Quote Originally Posted by Kraxis
Do you really think that?

To be honest, most devs hate bringing in other games to explain their own features (which might very well not be their own, but that is another story). And in interviews it doesn't ring very nice if he goes on to talk like Divinus did (no offense buddy), it would not be very PR'ish if he talked in numbers.

So I think it is fair to hope in this case.
Of course he would have explained it differently. He certainly wouldn't have said "it's like in Civ". But still, if you look at what he said, it goes in another direction. This model wouldn't really be an "abstraction". It may still be possible, but it doesn't seem to me like that.