It's not shorter at all! Dualism requires Priesthood, and I think Ceremonial Burial and/or Polytheism don't, but even if they do, they're all at the same level, and yet they ALWAYS go for Dualism first
Hey, why complain? You aim for your chosen religion and hope you get to it first. If your religion is later one, then tech away for other purposes and be happy you have some headway because with this game right now, AI will always catch up to you and beat you black.
Don't worry about AI too much. Worry too much only when you get to Medieval era or so and you are way ahead of AIs, then report back and please be sure to say what Difficulty level you play at.
It's not shorter at all! Dualism requires Priesthood, and I think Ceremonial Burial and/or Polytheism don't, but even if they do, they're all at the same level, and yet they ALWAYS go for Dualism first
yes, it seems they go straight for religions and get them astonishing fast but seem to drop science rate considerably after this. in my test game my ally needed about 90 turns to research a tech by his own and together we just needed 15 turns. since he had the same number of cities i find that very strange. i suppose AI has a too high priority for gold which is not necessary as it mostly comes automatically. even after my reworked buildings there's hardly a time when i need to reduce science rate below 90%.Speaking of which...
I am at Deity level, and way way WAY ahead of every other civ technologically. No one had even researched Monotheism until I did it around 50 AD or so. I've resorted to giving EVERY civ ALL my technologies every few turns JUST so they can keep up.
yes, it seems they go straight for religions and get them astonishing fast but seem to drop science rate considerably after this. in my test game my ally needed about 90 turns to research a tech by his own and together we just needed 15 turns. since he had the same number of cities i find that very strange. i suppose AI has a too high priority for gold which is not necessary as it mostly comes automatically. even after my reworked buildings there's hardly a time when i need to reduce science rate below 90%.
Some feedback to annoy you with:
The Civopedia, not sure if it's in the beta, but in 1.73 and before, claims that King Richard's Crusade requires Intolerant and Christianity, but the bonuses claim usage with YOUR state religion. Perhaps this should change a bit to specify it ONLY works with Christianity?
And on that note... given that Christianity has that superweapon with the Crusade, shouldn't it be fair to give Islam the option for Jihad, perhaps by Salah ad-Din? (given he was the primary opponent of King Richard, and fought him to a standstill) Something that could spawn special Jihadist warriors, like Ghazi Warriors?
On that note, perhaps all the religions could receive something like that with units, like Sacred Band for Hellenism, something like a Were-Jaguar Warrior for Naghualism, special Immortals for Zoroastrianism, etcetera? Otherwise, just Jihad and Ghazi would suffice
I agree, all religions should have their form of Crusade-Like ability. Could you start a thread on the matter, with a layout for each religion? I'm afraid I'm not very knowledgeable about the subject, but would be interested in, and will make it if it gets positive feedback.
UPT might be broken for MP. We seem to get OOS every 10-15 turns or so with UPT on but once we take it off and you can have unlimited again we don't OOS at all.. It's odd too because it worked in 1.73. Maybe 2.92 broke it?
UPT might be broken for MP. We seem to get OOS every 10-15 turns or so with UPT on but once we take it off and you can have unlimited again we don't OOS at all.. It's odd too because it worked in 1.73. Maybe 2.92 broke it?
Speaking about religions Afforess: you have a nice module in AND that prevents obsolete or impossible to construct buildings to appear in the city building list. Is it possible to expand that approach towards Great Prophets and hiding those 'Religious Wonders' that have already been constructed (by the player or the AI)?
Same thing sort of goes for Great Scientists: they can construct an Academy but at a certain age it's obsolete.