curmudgeon42
Chieftain
In some other threads, I saw that some people were upset that they triggered a Golden Age in the early game. I realized I don't understand what the Golden Age does, nor how it could ever be bad...explain?
Golden Age bad?
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It is always a good thing, and they always run out in 20 twenty turns. The thing is, if you get one when you have two cities, the bonus doesn't really help much. Its really useful in the early early AD's basically when you have alot of cities and things start getting expensive.
They were *****ing because they wanted it then and instead it got squandered early on.
They were *****ing because they wanted it then and instead it got squandered early on.
curmudgeon42
Chieftain
So you only get one?
Alexander I
Chieftain
I think Golden Ages are great! I had one with the Chinese after winning a battle with my Rider. I had approximately 15 cities, it was around 1 AD, I was in monarchy. My gold income went up from 15 to 55 a turn! That way I was able to buy a tech every 2 or 3 turns. I didn't notice any production increase or corruption decrease. Anyone know if does affect production and/or corruption?
Mikeweather
Chieftain
You can get more than one. I've had 2 in my current game. Both from wonders.
AWAD
Chieftain
The Civilopedia asys you get only one. You can get it either one of two ways, Your unique unit wins a battle or you build Wonder(s) that correspond to your National abilites ie militaristic, scientific etc. So if two is possible it is either a bug or the Civilopedia is worng. A golden age is best betwen 1000BC and 500AD. You should be hitting a certains size, this speeds up the infrastructre build.
AWAD- Slap down some settlers wehn one breaks out
Mikeweather
Chieftain
The civiliopedia is wrong. Either that or a bug. I hope it's the civilopedia, 'cause in 6050 years of time a civ could realisticly go through many golden ages.
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knowltok
Guest
Many say that the golden age is the hidden strength of the Americans who can trigger theirs with the F-15. I haven't achieved this yet though. I would expect that the Germans could make pretty damn good use of theirs too. All you have to do is survive until that point in the game and then you become unstoppable for 20 turns.
deanstow
Chieftain
I believe I had 2 golden ages. In fact, I am certain of it. They were virtually back to back because of the timing of the wonders. I was the Chinese in that game.
DavesWorld
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I would say the "best" time to have a Golden Age is when you're fully settled; ie there aren't other cities you're going to found. Further, you want the cities somewhat developed (so they have the multiplier buildings in place helping the PopPoints produce for you). My preference is for Industrial or Modern Golden Ages; if I don't have the hammer well down development wise (roaring towards fully developed cities) by Industrial then my game is ready to be restarted anyway.
I *hate* early Golden Ages. Absolute waste of a Golden Age IMO.
I *hate* early Golden Ages. Absolute waste of a Golden Age IMO.
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knowltok
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Golden ages are another wrinkle in play strategy. You are simply not going to have a late one playing as the Persians or the Romans. This can help to balance out their early game strength. However, while a late game GA is better in absolute terms, an earlier one might still be better if utilized properly. Proper timing could be used by a civ with a middle game unit to grow powerful enough that your late game golden won't help you enough. France, England, and Russia come to mind, as does China to an extent. Just a thought.
Magnus
Diplocat
You get one additional food, commerce and production from every worked space in your entire empire!
Agni Neres
Master of RiverSerpent
Somewhere hiding in Civ3 is an incredibly complex Golden Age strategy for each civ...give the community time to really understand it, its a new part of the game for all of us.
For now...just gotta love it when you get it!
My best GA to date came when my Samurai won a battle, circa 900 AD. At the time, I owned 1/2 a nice continent, the Chinese owned the other 1/2. We were pretty even up to that point, say 10 cities each.
Within my 20 turn GA I managed to wipe them out except for 2 extremely crummy tundra cities (I avoid genocide to prevent 'respawning'), slammed thru the tech tree to gunpowder, and made incredible progress on both Sun-Tzu and Leo (one of which I will switch to the Sistine). I fought in the Republic and still had tons of happy people and WLTP celebrations. War weariness? What's that? The militaristic Japanese were winning a whole continent, and they loved every minute of it!!
The English and Germans are both in my game and both are title contenders, so I will have to watch out when their GA comes. Does anyone know, is there a way to tell if a civ has burned its GA card? You can look at the F7 Wonder Screen for a hint, based on what wonders a civ has completed, but I mean something like a box coming up saying "Civ X has entered a GA !" Has anyone seen something like this?
Cheers,
Agni.
For now...just gotta love it when you get it!
My best GA to date came when my Samurai won a battle, circa 900 AD. At the time, I owned 1/2 a nice continent, the Chinese owned the other 1/2. We were pretty even up to that point, say 10 cities each.
Within my 20 turn GA I managed to wipe them out except for 2 extremely crummy tundra cities (I avoid genocide to prevent 'respawning'), slammed thru the tech tree to gunpowder, and made incredible progress on both Sun-Tzu and Leo (one of which I will switch to the Sistine). I fought in the Republic and still had tons of happy people and WLTP celebrations. War weariness? What's that? The militaristic Japanese were winning a whole continent, and they loved every minute of it!!
The English and Germans are both in my game and both are title contenders, so I will have to watch out when their GA comes. Does anyone know, is there a way to tell if a civ has burned its GA card? You can look at the F7 Wonder Screen for a hint, based on what wonders a civ has completed, but I mean something like a box coming up saying "Civ X has entered a GA !" Has anyone seen something like this?
Cheers,
Agni.
PT4414
Chieftain
A golden age can be THE most important factor in contributing to your success in the game. Case in point - my current game with the Americans.
Using the Americans, I was able to be somewhat successful in the early land-grap sweepstakes on a large continent. Competing against the Babs, Persians, Aztecs and Iriquois, I managed to stake out a nice swath of land with about 12 cities. I built a Wonder that triggered a Golden Age in the early ADs. Now, since production is sped up during a Golden Age, I was able to produce settlers at a much faster rate for twenty turns. This allowed me to speedily settle the rest of unclaimed land on the continent. Now, I've got about 20-25 cities and I have 60% of the continent without any blood having been shed.
If war ain't your thing (and with those civs around me it sure wasn't), then the Golden Age is a fantastic way to give you the edge.
Using the Americans, I was able to be somewhat successful in the early land-grap sweepstakes on a large continent. Competing against the Babs, Persians, Aztecs and Iriquois, I managed to stake out a nice swath of land with about 12 cities. I built a Wonder that triggered a Golden Age in the early ADs. Now, since production is sped up during a Golden Age, I was able to produce settlers at a much faster rate for twenty turns. This allowed me to speedily settle the rest of unclaimed land on the continent. Now, I've got about 20-25 cities and I have 60% of the continent without any blood having been shed.
If war ain't your thing (and with those civs around me it sure wasn't), then the Golden Age is a fantastic way to give you the edge.
Agreed. Golden Age kicks a$$. Not only does it give you a production boost, but it also helps with science. Golden Age helped me take 10 cities from the indians, and upgrade over 100 pikement to musketmen, 50 knights to cavalry, and 40 catapults to cannons, which gave me a MASSIVE lead after the GA when I went to war (and subsequently crushed) the persians.
Yup. GA is coo
ironfang
Yup. GA is coo
ironfang
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knowltok
Guest
GA highlights the flexibility required in this game. Even though you should have a strategy and stick to it, there is a time for everything. GA is like your unique unit, and they can come at the same time. You may look at the Persians and want to build a scientific empire based on industrious and scientific, but if you don't get out there and kick some serious but when you have Immortals (triggering the GA) you are wasting a key part of the Persian's advantages. You'll regret not cutting those germans down to size when you had the chance because they will use their unique unit and golden age.
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