Building wonders

[JellyDonut]

Originally posted by fanatic civver
So I assume there is no longer a unit like the caravan that you can build stacks of and then build a wonder in one turn?

Nope. The best thing you can do is get a Great Leader and he can rush-build wonders for you, so I guess that's kind of like the caravan, but considering how difficult they are to get I doubt you'll have stacks of them

[El hidalgo]

Originally posted by JellyDonut
IMO, you should get updates on civs with whom you have contact. I hated playing the Zulus on a world map and miraculously find out that the Sioux have nearly completed Colossus. How realistic is that?

Even if you don't have contact with a civ, it's possible you could have heard of it and that merchants and travelers would have tales about it; or maybe you know about it through other civs. In this particular case, though, in ancient times and regarding a civ that's on the other side of the world, I have to say you have a point. I wonder if wonder notification is yet another feature you can toggle on and off...

[old dog]

Really, though, hearing that a project is underway is small potatoes. It isn't that unrealistic, given that in ancient times these projects take a huge number of years, so the legend of the ongoing project could spread.

It's the "last second" notification in Civ 2 that really bothered me. Not only is it unrealistic, but it removed a lot of the emotion from the game. I always want the Great Wall -- it's basic to my favorite strategy. But if I hear that someone else has almost completed it, I'll see to it that I complete it that turn, whether through caravans, rush-buying, or dismantling units. So the basic game tension is undermined -- and that's when micromanagement becomes a chore, when you know ahead of time how it will all come out anyway. It also means that your main strategy is never thwarted, making games of Civ more repetitive.

So I'm hoping that all these "security blankets" are really cut in Civ 3.

[Executor]

Originally posted by Grim Legacy
So I'll have to learn to play without bogarting ALL the wonders?!

I never even managed to get all the Wonders in Civ2, the most I could get (with lots of saving and loading of games) is 26 wonders. I always missed 2 of the first 8. But I was playing on Deity and all my wonders were built in my capital.