Civ3 screens at multiplayer.it

[Provost Harrison]

Well these look astounding, even if they are not totally finished screens. And not long to go either. Damn, I am excited

[Guildenstern]

can't . . . wait. . . . must . . . buy . . .

[d_dudy]

i bet joan makes alot of friends in the ancient period

these shots are great!

[Takeshi]

In the city view at http://www.multiplayer.it/show.php3?...00/s_img14.jpg the city wall looks incomplete. Could it be the result of canons damaging the city wall?

[cyril25376]

The settler is really expensive, (settler 4 turns, worker 1 turn)
as you see in this screenshot

http://www.multiplayer.it/show.php3?img=/immagini/articoli/1500/s_img8.jpg

[Executor]

Originally posted by Takeshi
In the city view at http://www.multiplayer.it/show.php3?...00/s_img14.jpg the city wall looks incomplete. Could it be the result of canons damaging the city wall?

Yeah, they do look beaten up. Wonder how much it costs to repair them.

[cyril25376]

Oops, false link, here is the right one

http://www.multiplayer.it/show.php3?img=/immagini/articoli/1500/s_img12.jpg

[Jason Beaudoin]

You're right cyril25376! It costs a mint! Wow! As much as the temple! Tough choice... do you in crease culture or expand?

Also... you'll notice that the commerce bars (in green) are showing that everything in that city (10 per turn) are going toward science. I wonder if you can set those rates independently per city or whether it's nation wide settings. It's probably nation wide, but I wonder why that would be shown in the city view...

Was it like that in CIV II?

[Inverse Icarus]

are those "build times" in the queue relative to the current production saved up in building the settler? because a worker whtt costs < 9 shields isn't too cool...

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Takeshi
In the city view at http://www.multiplayer.it/show.php3?...00/s_img14.jpg the city wall looks incomplete. Could it be the result of canons damaging the city wall?

This picture looks like the city would be pre-metallurgy, so I don't think cannons...maybe catapults.

However, my first instinct was that the city walls were under construction. So that's a question for Dan: Will city views show improvements under construction rather than just having them suddenly appear?

[Fidel]

screens look absolutely gorgeous. so those whining about crappy graphics need not bother anymore

[Comrade Tribune]

Originally posted by Jason Beaudoin
You're right cyril25376! It costs a mint! Wow! As much as the temple! Tough choice... do you in crease culture or expand?

Huh? Settlers did always cost at least as much as a temple.

From the screenshot the costs in CivIII are pretty clear:

Settler: 60 shields
Worker: 30 shields
Warrior: 30 shields
Archer: 40 shields
Spearman: 40 shields
Catapult: 40 shields
Barracks: 80 shields
Granary: 120 shields
Temple: 60 shields

Most items are somewhat more expensive than before, especially the Granary.

How did I figure that out? Think a little. If you want to be competitive at CivIII, you will have to start early.

[Akron]

If the pyramids still give granaries in civ 3, they will be even more valuable, given the high cost of granaries. But I'm not sure they will still have that effect.

[Comrade Tribune]

From the above we can also deduce that, in the early game, it will take a 6 shields producing city 250 years to train a Warrior, and 1.000 years to build a Granary.

With numbers such as these, rush strategies should not be much of a problem.

[Green Giant]

Originally posted by Comrade Tribune
From the above we can also deduce that, in the early game, it will take a 6 shields producing city 250 years to train a Warrior, and 1.000 years to build a Granary.

Um, I could be insane, or your math might be a little off.