Golden Ages

[Palpster]

Have never done so, pretty much for the same reasons everyone had already posted.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by DrSpike
I very rarely use GP for GA - it just doesn't seem worth it.

The larger the civ, the higher the GA value, and the later in the game, the more worthless the alternatives of settling and lightbulbing become. If I'm trying to build a spaceship, there's absolutely nothing a GP can do for me that is better than speeding up that spaceship for eight turns. Tech burning is unlikely to shave more than a single turn off an SS tech. That's less than peanuts compare to getting Metal Casting or Civil Service from a GP in the early game, and the damn thing cost nearly 30 times as much to incubate.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Common Sensei
I'll consider rushing the Taj Mahal, but four out of five times, I don't and save him for the Statue of Liberty.

Around half the Statue of Liberty, IIRC.

[Elledge]

There tend to be long stretches in the game where there aren't any very useful wonders to build - just things like Angkor Wat, Sistine Chapel, Chichen Itza, et al. In those eras it's nice to use GE + artist/prophet on a golden age if you don't like the techs they give.

[Thedrin]

Angkor Wat

One of the best wonders in the game.[/subjectivity]

[Elledge]

Eh, it's alright if you have a large empire and Mercantilism, I suppose, but how many gold are you getting from it? Maybe twenty or thirty at very very most and with Mercantilism a lot of those gold are in cities which aren't commerce cities.

I can't really see how it would be worth using a Great Engineer on.

[Thedrin]

I think we're talking about different wonders. Angkor Wat: makes priests specialists more powerful than engineer specialists.

[Cort Haus]

Check out the Great Profit thread if in any doubt of the value of Angkor Wat.

[Nacht]

Originally posted by PaganPaulwhisky
Once I hit cavalry I will switch all cities to cavalry builds and then trigger a GA. Provided you have universal suffrage you can then just rush buy all units that did not complete during the GA.

With one Great merchant Mission you can upgrade all your knights and buy them a drink too. Much less tedious also.

[Nubianmercenary]

: I find it silly that GP's are required to start Golden Ages anyway. Can't we just start Golden Ages like in civ 3? For example, Playing as Zulu, if one of your "Units become Elite" as well as your people well looked after, that would trigger a Golden Age.
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:This way of triggering Golden Ages was much more interesting and time saving. I mean wasting two or more GP'S isnt worth a Golden Age since they could be used for better tasks e.g= Tech Discovering or "Religious Great Building".
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:But none the less, my answer is "no" I wouldnt sacrifice Two GP'S if Elvis himself told me too.



NubianMercenary

[Cort Haus]

ZOMFG Bring back teh Civ 3!

[DrSpike]

I thought it was UU winning battles, or building the right wonders...............

[Addled Platypus]

yes

golden banana age

[DrSpike]

Secure 3 sources of bananas and get a golden age?

[Will9]

I usally find something better to do with great people. Unless it's a great prophet and I don't need the tech.