posted July 10, 2001 01:37 AM
In fundy i spent money to make money in a game i had the max of 126 cities on psx and made 5000 gold a turn but on the computer it could probably to get close to 10,000 gold a turn since the max is 255 cities.
Fundy pales in comparison to the massive amounts of gold a good Democracy can generate. In GOTM 6, I am cranking out and spending about 15,000 to 20,000 gold per turn. In slow years, when I research 6 advances per turn, I only take in about 10,000. Of course, expenses are about 4,000 per turn. And I have nowhere near even 200 cities... closer to 100, I think. But I demand a lot of effort from my democracy, and I'm not at war. Fundamentalism is simply too pathetic in late game, unless lack of war planning demands a free hand in the use of nukes and aggression in a random way that a Democracy cannot allow (e.g., the damn Senate).
I ran a quick test. I can generate 26,000 gold (gross) per turn under Fundy, but only 23,000 (gross) in Democracy. However, I gain about 10,000 gold per turn from freight under democracy. In Fundamentalism, that rate would be cut to about 5,500 to 6,000. At 20% science, fundy can get an advance once every 2 turns. This is terrible, because, all the Fundy science (except for about 10 beakers) is wasted... flushed down the drain, every turn. Gone. Kaput. Might as well just throw that 20% away... its no good as luxuries or science.
And the hidden penalty is the instant growth that is essential to fuel my Democracy is gone under Fundy. If I had been in Fendy during the last 20 or so turns, Fundy would be cranking out about 6,000 gold every turn, not 26,000. It is Democracy that made this possible!
