Unique Buildings!

[Dis]

United States- World Trade Center

[Chronus9]

What the blazes is/are Skunkworks?

[Silver14]

The Skunk Works is an experimental aircraft research, design, and manufacturing team.


"The Skunk Works® was formed in June of 1943 in Burbank, Calif. The Air Tactical Service Command (ATSC) of the Army Air Force met with Lockheed Aircraft Corporation to express its need for a jet fighter. A rapidly growing German jet threat gave Lockheed an opportunity to develop an airframe around the most powerful jet engine that the allied forces had access to, the British Goblin."

And


"The Skunk Works’ aircraft recognized include: the F-104 Starfighter (1958), the USAF A-11 Mach 3 aircraft, precursor to the famed SR-71 Blackbird (1963), the F-117A Nighthawk(1989), the U-2S/ER-2 Dragonlady (1998), and the JSF/X-35B Short Take-Off Vertical Landing (STOVL)."

[Robert]

Will the unique buildings be wonder-alikes or building-alikes? Will a nation be able to build one of the unique buildings in every city, or only in one?
I hope the first.

[Locutus]

Based on one of the concept art images we saw, I'd assume Unique Buildings refer to actual buildings -- not wonders. Maybe something like this:

Americans - Mall, repl Supermarket
Arabs - Bazaar, repl Marketplace
Aztecs - Sacrificial Temple, repl Temple
Chinese - Martial Arts school?, repl Barracks
Egyptians - House of Life, repl Library
English - Joint Stock Company, repl Bank
French - Museum, repl Colosseum
Germans - Rathaus, repl Courthouse
Greeks - Gymnasium, repl Library
Incans - Yachaywasi, repl University
Indians - Fort, repl Castle
Japanese - Shiro, repl Castle
Malians - Madrassa, repl University
Mongols - Stable, repl Barracks
Persians - Square, repl Marketplace
Romans - Forum, repl Marketplace
Russians - Ballet, repl Colosseum
Spanish - Citadel, repl Castle

(Note: no, I don't have any insight info, otherwise I obviously wouldn't be posting this)

[baal764]

I think that they need to make all civ's city look different. Insted of the generic europen look. If im playing Egypt i want my citys to look egyptian. Rome Roman ect.

[fed1943]

Like Locutus(and Confucio)said he who knows doesn't speak.
So,better say nothing.
Best regards,

[Robert]

Originally posted by fed1943
Like Locutus(and Confucio)said he who knows doesn't speak.
So,better say nothing.
Best regards,

Because it's not good to just guess and dream about things?

[Martinus]

Originally posted by CyberShy
Will the unique buildings be wonder-alikes or building-alikes? Will a nation be able to build one of the unique buildings in every city, or only in one?
I hope the first.

My guess is they will replace ordinary buildings, in a same way unique units replace ordinary units.

I suspect they will offer some additional benefits compared to ordinary buildings.

I think this will add another layer to the strategy, as some nations will be better than others at some goals, irrespective of the leaders' traits.

[Martinus]

Originally posted by Locutus
Based on one of the concept art images we saw, I'd assume Unique Buildings refer to actual buildings -- not wonders. Maybe something like this:

Americans - Mall, repl Supermarket
Arabs - Bazaar, repl Marketplace
Aztecs - Sacrificial Temple, repl Temple
Chinese - Martial Arts school?, repl Barracks
Egyptians - House of Life, repl Library
English - Joint Stock Company, repl Bank
French - Museum, repl Colosseum
Germans - Rathaus, repl Courthouse
Greeks - Gymnasium, repl Library
Incans - Yachaywasi, repl University
Indians - Fort, repl Castle
Japanese - Shiro, repl Castle
Malians - Madrassa, repl University
Mongols - Stable, repl Barracks
Persians - Square, repl Marketplace
Romans - Forum, repl Marketplace
Russians - Ballet, repl Colosseum
Spanish - Citadel, repl Castle

(Note: no, I don't have any insight info, otherwise I obviously wouldn't be posting this)

Most of these ideas are pretty neat, however I disagree with some guesses.

Most of all, I don't think they would make temples unique buildings. Why? Because they are already unique, in the sense of being religion-specific. It would be very weird to have the Aztecs build a "Christian sacrificial temple" for example. If they introduce unique religious buildings for various civs, then my guess would be it is done at the Obelisk level.

Also, both a museum and a colloseum are pretty modern inventions and certainly not fit to replace a colloseum which appears rather early in game - it would be very bizarre to have Russian peasants and horse archers get their morale improved by watching a bunch of people in tights.

[Locutus]

Originally posted by Martinus
Most of these ideas are pretty neat, however I disagree with some guesses.

Well, the list is pretty speculative, just to give an idea of what sort of things to expect. I readily agree there are a quite a few iffy ones.

Also, both a museum and a colloseum are pretty modern inventions and certainly not fit to replace a colloseum which appears rather early in game - it would be very bizarre to have Russian peasants and horse archers get their morale improved by watching a bunch of people in tights.

I agree, but the post-medieval game doesn't have any culture/happiness buildings that a museum or ballet (I assume this is what you meant) could replace. It was either Colosseum or Theatre, both of which are ancient buildings...

Edit: along the same lines, I was actually thinking of using a sports stadium (a la Superdome) as American building since malls are not really uniquely American (even if Americans invented it), but again, there's nothing for it to replace.

[proviisori]

I think Locutus is right that they will replace ordinary buildings.
It's very cool idea.

We could speculate also what they are regarding "new civs".

i.e. What would be the unique building for the Vikings?

[Robert]

Why is everybody sure that it'll *replace* normal buildings? Perhaps it's in addition to 'norma' buildings.

[Locutus]

Because that's how UUs work, not that big a stretch..

Also probably necessary due to multiplative math. If you give a Madrassa +50% science on top of a university, that's a pretty damn powerful bonus that will seriously unhinge game balance. Having it replace a University and maybe give +60% science and maybe +1 commerce or happy makes it much easier to handle while still being worth building.

Carthaginians - Cothon, repl Harbor (might be hard to balance though since the value depends heavily on map type; alt: Tophet, repl Temple/Obelisk)
Celts - Broch, repl Obelisk
Vikings - Hill Fort, repl Castle

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