle near a volcano, it might now erupt.
