korn's BIG BIG list of questions and debatable topics

[korn469]

Here are most of the questions i have about civ3, any answers would be greatly appreciated!

Will the partizan unit be in civ3?

Will nationality or cultural effect the creation of partizans?

Will the senate be in civ3?

Will the senate still be arbitrary or will it take into account who started the war, how the war is going etc?

How quickly do cultural borders grow?

How large can a civ's cultural borders get to be?

Do cultural borders ever shrink (assuming the city isn't destroyed)?

How are borders handled when two cities from different cultures are founded close to one another?

How many turns will there be in Civ3?

How big will a standard map be in Civ3?

Will units really be supported by just gold?

If units are supported by gold, then how is communism so good at warfare?

Will democracy be too powerful at war now?

How does the conscription feature work?

Will communism's military power be based on conscription?

Has the government system gotten any new features added to it?

Will any of the features of SMAC's social engineering be included in civ3?

Will Nuclear Mutually Assured Destruction be included in civ3?

Will civil wars still occur when a civ loses it's capital?

If a civil war occurs will the break away civ turn into a new culture?

Will there be more advanced types of city specialist in the game ala SMAC?

Will any new types of city specialist be in civ3 besides tax collector, scientist, and entertainer (soldier, doctor, or business executive for example)?

Do wars disrupt trade routes?

Can a city be blockaded?

Do cities spontaneously revolt?

How exactly does culture allow a civ to take over another?

Do conquered cities of one nationality ever change to the nationality of the conquerer?

Will railroads still allow unlimited movement?

Will there be volcanoes and earthquakes in civ3? How about plauges and crop failures?

Is there a limit to the number of leaders a civ can have at once?

Do leaders dissappear after a set amount of time?

Will tobacco be one of the luxeries?

How many paths to victory will Civ3 have?

Will a civ's unique units cost any more than regular units?

Will the internet be a wonder in Civ3? Either major or minor?

Are minor civs still going to be in civ3? If so are they only going to be barbarians cities?

Will civ3's scenario editor include a macro language like civ2?

Will civ3 have only two levels of unit moral like in civ2 or will it have many levels like in SMAC?

Besides two population settlers, will civ3 have anything like a maximum number of cities a certain government can have?

Will refugees ala SMACX be in civ3?

What penalties will there be for remaining at war too long?

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Thanks! any answers will be greatly appreciated...if anyone else can think of questions post them here

[joseph1944]

Re: korn's BIG BIG list of questions and debatable topics

Originally posted by korn469
Here are most of the questions I have about Civ3, any answers would be greatly appreciated!

1. Will the partizan unit be in Civ3?
No one from Firaxis has said.

2. Will nationality or cultural effect the creation of partizans?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

3. Will the senate be in Civ3?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

4. Will the senate still be arbitrary or will it take into account who started the war, how the war is going etc?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

5. How quickly do cultural borders grow?
]When you build certain building and maybe some discovery

6. How large can a civ's cultural borders get to be?
]No one from Firaxis has said.


7. Do cultural borders ever shrink (assuming the city isn't destroyed)?
]No one from Firaxis has said.


8. How are borders handled when two cities from different cultures are founded close to one another?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

9. How many turns will there be in Civ3?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

10. How big will a standard map be in Civ3?
I belive in one of the press released someone from Firaxis said the Civ 2 map are going to be very close to Civ3

11. Will units really be supported by just gold?
YES

12. If units are supported by gold, then how is communism so good at warfare?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

13. Will democracy be too powerful at war now?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

14. How does the conscription feature work?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

15. Will communism's military power be based on conscription?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

16. Has the government system gotten any new features added to it?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

17. Will any of the features of SMAC's social engineering be included in Civ3?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

18. Will Nuclear Mutually Assured Destruction be included in Civ3?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

19. Will civil wars still occur when a civ loses it's capital?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

20. If a civil war occurs will the break away civ turn into a new culture?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

21. Will there be more advanced types of city specialist in the game Ala SMAC?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

22. Will any new types of city specialist be in Civ3 besides tax collector, scientist, and entertainer (soldier, doctor, or business executive for example)?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

23. Do wars disrupt trade routes?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

24. Can a city be blockaded?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

25. Do cities spontaneously revolt?
]No one from Firaxis has said.


26. How exactly does culture allow a civ to take over another?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

27. Do conquered cities of one nationality ever change to the nationality of the conqueror?
I belive someone said it will be very slow and over time they made change.

28. Will railroads still allow unlimited movement?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

29. Will there be volcanoes and earthquakes in Civ3? How about plagues and crop failures?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

30. Is there a limit to the number of leaders a civ can have at once?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

31. Do leaders disappear after a set amount of time?

Firaxis has stated some leader are only going to be around to accomplish one or two things and then will be gone.

32. Will tobacco be one of the luxuries?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

33. How many paths to victory will Civ3 have?
] At lease 3, I belied

34. Will a civ's unique units cost any more than regular units?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

35. Will the internet be a wonder in Civ3? Either major or minor?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

36. Are minor Civs still going to be in Civ3? If so are they only going to be barbarians cities?]No one from Firaxis has said. Actually this question is being asked in another thread.

37. Will Civ3's scenario editor include a macro language like Civ2?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

38. Will Civ3 have only two levels of unit moral like in Civ2 or will it have many levels like in SMAC?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

39. Besides two population settlers, will Civ3 have anything like a maximum number of cities a certain government can have?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

40. Will refugees ala SMAC be in Civ3?
]No one from Firaxis has said.

41. What penalties will there be for remaining at war too long?
]No one from Firaxis has said.
one for the team

[korn469]

thanks for your replies joseph1944

so out of 41 questions we know the answers to four of them...hopefully firaxis will answer a question or two from this list

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