Mr. Civtastic
Prince
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- Jan 2, 2006
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Reading all the SE talk about how it slows down around liberalism because great scientists cant fully lightbulb techs and they come at a slower rate had me thinking...what if great people scaled?
The main problem would be deciding when they should scale up...maybe at a certain point in time set by difficulty and length of game, or if a certain number of civs (maybe 2 or 3) have, say...education, then your gs can fully lightbulb education.
We could have great scientists continue to fully lightbulb techs. Great engineers fully build wonders. Great artist's culture bombs could increase. Same with Great merchant's trade missions.
Would this be close to historically accurate? I think yes and no. Surely today we have better construction tools, more outlets to spread works of culture, more methods of selling and trading, more sharing of knowledge. But at the same time, as things become more complex work often becomes a group effort. Things like computers, nuclear power, space flight...they are the product of many men. But then again, you'd be hard-pressed to convice me that the design and construction of pyramids was a single man. You could go both ways with this.
I especially like the idea of being able to fully lightbulb if a certain number of techs have it. A "great scientist" would surely study other people's work and be able to duplicate it a little quicker. Things like the soviet union and nuclear weapons, the u.s. space program come to mind.
The main question, would this be too powerful? Imagine if someone could build the space elevator in one turn. Thats ALOT of hammers...but is it more then the pyramids at their period of time? Same thing with tech...is biology more beakers that that point in time then philosophy at its point?
This still could be somewhat held in check by great people point requirements increasing with each great person produced.
Thoughts?
The main problem would be deciding when they should scale up...maybe at a certain point in time set by difficulty and length of game, or if a certain number of civs (maybe 2 or 3) have, say...education, then your gs can fully lightbulb education.
We could have great scientists continue to fully lightbulb techs. Great engineers fully build wonders. Great artist's culture bombs could increase. Same with Great merchant's trade missions.
Would this be close to historically accurate? I think yes and no. Surely today we have better construction tools, more outlets to spread works of culture, more methods of selling and trading, more sharing of knowledge. But at the same time, as things become more complex work often becomes a group effort. Things like computers, nuclear power, space flight...they are the product of many men. But then again, you'd be hard-pressed to convice me that the design and construction of pyramids was a single man. You could go both ways with this.
I especially like the idea of being able to fully lightbulb if a certain number of techs have it. A "great scientist" would surely study other people's work and be able to duplicate it a little quicker. Things like the soviet union and nuclear weapons, the u.s. space program come to mind.
The main question, would this be too powerful? Imagine if someone could build the space elevator in one turn. Thats ALOT of hammers...but is it more then the pyramids at their period of time? Same thing with tech...is biology more beakers that that point in time then philosophy at its point?
This still could be somewhat held in check by great people point requirements increasing with each great person produced.
Thoughts?
