Should the XP come with a new Modern Era?

[Lucilla]

Originally posted by War of Art
... and who needs genetics to win ?

-Jam

Well, if cloning would enable you to make a duplicate unit at half price....

[Cyclotron]

I think the only major overhaul the modern era needs is to make the SS components take more techs to get; you should basically have researched the whole tech tree (or, 95% of it). As it stands, previously important techs like robotics and stealth are basically a waste of time until after The Laser, at which point you usually only have less than 5 years until you launch the ship anyways.

[Jamski]

True, that would be nice, but how useful would that be when your core cities are producing Modern Armor in 2 turns. (I know... MArmor in 1 turn, but think of the unit costs) Perhaps the advance of privatisation, allowing a wonder which would pay mantainance costs for industrial improvements ( a bit like Smith's ? ) It's an idea. Or turn off SS victory. Cure for cancer gives you one more turn of war under a Demo govmt. so then genetics is handy. Longevity ? Why does anyone need faster growth so late in the game ? Most of my cities are already maxed out at 30ish, and making pollution problems even with R-centres and MassTran.

-Jam

[player1]

I don't think it needs reworiking.

It more needs a little bit of TWEAKING.

[Lucilla]

Originally posted by War of Art
True, that would be nice, but how useful would that be when your core cities are producing Modern Armor in 2 turns. (I know... MArmor in 1 turn, but think of the unit costs) Perhaps the advance of privatisation, allowing a wonder which would pay mantainance costs for industrial improvements ( a bit like Smith's ? ) It's an idea. Or turn off SS victory. Cure for cancer gives you one more turn of war under a Demo govmt. so then genetics is handy. Longevity ? Why does anyone need faster growth so late in the game ? Most of my cities are already maxed out at 30ish, and making pollution problems even with R-centres and MassTran.

-Jam

Yes, growing at that stage doesn't give any particular benefit. And speed production of units only makes sense, when you are at war. But maybe cloning could offer other benfiits like decreased war weariness? How about decreasing culture output with cloning (completely new concept, just brainstorming...)?

[Jamski]

Vielleicht bin ich dumm, aber warum wollte ich weniger Kultur ?



-Jam

[nato]

How about significantly increasing both the power and the cost of modern units?

Increased cost would reduce their numbers, and reduce the work of playing. Hopefully increased power would balance out the reduced numbers.

This does have several problems. As we all know, Civ3 made the design decision to keep outdated units competitive, so the power increase would have to be large. Also, as we well know from Armies, even though they are more powerful, fewer units get fewer attacks. Blitz would be standard.

Still, it might lessen the micro management that hurts late game so bad. Fewer units AND fewer times you have to manage a city after if finishes its build. Also, it is appealing since rl modern day armies seem to be going towards fewer numbers of more powerful, high tech units. And it is accomplishable with the editor, so no big programming.

Just a thought.

[Eroberer]

Some would argue that Windows doesn't need more of anything even remotely resembling an "era."

[Tuberski]

Since when did XP= Windows?

[Eroberer]

Well if you wanna get technical, it means "Windows XP," or in some contexts, "Office XP."

[Jon Shafer]

Originally posted by War of Art
Vielleicht bin ich dumm, aber warum wollte ich weniger Kultur ?



-Jam

Ja bist du dumm. Niemand brauchen Kultur als man hat zwei tausend panzers.

[Cyclotron]

Originally posted by Eroberer
Some would argue that Windows doesn't need more of anything even remotely resembling an "era."

Some would argue you're just an annoying spammer.

Namely, me.

[Eroberer]

Originally posted by cyclotron7


Some would argue you're just an annoying spammer.

Namely, me.

Wow I'm sure glad you cleared up some speculation I'd have to do with that second sentence. I wouldn't have known what to think if you hadn't typed that here into words and punctuation and stuff. Or, I mean, I guess I might have gotten the point a little bit if you'd just said it out loud or written it onto the screen with a pen, but definitly nothing less would've gotten it across.

[nato]

Wow, a person who actually qualifies for my ignore list! Putting Eroberer on doubles it!

Neat avatar, zero content.

[Grrr]

A better modern era would be good.