From here https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/games/cities-skylines-ii/features/public-cargo-transportation : "When creating a bus line you can set waypoints that control the route taken by the bus from stop to stop, allowing it to avoid busy roads or intersections."

So I think he's talking about this. You can force buses to take a certain route without having to place a stop, this can be useful if the game calculates the default route through some busy area but you know a better route like a dedicated bus street or something.

Liking the way agriculture and other specialized industries are zoned! This seems like something modders could use to possibly make growable parks/plazas and things like that?

The larger 5x5 buildings and plots definitely look better. I'm also very much liking that we have more depth in the zoning system, reminds me of SimCity 4 which had low/medium/dense for each zone type instead of just low/high.

I have a gaiwan but I don't really use it that much anymore. I only use it if I'm in a specific mood for it and I'm making sheng puer.

I started off with an "easy gaiwan" too, but had pretty much the same experience as you.

For most other teas I have a small 150ml porcelain teapot from Jingdezhen (I'm lucky to have a local teashop which imports tea & accessories directly from sources!). I pour the tea into a pitcher from the pot and use a small cup to drink it.

For japanese green tea I have a Kyusu because aesthetics are important! :D it's a bit difficult to clean though, but not too bad.

If there's more people than just me drinking the tea, I'll just use one of those large western-style teapots and normal cups. I find that people get weirder out wjen I offer them tea from a cup smaller than a tablespoon. 😅

I hope there's at least some extra light added when you have any build tools active. I like how my cities look at night, but agree that building at night is a bit annoying.

That probbaly means it's gonna be a DLC.

On the (hopefully) positive side: that might mean they put a lot of effort into the bike AI and biking networks. Maybe even some kind of a "light traffic" DLC which would contain bikes, e-scooters, etc?

Honestly, I don't really bother making other teas in a gaiwan and I don't have a clay pot for puer 😅 it's mostly aesthetic, puer would still work just fine in the 150ml pot. (Though I bet many puer enjoyers would disagree!)

The spout in the bot has a good filter so it's actually quite easy to clean! But not as easy as a gaiwan of course since you sometimes have to wipe some stuff off from the inside.

Luckily my coworkers are all coffee people so I don't need to share my tea. Quests at home however get a large pot of tea whether they want it or not!