Beyond the Sword Fact Sheet

[Will9]

PW?

[Nikolai]

Public Works. In stead of workers, you allocate a certain amount of PW points per turn from your treasury and simply click on the map and build where ever you think you need it.

And no, guys. We do _not_ need that discussion again, just explaining him it and then we quit before someone destroys the thread.

[Solver]

No, PW points weren't allocated from treasury, they were allocated from production. So if you allocate 20% to PW, your cities only build stuff at 80% production capacity.

[Will9]

Solver could include something about this screenshot in the fact sheet. It appears to be a Mayan ruler based on the buildings and the skull shape on his necklace.

[Kuciwalker]

Re: Re: Beyond the Sword Fact Sheet

Originally posted by E
Is that as in Ctp2 on-map trade routes? If a PW system/option gets introduced I think we'll need to close the CTP2 forum

And I'll have to stop playing Civ4

[Alexander I]

Originally posted by Will9
Solver could include something about this screenshot in the fact sheet. It appears to be a Mayan ruler based on the buildings and the skull shape on his necklace.

I believe you'll find he already has. It's Pacal of the Mayans.

[Will9]

I guess I missed that

[Darsnan]

Originally posted by Dale
Final Frontier

Communications with Earth have gone silent. As leader of one of the few terrestrial colonies scattered throughout the universe, discover the fate of man's homeworld while extending your control over unexplored star systems. Barter or battle with your fellow colonists as you expand to the edges of the universe, into the Final Frontier.

I haven't seen this written or asked about elsewhere, but as far as the status of the "colonies" mentioned above are concerned: are these being considered as new "Civs" (i.e. new leaderheads, with a unique sets of Civ traits for each, etc.)?


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[Dale]

Anyone seen this one yet? It's a "Hands-on".

http://www.pro-g.co.uk/pc/civilization_iv_beyond_the_sword/preview-468.html

[greenday_234]

I wonder if stardock is at all upset about this final frontier scenario? I mean, from what I've seen it is a direct rip of GalCiv2. Even some of the concepts explained are very similiar.

Also could I possibly get solver to confirm that the U.N. will in fact include all of the A.P. options i.e. Trade Embargoes, and war declaration? If not is anything different about the UN in BTS. Oh pretty please tell me!

[Beta]

Pericles for the Greeks. I'm happy.

Thanks for the update and commentary Solver.

[Henrik]

Originally posted by greenday_234
I wonder if stardock is at all upset about this final frontier scenario? I mean, from what I've seen it is a direct rip of GalCiv2. Even some of the concepts explained are very similiar. :

Sounds more like a Master of Orion scenario to me. They shipped one of these with a civ 2 expansion as well.

[Common Sensei]

There's a new interview highlighted in the other site which had some more interesting tidbits:

Link here

There will be new world-types and some new game options, such as the option to play as any leader-civilization combination, the option to trade away a technology only if you have researched it yourself, and the option to actually choose the religion you found when you discover a technology.

The Cristo Redentor Wonder allows you to switch civics without Anarchy.

So Cristo Redentor can give you the Spiritual trait for a time. Interesting, since it was a trait that could not previously be duplicated in the game with wonders or buildings.

[Kuciwalker]

the option to trade away a technology only if you have researched it yourself

That makes tech-whoring really powerful...

option to actually choose the religion you found when you discover a technology

The Cristo Redentor Wonder allows you to switch civics without Anarchy.

Interesting, since it was a trait that could not previously be duplicated in the game with wonders or buildings.

None of the others can - at least, anything that lets you emulate another trait gives people with that trait a bonus too. It strikes me as utterly worthless, beyond culture and GPP, for any Spiritual civ.

They should make it let Spiritual civs switch civics and religions every turn.

[Thedrin]

I don't really have a problem with Christo Redentor's benefits. It'll be a late-industrial wonder so it's not like a civ will be able to play a [full campaign] game with 3 traits. Also, since spiritual is one of the most powerful traits, what's wrong with weakening it slightly by introducing this wonder?