Where do you normally set your luxery slider?

[joncnunn]

Palace Improvement

Neither. There are specific events from a varitity of sources that trigure it.

(Population thresholds, Culture thresholds, military combat thresholds, etc.)

[SIZE=1] An aside... Is the palace improvement a random thing or is it tied into the populace's happiness?

[Grandpa Troll]

Re: Re: Where do you normally set your luxery slider?

Originally posted by Aqualung71
How long is a piece of string?

This sounds like a true management response!

I agree as many factors should dictate tweaking and manipulating according to events dictating necessity of such..

[gunkulator]

How Long is a Chinaman

[Nikolai]

Usually on the lowest level.

[Theseus]

Originally posted by alva
In my current game - first game in over a year - on emperor, the slider has been at 50% nearly the whole game.

Unless a far away city in complaining 'bout luxuries, that luxury slider is going up. I will harly ever use specialists. Long term, there are waste.

Whoa!!

50% ???

I can't imagine that... how do you pay for military, or catch up on tech, or do any of the things you need to do to regain a meaningful position in the game?

[Theseus]

10% is pretty much my standard level, btw.

[Modo44]

Originally posted by Theseus
50% ???

I can't imagine that... how do you pay for military, or catch up on tech, or do any of the things you need to do to regain a meaningful position in the game?

This is mostly just for furn, but to my surprise, it worked in a couple games on Emperor. Instead of preparing for a mass upgrade of Warriors to Swordsmen (or better yet - to your UU), you can go build them. After Iron is connected, let your Settler-pump grow to have 10spt, or 15spt. The loads of units this gives in early game are just crazy. It often does so without involving any other cities, and any prebuilds, so until this moment you basically do the usual REX. And if you get your GA fired up as well... Yes, it takes cash to use that high lux setting, but hey - you don't need it for upgrades. Of course, the city can go back to business after the objective (usually the extinction of a neighbour...) is complete.

[Grandpa Troll]

..and to think..I thought learning CIVIII was gonna be HARD ..well..seems that was an understatement

But..reading these posts will help much

Gramps

[TeeAhr1]

Let them eat cake

If I'm at peace, I usually shoot for 0%. In the early game, cities usually don't get large enough to need the happiness boost, and by the time they do, you should be trading for luxuries.

At war, I go for 30% or less, with the exception, sometimes, of the final phases of a war of extermination on a neighbor civ. If I have to go any higher than that, I should probably be looking for exit strategies anyway.

[Grandpa Troll]

Re: Let them eat cake

Originally posted by TeeAhr1
If I'm at peace, I usually shoot for 0%. In the early game, cities usually don't get large enough to need the happiness boost, and by the time they do, you should be trading for luxuries.

At war, I go for 30% or less, with the exception, sometimes, of the final phases of a war of extermination on a neighbor civ. If I have to go any higher than that, I should probably be looking for exit strategies anyway.

See this is yet another reason I love the forums..I forget that luxuries traded dont mean science gold but also happiness as well

Converting from CTP is a slow process

[conmcb25]

0 to 20% usually for me.

I generally spend most of the game at 0 and then the next largest block would be ten %.

For all the reasons mentioned above.

[Last Conformist]

Usually 0% at peace, 10-20% at war.

[GePap]

It has gotten as high as 40% if I am a democracy and stuck in a war that just won't end.

[Mad Bomber]

To me the luxury slider is mainly dependent upon govenments as its more efficient to add happiness improvements, luxuries or MP's than adjust the slider. For the most part; unhappiness can be managed by sufficient oversight of core cities and obtaining luxuries, the only real variable is representative government at war.

For non-representative governments I run it at 0-10% depending upon how many luxuries I have and how large the cities are.

For Republic I run at a minimum of 10% and can raise it to 20% if needed (more than that will ruin my economy and there isn't a chance for anarchy)

For Democracies I tend to use 20% as my standard and if I am in a serious war I will adjust it to 50% if needed. If citizens are still unhappy then it is time to start the peace talks.

[Grandpa Troll]

From what I am reading, Democracy costs a lot more..how does another govt like Monarchy fair, using less luxury strain?

Makes ya wonder is all