Poll-Favorite Wonder

[AlecTrevylan00]

Write your favorite wonder, and then under, NOT ON THE SAME LINE, post why. I will tally them up. Vote for 1 Great Wonder and 1 Small Wonder.
Go

[Lawrence of Arabia]

Theory of Evolution
It gives me all the techs I don't want

Pentagon
Adds 1 unit to the armies I don't have

=)

[AlecTrevylan00]

Okay

Great Wonders-
1.Theory of Evolution-1
I'll only put in ones with votes

Small Wonders

1. Pentagon-1

[Giovanni August]

GW
Sistine Chapel
Great for controlling your people

SW
Forbidden Palace
Non need to explain why

Saluti

[Dominae]

Sistine Chapel
Chathedrals are a must have if you plan on playing any sort of Builder game. Why not make them better? A wonder so good it reminds me of the amazing effects we got with Secret Projects in SMAC (I'm thinking the Virtual World in particular).

Forbidden Palace
What other wonder doubles (sometimes triples!) the economic output of your empire? Most of my games revolve around fighting wars to get a GL to rush this baby. Choosing its location is wonderfully difficult.


Dominae

[GeneralTacticus]

Great Library
Sometimes this gives me a motherlode of tech, and it gives masses of culture. I often get it w/o competition too.

Sistine Chapel
See Giovanni August

[Herr David]

Sistine Chapel
see above

FP
no need to explain

[AJ Corp. The FAIR]

Ok, perhaps thread 101 on the topic of wonders (there is a very recent one on general --> what's the greatest great wonder ... )

Don't blame you Alec, but people sometimes better first look around before doing the same things over and over again, especially at the same moment.

(no more preaching now )

Wonders? Civ2 was great in wonders (I always built many of them on deity), but in civ3? On emperor/deity I just don't THINK about building them myself (very, very, very difficult and requires long, careful and risky planning).

the only times wonders matter are when you're able to capture them, have a Great Leader or have a tech lead (then you can build yourself, but a tech lead on higher levels means that most/all wonders will have been built already ... sigh.)

I think high difficulty levels are a must be, but only if all game options remain available. IMO wonder building is not an option anymore on emp/deity (regardless the very occasional wonder you'd be able to build yourself).

Do we have to tell them (FIR) really everything?

AJ

[AlecTrevylan00]

I know theres alot like this. Im just trying to take a polll of what people think their favorite (not necessarily best) wonder is, and im counting it up instead of having everyone say

"Well i like great library and bach's, but the lighthouse sucks"

Here you get 1 vote for a small wonder, one vote for a great. No voting for multiple ones, no negative votes


Great Wonders-
1. Sistine Chapel-3
2. Theory of Evolution-1

Small Wonders
1. Forbidden Palace-3
2. Pentagon-1


I'll only put in ones with votes

[~Vodka~]

Great:
Forbidden Palace

Small:
Pentagon or Leo's(not sure if this is great or small...)



In light of the below post:

Great: Leo's

Small: FP

[Harovan]

The FP is a small wonder, while Leo's is great.

[Thrawn05]

Great:
Chapel
Got to key my people happy

Small:
Ironworks
Surprisingly enough, if you're lucky, this makes a city great for churning out units.

[~Vodka~]

Hah, Ok. Thanks for the correction. I'm just a "Silly English wiper of other peoples bottoms." -Monty Python, Search/Quest for the Holy Greil.

[Sava]

Colossus:

Extra trade is GOOOD!

Intellegence Agency:

Spies are kewl.

[Dry]

Adam Smith
Sistine allow me not to build coliseums. Economy: 2 gps
Adam Smith allows me not to pay for marketplaces, banks, harbours, Airports,... Economy: errr, ... much.
And I may build banks in cities producing as few as 6 gold with benefit.

Heroic Epic
Well, no, it's FP of course, but it seems too abvious to me.
FP doesn't count: it's simply a must.