New screen shots - modern day + new leaders?

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Philotas


And I hope bridges actually mean something instead of just decoration.

What else could bridges mean? Perhaps a defensive bonus when attacked across a bridge?

[Philotas]

What else could bridges mean? Perhaps a defensive bonus when attacked across a bridge?

Well, I guess what I was really thinking was that rivers and bridges are pretty meaningless in Civ3 once the entire map becomes covered in railroads. I would prefer that rails and roads across rivers would be either too time consuming or too expensive to have them everywhere.

This would add a bit more to the strategy/tactics of the game. Could then get more use out of marines and paratroopers by dropping them at bridge "choke points" in a Market-Garden type operation.

[Addled Platypus]

Originally posted by Aro
...And we have bridges!

and can research Rock -n- Roll


Tanks
28 Strength
2 movement
9/10 experience

I quess there is an upper limit on promotions

can one go button up or exposed?

Question

influential +34

what are your thoughts on that?


Just ship it !

codo's to the noob for the info

welcom aboard

[Illuminatus]

Tech quotes

Research Fusion? Build The Space Elevator?

[Drakan]

Ha ha ha. That's what I thought when I saw it, SMACish. I think they are building the spaceship components.

[Solver]

Tanks
28 Strength
2 movement
9/10 experience

I quess there is an upper limit on promotions

I think it means the Tank has 9 XP and will get its next promotion at 10. It would not be a goood balance if units got their promotions after every battle won.

The city screen's exciting. Lots of stuff .

[Philotas]

Question

influential +34

Looks like culture might be renamed as influence

[Philotas]

And looking at the upper left corner of the city screen, does it appear you can adjust the tax rate for each city?

[Nikolai]

That's good, as long as it's an empire wide tax option too.

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Nikolai
That's good, as long as it's an empire wide tax option too.

Yin won't like it.

[Nikolai]

No, he wants empire wide all the way. But I can't see why there would be bad to have the extra opportunities...

[Philotas]

I like juggling family members and tax rates in R:TW. Would like to see some of the same features for cIV.

[The_Aussie_Lurker]

Well, at the risk of sounding like a Yin Wannabe, I am a little bit disappointed regarding the way culture seems to be working-from that city management screen.
If you look at it, no income has been applied to culture/entertainment, yet the city is currently able to generate +34 culture per turn. Now, correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't your 'base culture' supposed to derive from your budget allocation, with improvements, wonders and civics settings merely 'multiplying' the base culture value? Thats how I remember the Firaxians describing it in interviews (the Barry Caudhill interview with IGN in particular). I certainly hope that the Firaxians will do their best to clarify this-because I was really looking forward to culture moving away from a city-by-city approach to one which was more centralised.
Now, for the positive stuff-I like the fact that it appears roads generate revenue for the city based on the cities they are connected to (top right hand corner). My big questions would be (a) is that income in the context of a trade deal with a seperate nation? (b) is it a flat 2gpt in all cases, or does it depend on the size of the cities involved? Hmmm, things are certainly getting interesting, thats for certain !

Yours,
Aussie_Lurker.

[Nikolai]

I can't see why there couldn't be a system in place that produces on a city basis, but functions on an empire basis.

[MarkG]

Originally posted by The_Aussie_Lurker
I certainly hope that the Firaxians will do their best to clarify this-because I was really looking forward to culture moving away from a city-by-city approach to one which was more centralised.

why should it be centralized? with a city-by-city approach, you have build culture in all your cities in order to protect them from a high-culture neighbour. with a cerntralized setup a big money-producing capital would give enough "culture protection" to even the tiniest and farthest of cities