Can't start Golden Age with a Great Person gained from a tech!

[adyghost]

Apparently, they don't count towards golden ages. Is it just me or it's the same for everybody... kind of annoying. I'm running BTW 3.19.

 

[Dumanios]

That sucks.

 

[Sn1p3rk1ll3]

Welcome to the Civrev forums!

Now to reply ;
-Sucks indeed, but golden ages don't happen in Civrev

 

[Padma]

Moderator Action: Thread moved.

 

[TheWilltoAct]

I don't see why they wouldn't...?

 

[Willem]

Have you had golden age already? Eech time you need another GP to set it off, and they all have to be different types. I've never had a problem triggering a GA from a popped GP, it has to be something else.

 

[jeffreyac]

Have you had a golden age already? One thing to remember is each successive age will require additional great people (that is, your second will cost you 2, your third will cost 3, etc). So if you've already had a golden age, and only have one great person, the option will be greyed out for you until you get a second great person.

Personally, i think the great people you get from tech are just like any other great people, so it should work....

 

[Xellos-_^]

Have you had a golden age already? One thing to remember is each successive age will require additional great people (that is, your second will cost you 2, your third will cost 3, etc). So if you've already had a golden age, and only have one great person, the option will be greyed out for you until you get a second great person.

Personally, i think the great people you get from tech are just like any other great people, so it should work....

golden age form events and form building the tajai mahai (sp?) don't count in the GP counts.

and yes GP from researching a tech first are usable in starting a golden age.

 

[r_rolo1]

What does the game say when you try to start a Golden Age with that great person ( that is, what text appears when you hover the GA button) ? I believe the awnser to your question will be there....

 

[f35acepilot]

Remember that to start a golden age that requires more than one person, each of the great people used has to be a different type. You probably already have the type of great person that the tech gives you.

 

[DigitalBoy]

Remember that to start a golden age that requires more than one person, each of the great people used has to be a different type. You probably already have the type of great person that the tech gives you.

I'd bet money that this is the problem.

 

[jauggy]

Is it worth burning two GP for a golden age? Is the length of golden age time the same as for one?

 

[Ramesses]

Is the length of golden age time the same as for one?

It is. And for that reason, I'll rarely take 2 Great Person Golden Ages, and never more than that. Though if you run a specialist economy (I don't), Great People are more expendable.

 

[TheWilltoAct]

You must endure a lot of anarchy then Ramesses
...................
or not if you really are Ramesses

 

[RedFury]

It is. And for that reason, I'll rarely take 2 Great Person Golden Ages, and never more than that. Though if you run a specialist economy (I don't), Great People are more expendable.

By the mid-late game, if you have a decent city count, 2 GP for a golden age is more than worth it IMO.

In one game, I even burned three GP *very* late in the game when I was close to a space win - I got a free one from fusion, had all the wonders I needed and really didn't have anything else to do with them.

 

[TheWilltoAct]

I may not be the most efficient user of GP, but I mean in theory you could do like a what 5 person Golden Age? Three isn't overly hard. Four is tougher, but not unreasonable for late game.

How else are you going to change multiple civics??

 

[Polobo]

I may not be the most efficient user of GP, but I mean in theory you could do like a what 5 person Golden Age? Three isn't overly hard. Four is tougher, but not unreasonable for late game.

How else are you going to change multiple civics??

From a pure variety standpoint you could do a 6 person golden age:
Prophet
Spy
Scientist
Merchant
Engineer
Artist

Now, the hard part is getting 6 unique spawns/teched after already using 15 great people to launch the other golden ages, especially since only 3 of them benefit from Caste System and the buildings to unlock them are either very hard to get multiple (temples) or come quite late (engineer and spy)

 

[AutomatedTeller]

never mind

 

[RedFury]

of course you could easily get 4 or more for a golden age by late game. Whether it would actually be worth it or not, compared to other uses or just foregoing GPP for something else, is situational.

 

[TheWilltoAct]

Personally by the late stage of the game I usually feel that the relative power of a single great person is minimal. This is likely an oversimplification, but at least it makes me care less which GP comes out of a city torn between multiple types, and means you can focus on quantity over quality, as it were.