Golden Ages
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Yes, they are good.
CouNterOrdeR
Chieftain
^lol. I wouldnt use the first couple gp to start a golden age though. The more tiles you work(more cities/largerempire) the more you gain from a golden age.
BigTime
Prince
I tend to use GP for GAs later in the game. In the early game they are not as efficient as you haven't fully set up your cities + improvments. I usually settle them/create their building (GP shrine/Academy). GAs are much more efficient around the Renaissance Era where your economy is usually fully set up. (i.e. cities grown, cottages matured, etc.)
I usually do a rough calculation in my head to work out if I think it is worth starting a golden age or not. I count my cities, and estimate how many extra hammers and coins I'll be getting per city, and hence estimate the total extra hammers and coins - then compare that that to settling the specialist(s). Of course, you have to bear in mind that the golden age is a short turn boost, and settling is a long term boost - and each golden age costs more specialists... So I usually save my golden ages until my civ is pretty big - unless I get a specialist that I just don't know what to do with. -- It's also worth remembering that although settling the specialists will almost certainly give you more bonus in the long run, it's much more valuable to get a bonus _right now_ than it is to get it gradually in the future.
-- that was probably an unhelpful rant. In short, I usually start one or two golden ages, but not near the start of the game.
-- that was probably an unhelpful rant. In short, I usually start one or two golden ages, but not near the start of the game.
Brian Boru
Prince
The Mausoleum is surely one of the best ROI wonders in the game--if you have it, then GAs are a very good use of GPs and a Golden Age strategy is viable, usually allied to another victory strat.
Going that route, my first GA is usually the Taj Mahal, and my second is after getting early Industrialism--the Factories and Power leverage the extra GA hammers, so get 'em up asap. Then you should have 3-4 more GAs to play with, esp if you target the free GP techs.
Without the Mausoleum and a GA strat, I usually only look for one GA during industrialization. Don't forget that a GA gives free civic changes, so if you're building industry or space, then you want to be in Org Rel and Caste, and probably State Property.
Going that route, my first GA is usually the Taj Mahal, and my second is after getting early Industrialism--the Factories and Power leverage the extra GA hammers, so get 'em up asap. Then you should have 3-4 more GAs to play with, esp if you target the free GP techs.
Without the Mausoleum and a GA strat, I usually only look for one GA during industrialization. Don't forget that a GA gives free civic changes, so if you're building industry or space, then you want to be in Org Rel and Caste, and probably State Property.
I would usually only use one Great Person for a golden age during the course of the game, that too if i could spare him, i look at it more like "Nitrous" in drag racing, you need to time it right to really maximise utility, try to use it just when you are about to get lib and slingshot ahead to cannons and tak over the world for example.
BTW - keep Great People around if you cant find an immeadiate use for them. Dont just blow them away.
BTW - keep Great People around if you cant find an immeadiate use for them. Dont just blow them away.
Loki Strikes
Prince
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I tend to use a golden age around 1 AD - 400 AD with either the music GA or a Scientist to push out 4-6 scientists in rapid succession through caste/pacifism/100% golden age boost/starving cities to power to lib and hopefully take steel, if I have marble I may go for a slightly earlier lib-nat and build Taj to chain GA's
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