Feature branches really have nothing to do with CI per se. A feature branch is to test major changes without upsetting the stability of your build. Depending on

Feature branches really have nothing to do with CI per se. A feature branch is to test major changes without upsetting the stability of your build. Depending on your code review process, it also gives people a chance to give feedback and make changes before everything's merged back into develop. In fact, the TeamCity CI system now supports automatically building feature branches -- so the two concepts are definitely not at odds.