Golden Age list??

[Smitty258]

I'm sure this has been researched and done, but does anyone have or can provide me with a link on what exactly triggers golden ages for all the Civilizations?

Thanks.

[vondrack]

Re: Golden Age list??

Originally posted by Smitty258
I'm sure this has been researched and done, but does anyone have or can provide me with a link on what exactly triggers golden ages for all the Civilizations?

Thanks.

IMHO, the sure way is to have your civ-specific unit (unique unit, UU) win for the first time.

Other than that, completing a certain wonder (or wonders) may trigger the GA. The civilopaedia says that completing a wonder (or wonders) that fit both your civ traits can (I guess it means will) trigger the GA. So it should be just a matter of going through the Great Wonders section of the civilopedia to find out.

Examples:
Pyramids (an industrious & religious wonder) can/will trigger the GA for the Egyptians (they are industrious and religious).

Great Library (a scientific wonder) with, say, Oracle (a religious wonder) can/will trigger the GA for the Babylonians (they are scientific and religious).

I am not sure about that "can" and "will". It's only now that I fully realized that you may need more than one wonder to pull the trigger... I haven't paid attention enough in my previous games... I must also admit that I am not sure whether you can have more than one GA... looking at the Civilopaedia entry for GA, I'd say that you can have the GA just once...

[kring]

According to Firaxis, you can only have one. That is probably why they used the word can, instead of will. If a GW only matches one of your two traits, then building a different one that matches the other will trigger a GA IF you haven't already had one that game.

[Theseus]

Captured GWs can trigger it too.

[Smitty258]

So...there aren't specifics that trigger it? You'd think there would be something in the programming that says "(X) civ will have GA when it builds (Y) wonder"

BTW...I could have sworn I had 2 in one game once. One early from UU victory, and one late in the game from a wonder being built. I don't remember the exact parts of it though. It was a long time ago.

[alva]

Originally posted by Smitty258

BTW...I could have sworn I had 2 in one game once. One early from UU victory, and one late in the game from a wonder being built. I don't remember the exact parts of it though. It was a long time ago.

This should not be possible!!!

You can however chance the duration of a Golden Age in the editor

[kring]

Originally posted by Smitty258
So...there aren't specifics that trigger it? You'd think there would be something in the programming that says "(X) civ will have GA when it builds (Y) wonder"

There are specifics: 1) UU winning a battle; 2) building GW that contain both your civ traits, whether it is one GW or two GW's. The Pyramids for Egypt is the best example that comes to mind.

There is a list somewhere, but I can't recall where that lists the GW traits.