How about: new units being created with future technologies.
So that you don't stop after modern armour with 24/16/3 but keep going on till like 48/32/6. Because otherwise the game is a bit silly once you've invented everything.
You shut down science altogether and sell all research labs(if you(ve ever built them),univ,librarys,...

Hmm, well then comes the idea of customizeable weapons, and then all these futuristic weapons. But, the problem still remains. What if you finish those?

you go outside and get a breath of fresh air. :' :lol:

So that you don't stop after modern armour with 24/16/3 but keep going on till like 48/32/6.
I don't think your idea is so bad, but that 6 mov bugs me. It would be too powerful. Even a 10/5/6, I think, would be more powerful than 24/16/3. The way this could be implemented is you could ameliorate units (yo add, say, +1 offense to MI) or anything else (health maybe?) by discovering DIFFERENT future techs. A future tech path!

If you are that far and you havent won, start launching nukes at anything that moves.

If you are that far and you havent won, start launching nukes at anything that moves.
You'r right! I never got to modern armors 'til a long time ago, so...

future tech trees for additional attack/defence power for existing units? additional commerce/production from city tiles?

Maybe, brennan

I vote for bernnan's idea.

Riddle me this, who here has used Modern Armor as anything but Mopup? seriously, I am pretty shure I've never even built the SDI small wonder.
the 3 moves Cavalry paired with railroads is sufficient to outmanuvre almost all AI nations. The game just gets bogged down after the first knights rush, even worse with the chineese rider. Lets hope that they managed to alivieate that in Civ4