Great Lighthouse or Great Library

[delra]

Great Lighthouse = +1 movement +1 sight range for all military naval units
Great Library = +1 free technology (so Civil Service slingshot into Patronage and food from fresh water tiles)

Archipelago map, 1 dude per island. What would you build if you can't have both?

 

[aimlessgun]

If I had any faith in the AI's ability to effectively fight at sea I'd look seriously at the lighthouse. But right now, meh.

 

[Dermo]

First Game I played was England on an Archipelago. I beelined for Gr Lighthouse, and while it was really cool (for a while) to have ships zipping all over the map, It wasn't all that useful given the AI's apparent inability/unwillingness to engage in naval combat or launch an oversea campaing
*** at least based on my experience and anecdotal evidence from other postings***
All else being equal I would go for the Gr Library

 

[Ahriman]

English ships can zip over the map without needing the Lighthouse.

 

[phillydilly]

Other thing about Great Library to beeline CS is it opens up the patronage policy tree.

 

[bhavv]

I initially planned on playing England with the GLH, but after trying out the game, Babylon with Glib is much much better.

 

[OMG Hexes]

Until the AI is capable of building navy units, the GLH is useless in all but multiplayer.

 

[delra]

It'd be nice if devs looked in here. Crushing victory of Great Library on a freaking archipelago kind of proves some wonders just don't cut it...