just a little question about versailles, seems to be a mistake in the civpedia as it says the versailles generates a great merchant in the special ability box but says it generates a artist in the history box! which one is it????

Hmmm nice one.
Well the only way to find out is to have a city with no other wonder or specialist in it and see what type of GP has a chance to pop out.
If i have to guess, i think ti would be a great artist, it kinda makes more sense.

BTW how the heck did you notice this? :)

It's Merchant.

The stuff in the abilities/info box is taken from XML, so it is usually right.

I guess he actually read what the Pedia says in the History/Flavor part :D

merchant u rekon? i thought it mite be artist 2, thought versailles is a kinda arty palace type thing... but if the XML is right then merchant it must be....
i noticed the mistake in the city bulid menu initially then checked it out on pedia.... i wanted to make sure i built it in the right city :)

Well you should be building it for its main purpose, as the second forbidden palace, not for the GPs imo.

You can easily benefit from the Wonders main advantage without polluting your GPP pool by moving it to a neighbour city for example.
The kind of GP a wonder will give is a valid concideration when putting a wonder.

You can easily benefit from the Wonders main advantage without polluting your GPP pool by moving it to a neighbour city for example.
The kind of GP a wonder will give is a valid concideration when putting a wonder.

True, but if your "Great Merchant" city is close to your capital, you wouldn't want to build the Versailles wonder there.

Why built it in the first place? Let your neighbour build it right in the middle of their territory and then conquer it. Its a far more useful place for it to be then in one of your main cities as these are generaly the only one's that will have enough production to build it in a reasonable amount of time, and those cities are usualy too close to your capitla for them to be worth it.

merchant u rekon? i thought it mite be artist 2, thought versailles is a kinda arty palace type thing... but if the XML is right then merchant it must be....
i noticed the mistake in the city bulid menu initially then checked it out on pedia.... i wanted to make sure i built it in the right city :)

I also would have thought the same thing, after all the palace itself had little to do with commerce until it became a tourist attraction. Plenty to do with art though...

I have a hard time getting a merchant to found sidsushi, unless I discover economics first and save the free one. If it wasnt for versailles and specialists I would never win.