Just a thing other than gameplay

[UFDelt]

One thing that bothers me about Civ now is that there are very few songs to listen to while I play. How simple would it be to just simply add the ability to play your own music? Not that I need an excuse to play Civ for any longer than I already do, but if I'm going to play for several hours, it would be nice to listen to something else than the incredibly annoying repetitive tones that are played now.

Also something I think definetly needs to be added and I think it's amazing that it's not added now is a NON-AGGRESSION TREATY. I can't tell you how many times I've had to go to war simply b/c I couldn't sign one of those.

Finally, something I think is majorly important and will make the game much more challenging and more realisitic. There needs to be a cost to making roads and railroads. I hate setting my workers on auto and watching roads and railroads sprawl out all over land. Also there should be a certain amount of upkeep for the roads. Historically nations with poor road systems are poor nations. Besides, until you can switch to a government where you can hurry improvements through buying them, money is essentially useless (except with buying resources from other nations- but what does that money get them??) This would make your road system slimmer b/c you wouldn't want to maintain an expensive road system which would in turn make bombing runs or pillaging of roads that much more strategic as well as the protection of those roads. I have to say that I don't build any fortresses or place any units outside of my cities b/c I don't really need to. It would be cool to see fortresses and other blockades needed to be used.

OH YEAH AND A BIG BIG BIG P.S.- NO SWORDSMAN, CAVALRY, MUSKETMAN, ELEPHANT OR ANY OTHER LESS THAN MODERN UNIT SHOULD EVER BE ABLE TO DESTROY MY MODERN ARMOR. I can understand a guerilla being able to, not a phalanx.

P.P.S.- Please give submarines the respect they deserve. There is nothing more deadly in the seas than a nuclear attack submarine. Little can be done to stop one of those. They need to get an attack of 30 or something IMO. They should be able to withdraw- THEY'RE FREAKING SUBMARINES! Sea units should be able to attack more than once as well.

I think that's enough, I'm sure more ideas will pop in soon enough.

 

[warpstorm]

There needs to be a cost to making roads and railroads.

There is. You are paying one gold a turn for each of these workers.

 

[sealman]

A non-agression treaty is basically a peace treaty, in game speak.

 

[Myzenium]

One thing that bothers me about Civ now is that there are very few songs to listen to while I play. How simple would it be to just simply add the ability to play your own music? Not that I need an excuse to play Civ for any longer than I already do, but if I'm going to play for several hours, it would be nice to listen to something else than the incredibly annoying repetitive tones that are played now.

Hey, I like those "repetitive tones"! However, I agree that you should be permitted to listen to whatever music you want while playing Civ.

 

[Aussie_Lurker]

That might be true, WS, but if you disband all of those workers, you still have ALL of your roads and RR's-at NO ongoing cost. I think it would be far more reasonable if Roads, RR's, mines and the like cost a certain amount of gpt. Mines and airbases would have a fixed cost/improvement, wheras roads and rr's would have a cost/x tiles. This, more than any other feature, would go far towards ending both Road/RR sprawl and the major battalions of workers that end up plaguing the modern age of the game!
I agree with a non-aggression pact, but I would much prefer to see a cease-fire agreement. Something between war and non-agression, if that makes sense. Easier to break than a peace treaty or non-agression pact, and with much less of a reputation hit. Also, peace treaties and non-agression pacts would be for fixed times, wheras cease-fires exist until one side or the other breaks it, or upgrades it. This could give you a situation similar to that on the Korean peninsula-where no formal peace exists between the two powers-only a cease-fire-but a cease fire that has lasted for over 50 YEARS!!!

Yours,
Aussie_Lurker.

 

[croxis]

The game black and white had a plugin that tied into Winamp, where you can control it from in game.

 

[UFDelt]

Warpstorm- that's paying laborers, notice how you don't pay anything for your "slaves".

Sealman- A non agression treaty is different than a peace treaty. That's what Hitler and Stalin had and what allowed Hitler to conquer most of Europe. It might not be peace but it says when **** goes down, I won't start a fight with you which is different than saying I'm at peace with you. They also definetly need to bring back the cease fire that Civ2 had.