Golden Ages

[History_Buff]

When does every one have thier golden ages. Do you plan them or just let them come. I personally try have mine the minute I have successfully switched to a republic.

 

[amadeus]

Industrial ages. I get the benefits of factories without the excess pollution. By the time the age is over, I've already built the Hoover Dam and have researched Recycling.

 

[eyrei]

Unfortunately, many civs have ancient special units. The benefit of a later golden age does not outway getting slaughtered because you don't use your special unit. I try to hold off until at least my wonder producing city is reasonably well developed, but even that is difficult, especially with a civ like the babylonians.

 

[History_Buff]

Is it really that bad to have them early. As long as you can use it to grab expensive techs in the ancient age, and get a new government.

 

[cephyn]

Dispelling the Myth of 1 Golden Age

You don't have to be limited to ONE GA...you can have multiple. Many person on this forum, including me, have had 2 GA's. I don't know of anyone having THREE, but I wouldn't put it out of the realm of possibility. Ive never heard from FIRAXIS about this issue, what the exact criteria for a GA are. Here's what I know:

the easiest way to get a double GA is this:

1) build a wonder which will trigger a GA

and then, after a "sufficiently long period of time", most likely after making at least 1 Era transition (maybe 2? limiting to only 2 GAs max, but thats another thread...)

2) win a battle with UU

1 and 2 can, of course, be reversed.

 

[Cerryl]

I like the Mounted Warrior rush in the last couple games I've played so I usually get an early golden age, once I have about 6-8 cities, I will hoard them up and rid my continent of 1-2 neighbors in the golden age.

 

[eyrei]

Originally posted by cephyn
Dispelling the Myth of 1 Golden Age

You don't have to be limited to ONE GA...you can have multiple. Many person on this forum, including me, have had 2 GA's. I don't know of anyone having THREE, but I wouldn't put it out of the realm of possibility. Ive never heard from FIRAXIS about this issue, what the exact criteria for a GA are. Here's what I know:

the easiest way to get a double GA is this:

1) build a wonder which will trigger a GA

and then, after a "sufficiently long period of time", most likely after making at least 1 Era transition (maybe 2? limiting to only 2 GAs max, but thats another thread...)

2) win a battle with UU

1 and 2 can, of course, be reversed.

I have played 40+ games and I have never gotten two golden ages. At any rate, building a wonder MAY trigger a golden age, and this seems to happen only about half the time. I wonder if you can get multiple golden ages only on lower levels?

 

[Candian.Gloworm]

I have only played 3 games (2@chieften, 1 on Warlord).
Only 1 Golden Age, never 2

 

[History_Buff]

No offense to anyone whos posted here, but I'm trying to figure out when every one gets a golden age. Not when you think you're doing best, what wonders you build, or whether you get two GA's. Just when you try to have them

 

[eyrei]

I would prefer to get mine in the middle ages. At this point in the game, I am usually at war, and the large number of extra shields really helps in pumping out units. Also, there are a number of wonders at this stage that I really like to have. Of course, this is hard to accomplish, since most of my favorite civs have ancient unique units.