Are there lots of useless stats?

[connorkimbro]

I want to know exactly how many legions i have, their success rate compared to any of my enemies armies, how many i've lost, and even what the average 25-30 year old legionairre eats for breakfast. I want to know how literate my populations is, broken up by sex and age group, and possibly even the average number of books read by my citizens each year. I want to see bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts about anything and everything possible. I want to see how much each city costs me to run, how much each city contributes, and even a history of each cities performance since they were founded. I want to see the proposed blueprints of the new granary i plan to build, and even how many mouths it's expected to be able to feed!

Ok, so maybe not ALL this. But you get the idea. Firaxis, will my urge for statstics be fulfilled? :insert "hope" smiley here:

[Provost Harrison]

I like it, it gives you a sense of what it would be like to live in your society. So we want to know it all, down to even the penis girth of the male population

[SteveJH]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
I like it, it gives you a sense of what it would be like to live in your society. So we want to know it all, down to even the penis girth of the male population

lol, if this is voluntarily reported you could expect it to be largely exagerated.

[Panzer]

Well, more statistics can only be good in my opinion.

[Akron]

I loved the demographics screen in civ 2. This time, they seem to have merged it with the top 5 cities, and all the old stats appear to be there. I hope there are new ones too, but I doubt it.

[CapTVK]

My only wish is that the stats can be stored in a special logfile that can be exported to a spreadsheet or stat program.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by CapTVK
My only wish is that the stats can be stored in a special logfile that can be exported to a spreadsheet or stat program.

Now that *really is* nerdy

[dainbramaged13]

Originally posted by CapTVK
My only wish is that the stats can be stored in a special logfile that can be exported to a spreadsheet or stat program.

yes, and should it be engineered more correctly for the XP or 2K version of office?

[CapTVK]

If you think that's nerdy, think of the diehard players who wrote those numbers down by hand in a txt file or spreadsheet. Imagine, years later they can print it all out and enjoy their tales of conquest at a roaring fireplace with a glass of brandy.

[Tjoepie]

I agree those stats where cool, I hope they are in...

It's too late now anyway, unless it would get into a patch, but I guess if it was good in civ2 they will have kept it, since Firaxis said they kept the good things from civ2.

[red_jon]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
I like it, it gives you a sense of what it would be like to live in your society. So we want to know it all, down to even the penis girth of the male population

*Volunteers for the job*

[Moral Hazard]

Yes, lots and lots of stupid statistics.

Making them dumpable to a log file would be great as well. I'd just find the correlation between longevity and military service in Civ3.

[MarkG]

there is no such thing as a useless statistic

[Inverse Icarus]

SID TELEPATHICALLY TOLD ME TO SAY: "no. no useless stats. no multiplayer. hey your lucky you got your diplomacy window. i can take that away too. beeyatch."

[SteveJH]

Originally posted by Jingo
SID TELEPATHICALLY TOLD ME TO SAY: "no. no useless stats. no multiplayer. hey your lucky you got your diplomacy window. i can take that away too. beeyatch."

LOL, trying to picture Sid saying that now that I know what he looks like from the videos greatly amuses me.