Best Wonder?

[Bluesabre]

Which is your fav wonder? Mine is the great library.
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[watorrey]

This is a tough call as every game is different. The happiness wonders are always important therefore i vote for Sistine Chapel.

The monetary wonders can save a veritable fortune over the course of a game however. The bigger the map/military, the more important Adam Smiths and Leonardo's become.

[PatLasch]

I have to go with Universal Suuferage. I hate War Weariness and hate to give up the bonuses of republic or democracy.

[notyoueither]

Hoover dam!

Production is the basis of large empires!

[Carbon Copy]

Dude. Longevity. ...Or is that a small wonder? I've only built it once or twice, I can't remember off the top of my head.

Seriously, I'd say it's a tossup between Sistine, Pyramids, Sun Tzu, Adam Smith, or Hoover, depending on the map parameters and which victory you're playing for.

What? Why Adam Smith, you say?? Have you ever not built it, but had lots of banks and markets, then captured Smith's later? It can save you HUNDREDS of gold per turn in maitenance.

[player1]

Hover Dam is best.
Maybe it's even broken considering how good wonder is.

Next,
Sistine Chapel, must have for Emperor+ games.

[John Paul Jones]

Other - Bach's Cathedral, even without the 'Ode to Joy' melody.

[philler]

I'd go for hoover dam (depending on the map type of course), with sistine chapel a close 2nd.

[Saurus]

Since I never play games with large continents, Hoover Dam is often quite Useless for me.
I mostly go for the Sistene Chappel as it gives a lot of culture
in addition to a unique happiness bonus.



-Saurus

[Jason Beaudoin]

I always thought that a wonder like the Hanging Gardens is a valuable wonder simply by virtue that is an ancient wonder that would generate lots of culture points in the long run.

[Thrawn05]

What? No missile defense?!?!

That thing is a life saver!

[Chronus]

I voted for Sistine Chapel. Hoover Dam would be a close second. I have to agree with some of the other posts above. The difficulty level diminishes/increases the importance of the Sistine.

What?! You placed the Oracle in a category by itself and Bach's Cathedral in the "Other" category???

Bach's is cool since it acts as a supplement to cathedrals instead of replacing them.

[Ethelred]

It depends on map size. The larger the map and the larger the continents the more important some of the wonders are.

I voted for the Sistine Chappel. Its very usefull at ALL map sizes. If I played all my games on huge maps though I might say something different. Hoover Dam is really usefull.

Lately though I have found that The Theory of Evolution is nearly as important because that is what gives me the Hoover Dam.

[Pius Popprasch]

Pyramids only 2 votes??

My vote for Mr. Hoover and his power plant.

[Inverse Icarus]

GL, because the tech-wh0ring AI.

just wished it lasted longer.