Golden Age

[Mesix]

I recently wasted two of my great people to start a golden age and did not see any effect. I was producing the same amount of gold and research during the golden age as when there was no golden age. Are there any effects for a golden age in FfH or is it just a way to waste two great people?

 

[Kael]

I recently wasted two of my great people to start a golden age and did not see any effect. I was producing the same amount of gold and research during the golden age as when there was no golden age. Are there any effects for a golden age in FfH or is it just a way to waste two great people?

As far as I know it should be the same as in vanilla, we havent changed anything in that regard.

 

[Love]

But then you have to ask yourself how strong the vanilla golden age is.

 

[Keldan]

If my memory don't failed, a Golden Age gives :
* +1 from tiles producing
* +1 from tiles producing

 

[Silverkiss]

Doesn´t it give +50% gold and hammers ?

 

[Endovior]

No, I'm pretty certain Keldan is right.

 

[Keldan]

I checked in the Civilopedia and I was right.

So if you have only grassland with farms (so only food), you will not have a big bonus. But if you have sea tiles, cottages, mines or even plains with farms, you got a nice bonus.

The Golden Age is really efficient with a lot of cities. If you have only 3 or 4 city, using the great person as great specialist should be a better idea. But with 30 or 40 cities, the golden age become really powerful.

 

[Love]

30 and 40 cities

 

[Chandrasekhar]

Before the extra hammer was taken away from Arcane Lore, golden ages were really powerful. Of course, a hills/grassland cottage will still get that bonus, as will forest cottages. I never really used great people to make golden ages, though, so it doesn't effect my playstyle much.

 

[Endovior]

Yeah... the best way to get a golden age is doubtless the Bone Palace. That being said, if a GP farm of mine is pumping out lots of superfluous Great Merchants, Bards, Prophets, or Sages, I might consider using them (especially Merchants and Bards... while Prophets and Sages are useful once or twice, Merchants and Bards are only rarely useful).