A quick Q about golden ages, plz help me

[Furry Spatula]

how do you guys use your golden age? I always get it too early from wonders. It pisses me off b/c when i play as the egyptians and i build the Pyramids i get a golden age. Is there a way to turn it off for wonders? I like industrious b/c all improvements happen faster, increasing productivity, and religious b/c i dont have to worry about anarchy and temples and cathedrals get built faster. What tips do you guys have for getting the golden age at the right time? Is it worth not buildng the Pyramids and getting a golden age later and building granaries in all my cities?

 

[Psychlone]

I usually just build the Pyramids as a production placeholder for the Great Library. Granaries are nice and all, but I admit to not using many of them. I have a similar problem as China, if I build the Great Wall. That makes my golden age come at a time when I don't feel I really get enough out of it. My solution has been simply not to bother building the Great Wall...

I don't know for sure, but I would assume that you could modify your bic file so that the Pyramids don't trigger an Egyptian golden age. Not sure if that would be approached via editing the wonder or the civ, probably the wonder.

 

[Pggar]

I guess you can go to the editor and unmark or change the pyramids attributes (religious and industrious). That way it would not trigger a golden age for the Egyptians.

 

[slothman]

I am playing as the Romans and building SETI started a golden age. I don't think it was another improvement on the same turn but it could be. Can building any wonder start a Gilded age, but civ-ability matching wonders make it more likely?

 

[Furry Spatula]

Yea its comes from either winning with a Unique Unit or building wonders that match your civs specific ability. And since the pyramids are religious and industrious that triggers a gold age for egypt right away, it has both those traits. So I was just wondering if ppl avoid building wonders for the reason of delaying a golden age, but i guess i'll just have to edit the pyramids so its just industrial or religious.

 

[FriendlyFire]

Can you have more than ONE golden age per game ?

PS how do I get a little image undermy profile ???

 

[Arrian]

One golden age per game.

In my opinion, the best golden age would be a middle ages one, while you are building the Sistine Chapel and Sun Tzu, and researching toward Copernicus. Nailing those wonders will give you a nice edge vs. the AI, and the golden age all but guarantees you will get them. As the Egyptians, a civ I've been playing a lot lately, build the Great Library, not the Pyramids (I don't recall EVER building the Pyramids... the GL is much more important to me). Use your war chariots to spark the golden age (leave a couple of them lying around, upgrade everything else to better units like Knights, pick a fight, and whack a weak enemy unit with the chariot).

When I play the Babylonians, I tend to spark golden ages by building the Great Library and Colossus. If the Colossus comes late enough, then my golden age will be on time. If not, it may be a bit early for my taste.

In general, I think a golden age really early, while you are despotic, is a waste. This is why I've yet to force myself to try the Aztecs. The later the golden age, the more powerful it is. However, the reason I like the middle ages golden age is that there are so many key wonders of the world there (Sistine, Sun Tzu, Copernicus, Newton, Bach).

-Arrian

 

[mmmBEER]

I want to agree with one thing, golden ages tend to come way too early for me. As the Persians, sparking a golden age with one of my immortals very early in the game is near useless.

Personally, allowing multiple golden ages would be a bonus. Make them shorter (like 15 turns) and set a minimum amount of time between them(like 15 turns), and make each subsequent golden age more difficult.

If I win early on, and then later build several (scientific/industrious) wonders in a row, why shouldn't I get another?

 

[Talamane]

If you get in an early war, you will trigger it when you whack some unit with an immortal. This happens often with an aggressive neighbor civ, like the zulu. If i dont want it to happen, i dont build immortals, which is kind of dangerous, i spose.

If not, the Persians often trigger on the Theory of Evolution, which is nearly ideal. If i am teching out pretty good, i get the 2 free techs for the wonder, then complete a tech age on the next research, and get another free tech. Woot! At this point, i am usually way ahead on tech, so i sell them for around 400-500 g/turn, along with the golden age, i quickly become cash rich, build a LOT of mil, and no one dares touch me.

 

[greynite1]

Well Golden ages always suck in my games

I always ALWAYS WITHOUT FAIL get my Golden
age sprung on me as soon as I complete the Colussus
which I always need to help my science effort which is
my driving edge in all my games. So I ignore the golden
age all together it has never really benefited me that
much actually. This however could just be very poor planning
on my part. If you plan it right if you are playing another
civilization other then the Americans you can plan a war right
around your golden age along with War time Economy and BANG
you get Uber unit production right when you need it.