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[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Sir Ralph
Judging by features, it looks like we're getting an absolutely awesome game in November. DrSpike has a point, though, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Let's hope the pudding will taste good. Even though DrSpike's pudding is completely different from what I would call pudding.

Really? From our various shared opinions on Civ3 I thought you liked my pudding.

[Harovan]

What I meant was, you are a Brit and call other things pudding than I do. For me, pudding is a sweet dessert, made out of milk, usually vanilla or chocolate flavored.

[Datajack Franit]

civ pudding

[Nikolai]

Originally posted by Sir Ralph
What I meant was, you are a Brit and call other things pudding than I do. For me, pudding is a sweet dessert, made out of milk, usually vanilla or chocolate flavored.

That is the dessert pudding. You also have fish pudding for instance. In Norway that is.

[Datajack Franit]

talking about the thread´s subject, I don´t think that a city building a temple would eventually bulldoze it in order to have an archer.. why can´t you keep the building % of every city improvement?

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Datajack Franit
talking about the thread´s subject, I don´t think that a city building a temple would eventually bulldoze it in order to have an archer.. why can´t you keep the building % of every city improvement?

Gameplay reasons I imagine. So that you don't prebuild every possible unit with just one turn remaining to finish it, thus having several units that will be ready almost immediately once war is declared.

(Completeting units during peacetime is inferior to almost having them, as you'd have to pay the upkeep of an actual unit, and as the AI will better assess your strength)

If you want to look at it realistically, think that an abandoned construction site will get looted and generally otherwise damaged over the course of the years.

[Datajack Franit]

Yes, but when you build a european cathedral you need 8-14 turns, and during this you cannot build military units. We all know that cathedrals needed 100-500 years in order to be completed, but this definitely didn´t prevent those cities from defending themselves like

"oh my god, they are attacking us"
"let´s switch production from cathedral to bowmen"

[DeepO]

Originally posted by Datajack Franit
"oh my god, they are attacking us"
"let´s switch production from cathedral to bowmen"

It was more like:
"oh my god, they are attacking us"
"let's give our builders a bow, and pretend they are bowmen"

DeepO

[Solver]

Abandoned construction sites ARE hard to return to. They become a place for the homeless to sleep, some stuff is dragged away, the builders have moved on to other things...

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Sir Ralph
What I meant was, you are a Brit and call other things pudding than I do. For me, pudding is a sweet dessert, made out of milk, usually vanilla or chocolate flavored.

Those things can count as pudding here too. If it makes you feel better I'll eat some when I play my first Civ4 game.

[Soren Johnson]

Originally posted by Datajack Franit
talking about the thread´s subject, I don´t think that a city building a temple would eventually bulldoze it in order to have an archer.. why can´t you keep the building % of every city improvement?

you do keep the temple production if you switch to an archer...

[GeoModder]

How long?

Before it starts degrading I mean.

[Aro]

Till the next game... I hope!

[Solver]

It wouldn't be realistic if you build 50 shields, and it stays at that 100 turns later. As for how fast the decay rates are, we'll see when we get the game.

I'm sure they're possible to tweak in XML anyway.

[GeoModder]

One never knows if Soren is in a responsive mood.