Mayor of Rhiannon, Falcon02, has suggested that his city build the Statue of Zeus. He states that it could be completed in 17 turns. This Wonder would supply our Military with an Ancient Cavalry (3/2/2) every 5 turns. Some strong points for this Wonder is that not only are the ACs quick and powerful, but by using them instead of Gallic Swordsmen, we'd be able to hold off our Golden Age till much later. Also, if we complete the Wonder before the nasty Fomorach, it will deny them of these great Horsemen.

What say you? Shall we build it?

(Great Wonder, 200 shields, 4 Culture pt, made obsolete by Metallurgy)

Ancient Cavalry and Gallic Swords are both 3/2/2 units, but the AC starts with 5HP at Veteran instead of the normal 4HPs. And they are free.

GSs cost 50 shields to build, so with 4 ACs we break even (200 shields = 200 shields) and we save money for every AC we get, since the ACs are so much like the GSs.

Go for it.

Anyone else building this Wonder?

The English are currently building the wonder at Hastings(?)

I do recall it being a size 2 city, giving Rhiannon a great advantage in building it. I did not catch when they started building it though, but I doubt it was that long ago.

They started building it within the last 6 turns. After 570bc.

The chat log might have said exactly when they started it.

The only drawback is that the AC's keep popping out whether you need them or not, and in Republic we pay maintenance for them. But it effectively frees up the equivalent of a 10SPT city worth of production and we only have to grow faster than the AC's are built to keep up with the gold.

I say go for it!

Go for it!

Personally, I'd love AC's, because that is a whole lot faster to get them then GS's except maybe if they were built in Tara, and we can have a flourishing country during war (building a lot of buildings, etc. instead of almost entirely military). And the extra health will make defense very happy.

Too lazy to actually re-write my original post.

FREE? :dubious: FREE! :faint::faint::faint:

With this much support, Mayor Falcon02, I'd say you can put the SoZ in your build que. :thumbsup:

In my Proposed Queue now, and played with worker distribution, should be able to build it in 13 turns without any additional growth of Rhiannon.

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/7734/rhiannon450bc.th.png (http://img135.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rhiannon450bc.png)

Looks good, the ACs are very useful. Arguably, the SoZ is the most cost-effective wonder. Build that baby!