Should there be more building requirements?

[Ijuin]

The thing that sucks on needing monasteries to build missionaries is that you can't build monasteries at all after you get Scientific Method, which means that when you are not running Organized Religion, you can never ever build missionaries for a religion that is spread to you AFTER you get Scientific Method.

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Willem
I think a better approach would be to reverse it, otherwise it might become too easy to pump out units. So if you didn't have an Airport in the city, it would cost you 10 - 25% more to build the unit. That would mean that the AI wouldn't really be hindered too much. And it would put more relevance to having those buildings.

I kinda assumed that everybody read between the lines: If my idea was implemented, then all aircraft units' base price would be higher, so when building an Airport, all aircraft will end up costing the same as now

[Tattila the Hun]

I'd think this would be easy enough to implement, make it one of those "Permanent Alliances"-type options when starting a game; "Additional building requirements"... or something shorter.

Why was "No Cheating" changed, btw? Sounds like PC...

[Willem]

Originally posted by Son of David
When you start making *demands* on how people play the game it gets less fun.

Having a building requirement for units would be no different than the way it's done in Command & Conquer, and games like it. And people still find them fun.

[MikeH]

An airport wouldn't be required to make an aeroplane. An airport is where they land/take-off.

The WWII planes that the first fighter and bomber represent took off and landed from fields, not the kind of modern airport the airport building represents.

I think the balance is good at the moment. You already require resources and technologies to build different units, it'd be really annoying to require certain buildings as well.

[Urban Ranger]

Re: Should there be more building requirements?

Originally posted by Willem
For instance, it seems natural to me that you would need an Airport in order to build aircraft, modern ships should require a Drydock, and Tanks should be built only in cities with a Factory.

You don't need an airport to build aeroplanes, just to use them.

Edit: curse you, Mr Hunt

[Willem]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


You don't need an airport to build aeroplanes, just to use them.

Edit: curse you, Mr Hunt

But aircraft manufacturing facilities tend to be near airports as well. There's an association between the two.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Willem
But aircraft manufacturing facilities tend to be near airports as well. There's an association between the two.

Maybe that's for flying in parts and flying out the finished products. That's necessary for modern large aircrafts (jetliners, US planes, etc.). Soviet military aircraft tend to be designed so they could land in less than ideal situations (improvised strips, paved roads, etc.).