My arguement is not "I never use this in the game so it sucks", it is "I never see it matter enough, I see it as a situational benefit wonder." Everything CR can do that have been stated in this thread, other actions can do as well. Like declaring war, bribing an AI to war earlier, work on your diplomatic playfield sooner, etc. Very rarely do I find myself backed into a corner so much so that I must rely on the CR to pull me out of it in the last turns of the game. This is situational strategy and as far as I see the defense for CR is "It has uses" not "It is top tier easily".
So in other words, "I don't use it in my game so it is the worst wonder, or one of the worst". Gotcha.
I am not playing below my difficulty, well, Prince yeah but Monarch no. I may be playing below YOUR difficulty level as you feel the need to constantly throw in front of everyone in these arguements often.
Go ahead and copy/paste all the times I mentioned the difficulty I play (which ranges from odd noble forum games to deity) outside of this post. See how often I actually use my play level as the basis for an argument.
It was relevant that I did so in the post you quoted, just as much it was relevant for you to tell everyone *your* difficulty. Don't get ahead of yourself. The fact that CR is relevant on settings other than the ones you play *is* relevant...except maybe to you. But this thread isn't about "worst wonder with King Flevance's settings", it's about "worst wonder". You'd have to consider all settings to a degree then, or at least ones people play.
There are only a few wonders in this game that can abusively change the outcome by themselves, such as the AP, UN, GLH on some maps, etc. CR is behind that tier, but still up there, because in some games it lets you cost-effectively do things that you'd not be able to execute otherwise with the civic/religion swapping.
I am not basing my arguement soley on my opinion. I have seen why you guys say it is "easily top tier" and I disagree. I think it is easily lower tier as it is a situational wonder at best.
The overwhelming majority of wonders in the game are situational, at best. Actually, other than the Apostolic Palace in games where you're trying to win via AP diplo victory, ALL of the wonders are situational. Yes, even UN, because sometimes it's advantageous to let someone else build it.
Even powerhouses that didn't make the list like great lighthouse and pyramids can be ruinously poor choices.
I can't help but see [you nub] as a big paraphrase for this paragraph. I bow to your superiority at difficulty level TMIT.
How about we quit posting "What is the best" threads and just address TMIT directly?
Good jokes. Especially coming from someone who cites their own difficulty/settings (which are just as important as difficulty) as a valid reason to support a wonder as worst. If you can do that, so can I, and I don't need anything special to call you on it.
Oh, and one more thing:
I have never needed to be that creative for an endgame win
Is awfully high and mighty, for you to then turn around and tell me you don't play below your difficulty.