globe circumnavigation

[Charles 22]

And your car was invented when?

In Civ terms, it's OK that land movement gets quicker than sea movement with railroad.

(Oh, and my question was rhetorical; the car was invented in 1886 in Germany )

You did say "never in the history of humanity..."

 

[GIO888]

Zeeter is right about ship movement being curtailed to try to simulate the slow rate we explored the world - remember how small the ships were, and generally primitive the navigational skills.

Except someone is going to mention the Phoenicians discovering America etc etc!

FYI I seem always to get the circumnavigation bonus just by trading maps!

CIV ON!

 

[Willowmound]

You did say "never in the history of humanity..."

I did, and I take it back. It should be: Never in the pre-20th century history of humanity..!

And to re-iterate: a 4 movemet, coastal galley is not going to make the player discover the world too quickly. I know, because I've played with this modification for six weeks now.

 

[anti_strunt]

Zeeter is right about ship movement being curtailed to try to simulate the slow rate we explored the world - remember how small the ships were, and generally primitive the navigational skills.

Except someone is going to mention the Phoenicians discovering America etc etc!

FYI I seem always to get the circumnavigation bonus just by trading maps!

CIV ON!

The problem is rather with the absurdity of the exploration system itself, I'd say. (Come one, how is a ancient galley 1000 miles from home still capable of providing accurate, up-to-date information and maps, without me even having discovered writing!) Anyway, I did what Rhye did in his Civ3 mod and made all naval units 10x as fast on ocean squares. Works pretty well so far...