Extended Eras
Experience a More Deliberate Sid Meier’s Civilization VI with Extended Eras
Are you looking to deepen your immersion in Sid Meier’s Civilization VI and savor each era? The Extended Eras mod offers a compelling solution, meticulously adjusting game pacing to ensure your decisions have lasting impact and your empires have time to truly flourish. Forget those moments where entire historical periods blur into insignificance; Extended Eras breathes new life into the progression of your civilization.
Reimagining the Flow of Time
The core philosophy behind Extended Eras is to slow down the relentless march of time, allowing players to fully engage with the unique challenges and opportunities each era presents. This doesn’t mean an unending game; rather, it strikes a careful balance. Research costs have been significantly re-evaluated, scaling upwards with each successive era. This, coupled with a slight reduction in per-citizen Science and Culture yields, ensures that progress feels earned and strategic. The game’s calendar has also been reworked to align more naturally with your in-game advancements, creating a smoother and more intuitive experience.
Key Adjustments for Enhanced Gameplay
Extended Eras introduces a variety of thoughtful changes designed to refine the overall experience:
- Increased Technology and Civic research costs, scaling with each era.
- A reworked calendar system for better in-game progression alignment.
- Reduced efficacy of Eurekas and Inspirations, encouraging more deliberate advancements.
- Higher costs for Great People, making their acquisition a more significant achievement.
- Extended the length of each game era to match new research demands.
- An increased threshold for Diplomatic Victory, demanding a more sustained effort.
- Enhanced “Research Ahead” penalties to discourage hasty technological leaps.
- Made roads slightly more impactful for internal infrastructure.
- Increased pollution requirements for climate change, slowing its onset.
- Slightly reduced population growth exponent for more manageable city development.
A Balanced Approach to Pacing
Drawing inspiration from successful pacing mods while forging its own path, Extended Eras aims to enhance game balance rather than completely overhaul it. This mod seeks to prevent any single civilization from runaway dominance or falling irrecoverably behind. The result is a more engaging and immersive playthrough where strategic planning across extended periods becomes paramount. While compatible with many mods, including those that alter research trees, Extended Eras is designed to be used as a standalone pacing solution and is not compatible with other mods that alter game speed or era progression. This modification requires the Gathering Storm expansion to function.