For the most part, the resource system set up is pretty good but it doesn't really make sense once a civilization adopts free market. The reason I mention this is because I lacked oil and it was only one square beyond my border and before I could procure some on the continenta Azteca, Washington came in with a couple of tanks and artillary and annihalated my valiant cavalry. It didn't really make sense that I couldn't even obtain a single barrel of the stuff.
So first of all, for example, even with a single iron deposit, its use should not be infinite. How that would be implemented, I'm not sure. With oil today, any country can obtain it on the world market as long as their is no active embargo imposed on the country. And even though the US has its own oil deposits, it still has to rely on others for its oil.
I think like religion, this could open up another possibility to really elevate gameplay, where if you have deposits of oil, you could choose not to join the free market, but once you do, your oil would be available to other countries on the free market. Of course you'd make a crap$oad of money from your oil. However, if you want to deny access to a potential rival, you could choose not to benefit from the $ you'd get from joining the free market and keep your oil for yourself. And in fairness, those countries that don't have valuable commodities to trade, would maybe lose out some in the free market, to balance things a bit.
I mention this idea as well, because many modern countries policies do not inevitably lead to free market, free speech and so on, but in civ this is what ends up happening. There should be more incentives to take the disincentives of authoritarianism.
So first of all, for example, even with a single iron deposit, its use should not be infinite. How that would be implemented, I'm not sure. With oil today, any country can obtain it on the world market as long as their is no active embargo imposed on the country. And even though the US has its own oil deposits, it still has to rely on others for its oil.
I think like religion, this could open up another possibility to really elevate gameplay, where if you have deposits of oil, you could choose not to join the free market, but once you do, your oil would be available to other countries on the free market. Of course you'd make a crap$oad of money from your oil. However, if you want to deny access to a potential rival, you could choose not to benefit from the $ you'd get from joining the free market and keep your oil for yourself. And in fairness, those countries that don't have valuable commodities to trade, would maybe lose out some in the free market, to balance things a bit.
I mention this idea as well, because many modern countries policies do not inevitably lead to free market, free speech and so on, but in civ this is what ends up happening. There should be more incentives to take the disincentives of authoritarianism.
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