Great Library Nitro Boost

[Ouchgeddon]

As a puny little Greece on Monarch, once again Great Library pulls my sorry butt out of the sagging couch potato chair and tosses me straight into a new firm-as-steel era.

GL netted me Iron Working, Construction, Currency, Masonry, Mathematics, Philosophy, Code of Laws, Map Making, Pottery, The Wheel, Horseback Riding, Mysticism and Polytheism (13 techs, no trading required thank you). It also caused Golden Age and since the free techs got me to Medieval era, Scientific trait gets a free Monotheism.

Is this considered early for Medieval Age, especially since I refused to trade techs with any of the 5 other contacted civs?

 

[Lt. 'Killer' M.]

that`s not early, nor late! But it is definately early for someone who does no trading and no research!

I also try for the GL every time, but I hardly ever get it since usually another civ wastes a leader on it. Or the one isolated civ that won`t make contact unitl Astronomy.......

 

[NY Hoya]

the GL is no longer of any use to me or the AI civs under the 1.17 patch. I play as an expansionist civ, so i usually have a several tech lead over the AI throughout the Ancient age, and with the AI propensity to trade techs, it doesn't look like the AI civs get much of a benefit from it either. I play on Regent, but suspect that on higher levels, it probably does benefit the human player who employs the zero research strategy. What used to be a fun race to the GL is no longer....1.18 please.

 

[Lt. 'Killer' M.]

Originally posted by NY Hoya
the GL is no longer of any use to me or the AI civs under the 1.17 patch. I play as an expansionist civ, so i usually have a several tech lead over the AI throughout the Ancient age, and with the AI propensity to trade techs, it doesn't look like the AI civs get much of a benefit from it either. I play on Regent, but suspect that on higher levels, it probably does benefit the human player who employs the zero research strategy. What used to be a fun race to the GL is no longer....1.18 please.

My experience with 1.17 and Emperor on was that it was practically impossible to get the GL - the other civs get Literature so soon they`re half done building the GL before I could start. Also, the production bonus is so severe....

 

[Ouchgeddon]

Agreed. But how does Expansionism help in getting techs, by discovering other civs or free goody huts? I seldom choose Expansionism because its benefits seem to be short lived.

 

[NY Hoya]

Ouchgeddon,

it's all in the goody huts and early contact. I usually end up researching one tech in the ancient era, republic. The others I get from the goody huts, maybe one purchased from another Civ. Along with getting at least one, usually three, settlers from the goody huts, the expansionist trait gives me a huge lead in the early game. Unless I have a bad starting position, it's nearly impossible for the AI civs to catch up to me.