New wonders in the XP

[Stefu]

According to press release, there will be new wonders, and one of them will be Statue of Zeus. What do you think the others will be?

If I could hazard a guess, I'd guess there will be 8 new major wonders (8 new scens, 8 new civs - makes sense). I'd say they should be, in addition to the Statue of Zeus:

Stonehenge
Hagia Sophia
Taj Mahal
Panama Canal
Mount Rushmore
North Sea Protection Works
Human Genome Project

[Arrian]

Hmm...

I'm thinking there are a lot of Wonders already... it's gonna get a bit cluttered.

What would you have your Wonders do, Stefu?

-Arrian

[Jamski]

Well, the statue of Zeus was one of the original 7 wonders of the ancient world, so it will be good to see that set finally complete

-Jam

[Arrian]

Maybe adding more "1 city" wonders would be good. We already have some very powerful "continent-wide" and "empire-wide" wonders.

Make 'em fairly cheap, but either relegated to 1 city or have a relatively short shelf-life.

-Arrian

[stonewall]

Of your list, Panama Canal and Genome Project sound good to me. The Panama Canal could have some commerce affect on all cities on the same continent, and the Genome Project similiar to Theory of Evolution. Most of the others sound like tourist types, so maybe similiar to Colussus.

[The Templar]

Originally posted by War of Art
Well, the statue of Zeus was one of the original 7 wonders of the ancient world, so it will be good to see that set finally complete

-Jam

Don't forget the Masoleum - which hasn't been in any Civs or CtPs. Besides, we already have a damn statute - the Collosus.

Loooking further down the press release...

Tobacco is a resource!? Tobacco!? Aren't we in an age where government and media are supposed to be discouraging smoking? I can see it now, Hiawatha says to Lincoln "Stop the war and we'll give you cancer for 20 turns." Couldn't we at have weed instead?

And if the Inca are in, what about coca? Let's all tweak Ashcroft.

[Louis XXIV]

Tobacco is probably a luxury resource (same with Jade and exotic birds)

[Murtin]

Originally posted by The Templar
And if the Inca are in, what about coca? Let's all tweak Ashcroft.

Tweak Ashcroft?? Now THAT's the kind of editor I want!

[The Templar]

Originally posted by Louis XXIV
Tobacco is probably a luxury resource (same with Jade and exotic birds)

Of course (can't build anything with it). Anyway, I started a new thread on this here. I don't want to jack this thread.

[brianshapiro]

exotic birds can work as slave laborers that power large military machines

[The Templar]

OK, in an effort to put this thread back on track ...

A small wonder I'd like to see is something like the "globesat" from CtP. A satellite network, like the US's, that allows the civilization to observe troop movements, or maybe cuts the cost/risk of stealing enemy plans.

Even better than adding new wonders however, would be redoing the UN - and the diplomatic victory in general.

[Tiberius]

Even better than adding new wonders however, would be redoing the UN - and the diplomatic victory in general.

Quoting Jeff Briggs:

“Our game ‘Civilization’ always had what we called a United Nations component to it,” said Briggs. “And if you achieved the consensus of the other countries you could achieve a diplomatic victory.”
But real world events has Briggs thinking about updating the Civilization series. Among the features: An increased role for the media and a more true-to-life world governing body. In this more realistic setting “Civilization’s” United Nations component would be less kumbaya, more realpolitik. More powerful members would have the power to veto or go off and wage unilateral action.
“If Iraq has told us anything about modern warfare, it’s that it is as much a war of words as a clash of arms. It makes for interesting game decisions.” said Briggs.

They may redo the UN :Praying:

[brianshapiro]

new wonders:

Legoland
Dollywood

[vondrack]

Originally posted by brianshapiro
new wonders:

Legoland

Legoland is not a wonder of the world. Not yet.

for those that do not follow the PtWDG demogame: Legoland is one of the teams there.

[TheArsenal]

Originally posted by The Templar
A small wonder I'd like to see is something like the "globesat" from CtP. A satellite network, like the US's, that allows the civilization to observe troop movements, or maybe cuts the cost/risk of stealing enemy plans.

I like that wonder too. But it would have to be tweaked. But IIRC what the AI did most of the time in that game when it wasn't attacking was move units around in circles - as Units in Civ III sometimes do. So I was forced to watch every unit in every civ do little laps. And on huge maps it was so jumpy going back and forth, I wasn't always sure what part of the world I was watching.

I would like to see a wonder that gives the building civ the ability to switch governments with one-turn anarchy as though they were religious.