Can you search this thread, Religion & Railroads.

[disraels]

I can't find a way to search this discussion. Is there a way? I don't want to look through 500 pages.

I was wondering what use is religion. It seems mostly a waste of time. Other than the few little boosts you get for beliefs what use is it?

Also, ? about roads and railroads. Should you just destroy all your roads when you get railroads and replace them with rails? Why do I need roads once I've got rail other than making sure all cities connect to my capitol?

Thanks anyone for help.

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[Unresolved]

I'm certainly not going to read through a 500 page thread either, so I'll just give you the run downs on railroads and religion.

Religion is the best method to get happiness, which is vital for your growth and indirectly, science. There are boosts for production(religious community) which are amazing in any type of game you play. There are gold boosts(Tithe) which will help produce a lot of gold if you can spread it. There is a necessary belief for culture games(Cathedrals) which is the only building to give a 5th specialist slot. It is a very useful mechanic in the game and utilizing it correctly will bring you to the next level.

Railroads cost more maintenance than roads. They give your satellite cities 25% more production, but they also come quite late. I generally don't build them unless I'm playing a late domination game or a science game. They do help you move troops around quicker than roads do.

 

[Fire0rb]

Normally i only build Railroads in my core cities for the 25% production buff which is neat. Rest of the streets the 25% Bonus doesnt make up for the bigger maintenance costs.

And religion is useless? If you have a pentheon or a wonders which gives you decent to high faith per turn the religion can be a major factor in the game, delivering happiness, gold, science, culture etc, what you need in that moment. (A happiness religion can give you 3 to 4 happiness per city, Tithe can give you thousands of gold if you can spread your religion, pagodas/mosques/cathedrals are imba etc)
If you have no faith generating source you should not opt for a religion... simple as that

 

[EEE_BOY]

For religion
http://forums.civfanatics.com/forumdisplay.php?f=451

 

[Nials]

I can't find a way to search this discussion. Is there a way? I don't want to look through 500 pages.

Which discussion? The forum? In that case, use the Search button.

Otherwise, to search a particular thread, you can use "Search this Thread".

 

[FstrthnU]

Also keep in mind that it is much cheaper to maintain large railroad networks if you get Trade Unions from the Commerce policy tree (-33% tile maintenance cost).

 

[PreLynMax]

Railroads is great for the mid-game to ferry your units around if needed. If you are at war, it's usually well worth the cost.