Most important technology? (Industrial Era)

[Nick723]

The Industrial Revolution changed the world, and certainly changes things big time in Civ 4.

But which technology is the most important?

Subjective as always, and you have 3 votes!

 

[Nick723]

My votes were for:
- Assembly line - factories completely change the dynamics of the game and infantry are super significant too
- Communism - so many things going - free GP, great wonder, and one of the best civics
- Combustion - leads to other good things, but importantly the most significant military (dis)advantage (frigate vs destroyer is not a good match up)

 

[civac]

Assembly Line for the most powerful production boost in the game.

Fission and Combustion because they are the transformative military techs to the point that fighting without them against an enemy with them is hopeless (a bit less so fo Combustion I guess).

 

[Plains-Cow]

Assembly line because city raider tanks are amazing. Communism for second.

 

[Fippy]

Steel for deity SP, no contest there
AL is more powerful sure..but cannons arrive sooner and are usually the key unit.

 

[Plains-Cow]

Steel for deity SP, no contest there
AL is more powerful sure..but cannons arrive sooner and are usually the key unit.

TBH, in my games (that are war based), if I don't win by Rifling, then I've seriously messed up somewhere.

 

[antimony]

Steel is easier to reach than Rifling though.

No votes for Biology? It's pretty good to pump your score.

 

[Plains-Cow]

Steel is easier to reach than Rifling though.

No votes for Biology? It's pretty good to pump your score.

You can't Globe Theater-draft cannons.

 

[ariosto]

Assembly line, Steel, Biology. The hardest choice so far - Communism, Railroad and SciMethod also were in my short list.

 

[Mr_Trotsky]

Steel and just steel for the reasons Fippy gave. Cannons are the best all-round breakout unit, cuirs being weaker on water heavy maps. It’s also an easy beeline and great trade bait because it’s not popular with the AI. AL is obviously more powerful but comes later and, if you’re advanced enough to have a big window when you have it at the AI doesn’t, you’ve already won the game. You can be technologically behind or at least middle of the pack but be ahead military techwise fairly consistent with steel.

 

[lindsay40k]

*hums Internationale*

 

[ArchGhost]

Assembly Line in general.

Steel is the strongest power spike in the game, cannons are insane. But depends on if you need cannons or not.

 

[6K Man]

Scientific Method, because of all the effort I make to avoid it while simultaneously collecting the prereqs for Physics and Communism.