Great Artists not ending anarchy anymore

[carl corey]

Has anyone else noticed this? In my latest game with the Dutch I planned of getting a Greek city as a foothold on the continent, then burn a Great Artist in it to allow faster healing and to give it a great border boost once I take the surrounding cities. Surprise, surprise, the anarchy didn't end, so all I got was 4000 culture but no border pops, nothing. Was this intended or a bug?

 

[Spearthrower]

It's intended.

The borders will pop when it comes out of anarchy, but this use of the GA is, unfortunately, removed.

 

[carl corey]

Drat... It was probably the single best use of a Great Artist. Now it's back to using it for Golden Ages and cultural victories (very situational), which makes the Great Artist very weak compared to the other great persons.

 

[Soneji]

Yes I expected to bomb Madrid back into action, and had kept the GA for it.

However the pop came after the city returned to normal.

Pah, pathetic.

 

[Maestro_Innit]

Yeah, I noticed this - LAME

 

[DrJambo]

I recently reported this as a bug. How do we know it's intended? It was about the best use for GAs. Shame.

 

[Soneji]

Yes, it takes away their strongest ability.

To snap a captured capitol back into line, and strengthen your culture in your new region.



pah

 

[Jet]

I've heard it was a very strong tactic in multiplayer. If they changed it intentionally, maybe that's why.

 

[Soneji]

Yes, but it has ruined it for those who don't play multiplayer and who don't have mega farms throwing out a GA every other decade...

 

[VilleDick]

Has anyone else noticed this? In my latest game with the Dutch I planned of getting a Greek city as a foothold on the continent, then burn a Great Artist in it to allow faster healing and to give it a great border boost once I take the surrounding cities. Surprise, surprise, the anarchy didn't end, so all I got was 4000 culture but no border pops, nothing. Was this intended or a bug?

Yeah pretty much, had the artist ready to go for Chichen Itza, ended up not getting it and couldn't even whip up some defense and lost the city 2 turns later. Man was I pissed.