Most Common Natural Wonder

limluigi said:

I think the worst natural wonder by far is the Grand Mesa...unless I'm missing something.

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I am not even sure why it is in the game. I had never heard of it, prior to Civ V. And doing a Google search shows its appearance to be unimpressive. Certainly there are other natural wonders of the world which are more awe-inspiring, and are more of a travel destination.

lokithepunishr said:

^^ It's been in at least 50% of my games as well.

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Seconded.

Mount Kailash. Mount Kailash is always in my games. Probably quite a lot of confirmation bias going on here but I reckon its in every game I play.

I always have Mount Fuji and Rock of Gibraltar in my games

2 excellent wonders Seanflokstra7. Especially if you are Spain and you take One with Nature as your pantheon!

As soon as I see one of them, I go settle next to them, and if a civ beats me, I take their city and sometimes their live

Mesa and Barringer for me. Mesa is more like "Meh"sa, but hey, it's an unimproved Germ hill that doubles as a mountain tile for an observatory.

If the NW's position is good, I will pretty much go for it. Near river, hills, a lux or even two.

And we all know the initial thought when you find a natural wonder early on. It's "Dang, why didn't I choose Spain?"

But it does grind my gears when Krakatoa appears, because 8.7563 times out of 10, it's useless. The yield isn't anything to write home about either. A measly 5 science. Yet another case of there needing to be either a lot of fish, atolls or possibly a lux around it to be worth settling near.