I hate natural wonders

lordsurya08 · Jan 21, 2011

Fountain of Youth: 10 happiness and a double heal bonus
Cerro De Polosi: 10 gold. 10 GOLD?! In the beginning of a game? Guaranteed win for whomsoever gets it.

I don't know what is up with Firaxis. Do they not have a shred of foresight or common sense?

Shame they didn't put an "no wonders" option in the Advanced Options. I hope there's a modder out there who can create a no-wonders mod for us all...

Cutlass · Jan 21, 2011

Which section was this thread supposed to be it?

lordsurya08 · Jan 21, 2011

Cutlass said:
Which section was this thread supposed to be it?

Ohh yes.
Hope the mods fix it.

Cutlass · Jan 21, 2011

Hit the report button, and tell them where it should be moved to.

ParadigmShifter · Jan 21, 2011

It belongs in the civ V forums, which doesn't qualify as either art or entertainment, so I heard

joyous_gard · Jan 22, 2011

Well, I want a "Turn off Make-Believe Natural Wonders" button.

Overall, natural wonders are OK, but they are kind of stale gameplay for me now. Because of how they assign starting locations, the City States get the wonders. It's pretty lame. I have been playing games with reduced city states so I have a chance to settle near a wonder for a change.

guczy · Jan 22, 2011

I started a game with Spain a few days ago on a huge / marathon tectonics map,, and the potosi mines were 8 hexes from my capital. Insta 500 gold for first discovery, my 2nd city was of corse next to the mines (also a nice river). Boom, 20 GPT. Also if you start on a TSL map with Spain the Rock of Gibraltar is 3-5 hexes from your capital. That helps aswell. A lot

bobbyboy29 · Jan 22, 2011

Potosi is 10 gold for 0 food, and you need to get the pop to work that tile. It's definately strong, but there is a trade-off. The trade-off doesn't exist for FoY, you lose 1 tile and get the equivalent of 2 happy resources and superhealing units... Silly. I think 5 happy minus the healing bonus would be... OK.

cman2010 · Jan 22, 2011

I like natural wonders over all but I would like an option to disable the fantsy one if I want to play a fantsy game I will play elemental war of magic.

GIO888 · Jan 22, 2011

OP Funny

I musta played 100 vanilla earth games (standard) and all I ever see is Mt Fuji. None of the others.

I know they exist cos when I was young and naive I spent hours building my own Earth Map in Worldbuilder, saw and placed all the other NW - alas I have NEVER been able to save any games from that mod, so have to play the vanilla unless its an all-day sitting - sus with all the late game crashes by the way-

Precis -why so mad OP? the d@m things never show in my games anyhoo!

SpearMan153 · Jan 23, 2011

My last game Bismark had Cerro De Polos plus a total monopoly on gold mines. He was just starting to buy out all the city states when the Ottomans dragged me into a war with him.

Luckilly I had a 6x iron in my capital and then another city with 2, 2x irons... He actually put up a good fight with his whatever his UU pikeman is called spamming. Once he was beat I was making crazy gold amounts.

Now if he'd been on the other continent he really would have turned into a monster

Moral of the story is lots of iron beats natural wonders.

biohazard72 · Jan 23, 2011

Fountain of Youth is definitely the best, but Cerro is a strong #2. 10GPT can mean a lot for your economy, especially if it goes through a Market or Bank. Cerro de Potosi practically screams "filler gold city".

FoY is better though. My favourite: FoY + Khan + March. I easily steamrolled a continent with that and Keshik-trained super Tanks.

Rusty Edge · Jan 23, 2011

I like legitimate natural wonders, not the fantasy ones. The fantasy wonders should be relegated to scenarios or else, have the option to remove them in the settings.

aatami · Jan 24, 2011

Rusty Edge said:
I like legitimate natural wonders, not the fantasy ones. The fantasy wonders should be relegated to scenarios or else, have the option to remove them in the settings.

And the fantasy ones are?

JohnnyW · Jan 24, 2011

aatami said:
And the fantasy ones are?

Do you believe the Fountain of Youth actually exists?

guczy · Jan 24, 2011

JohnnyW said:
Do you believe the Fountain of Youth actually exists?

Yes, and if Spain finds it Juan Carlos can get himself a nice new car

cman2010 · Jan 24, 2011

aatami said:
And the fantasy ones are?

so you think the fountain of your actually exist wow.

Rusty Edge · Jan 24, 2011

aatami said:
And the fantasy ones are?

I had the fountain of youth and city of gold in mind.

Smote · Jan 24, 2011

El Dorado and the fountain of youth are the two i hate. Either one is an automatic win. Cerro de Potosi is not that bad, though it is a nice tile to use. I think:

Fountain of Youth > El Dorado > Great Barrier Reef > Cerro De Potosi > others

JohnnyW · Jan 24, 2011

In my latest game I settled my second city in range of Mt. Fuji (in ring 2). It is surprisingly good early for border expansion and a boost for SPs. It loses effectiveness quickly, but very early it was a nice bonus.

I hate natural wonders

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