No option for teams in multiplayer

[Quaiden]

Why was this not mentioned before the game was released? I have played exclusively co-op multiplayer with a few friends since Civ III... Now we may all be refunding the game.

[boomermojo]

Originally posted by donttouchmyhohos:

In-game diplomacy allows alliances

But not teams for perhaps a team mp game? What a fkn stupid design choice just to show off a new game feature.

[Grummthater]

can someone please prove this claim with a screenshot? Before everyone goes mad about it. Thank you!

[Widget]

i can confirm one thing about in game alliences. they are only 30 turns long whats up with that, i would give you guys a screen shot however, i already made an allience with an ai so i cant now.

[no gun]

Grumm

http://imgur.com/FMYr7HC

[bobioman]

Disappointing as my friends and I exclusively play co-op vs AI. Yes we can still "agree" to work together but we don't get to share vision, technology, or technically win together.

[Raim]

They showed teams in the manual and i am pretty sure at one point during the stream. If they dont add it I will have to refund because of it.

[bobioman]

yes - in game diplomacy allows alliance but it is vastly different and inferior to teams for multiple reasons:

1. No shared technology - in civ 5 and BE civilizations on the same team shared technology research. To compensate for this the amount of point to research a tech was multiplied by the number of players. The reason this is extremely important is because it allows the players on the team to work together to advance technology for the whole team - which means if one player gets a bad start they aren't screwed, it just slows down technology a little bit for the group - and if another player gets a good start it evens things out. This also allows for specialization - one player on the team can focus on technology while the other focuses on production and military.

2. No shared vision from the start - teams share vision of everything their teammates can see from turn 1. This allows you to see what your friends are doing and share knowledge of the map easily as well as allowing you to explore and build towards eachother so you are able to assist militarily if the need arises.

3. No shared victory - even if you are allied that doesn't affect the victory conditions. When you are on a team the team wins or loses together. In an alliance only one player wins.

The first two points (especially technology sharing) are the most impactful, the last one is just a nausance.

[The Fox]

So is 2k or Firaxis going to address this issue ? I even opened a ticket yesterday and haven't heard anything at all. So i would really like to hear something or anything about this from the devs. There is nothing on any of their social media outlets either. If I find anything I'll link it or post it

[Joe Buck Bar Mitzvah]

There is a blank column in the lobby... I can't imagine that they meant to leave out teams, but how could they seriously release Civilization VI without noticing??? They absolutely have to get teams working, and allow cities to be renamed as well. Some people actually play with their friends instead of just single player like the devs seemed to only test for.

[GreyFox]

LOL wow didn't realize that MP was out? LOL this game is way more ♥♥♥♥ than I originally thought as I've only done SP and that is crud as well to a degree.

Oh boy GJ moron 2k lol

[The Fox]

Hi,

Thank you for contacting 2K Support and for your question about Civilization VI.

Currently, the Teams function is disable in Civ VI. I understand that this is frustrating as many see it as an important part of multiplayer games. 2K Support has no insight as to if and when this feature will be implemented in the game.

Although there is no information to release on this topic, we appreciate the fact that you are interested in our games and recommend staying tuned to @2K on Twitter and https://blog.2k.com/ for all announcements related to upcoming games.

If you have any additional issues or questions please let me know.

Best regards,

John J.
2K Support

[elliot.chicago]

Really? Wow! That is pretty disappointing! 2K is ignoring something, that many fans think is really important for the game, and which would make the game better in a lot of fans' eyes. Terrible decision on their part! It is disabled too, which means they probably added it to the game, and could easily enable it again!

[F A B L E D]

Originally posted by elliot.chicago:

Really? Wow! That is pretty disappointing! 2K is ignoring something, that many fans think is really important for the game, and which would make the game better in a lot of fans' eyes. Terrible decision on their part! It is disabled too, which means they probably added it to the game, and could easily enable it again!

It probably means there was discovered issues with it late in the development, which caused them to remove it temporarely to avoid game breaking bugs for example. It is sad, but it will be implemented again once they have fixed it.

[Rhovan]

Originally posted by The Fox:

Hi,

Thank you for contacting 2K Support and for your question about Civilization VI.

Currently, the Teams function is disable in Civ VI. I understand that this is frustrating as many see it as an important part of multiplayer games. 2K Support has no insight as to if and when this feature will be implemented in the game.

Although there is no information to release on this topic, we appreciate the fact that you are interested in our games and recommend staying tuned to @2K on Twitter and https://blog.2k.com/ for all announcements related to upcoming games.

If you have any additional issues or questions please let me know.

Best regards,

John J.
2K Support

Bad i dont know this before. Team MP is the most important feature for me and my friends. Till know its only an SP game for us.

[Tsuru]

Teams are temp disabled. They've mentioned it will be coming back in the first patch soon