Before Rising Tide , players generally focused on a single affinity (Purity, Supremacy, or Harmony). This expansion introduced , allowing players to blend philosophies.

The battle was ugly. The new naval combat in Rising Tide isn’t like land. Ships don’t hide behind forests or hills. It’s line of sight and sonar pings. I lost two harvesters before I realized my Al Falah unique unit—the Dhow -class Raider—could pillage underwater resources. I sent them deep, beneath the NSA’s floating city, and cut their geothermal vents.