King Phaedron
Warlord
- Joined
- Oct 9, 2017
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Usually, you get more out of making more cities, rather then building things like Campus and universities. It would be an interesting if a certain focus allowed discovery of secret advancements, and also that technologies could be lost at the end of the Antiquity and Exploration eras. Some ideas include: Greek Fire, Alchemy, and Tartarian free energy devices, but for the ancients, the biggest technology we lost was how to melt stone and build those huge ancient stones from scratch all of which fit together perfectly.
Basically, the secret to building the Pyramids, and other massive structures like the Temple of Jupiter, the Statue of Zeus, Stonehenge, etc. Game Application may requires this advanced stone masonry science to do certain things, but not all ancient wonders required this. Hanging Gardens and the Lighthouse for instance. Perhaps if one did not have the secret technology themselves, they could still hire stone workers from a friendly civilization through a trade deal or something, and then your projects would depend on keeping good relations with them. Just some ideas. I think secret technologies that eventually become lost would be a lot of fun.
Perhaps Alchemy would involve constructing Apothacariums where nice things like potions and poisons are made, and if one had taken the time to produce those limited resources, wounded units could use them on the battlefield, archers could make poison tipped arrows, etc. Greek fire is a good one, perhaps allows access to constructing Dromons.
Well, here is how everything was made. Prepare to have your mind blown.
Or perhaps an even better idea would be to just have an advanced level of every Tech on the Tech Tree. So that you can learn the basic, of if Science focuses, the advanced form. Advanced writing leading to a better library, Advanced Pottery eventually leading to a gold investment in later eras when your grannerys contain something like ancient and valuable Ming Vase. Advanced Math leading to more effective Catapults. But if you wanted to unlock the advanced form of anything, you would need proper science buildings instead of just making more cities.
Basically, the secret to building the Pyramids, and other massive structures like the Temple of Jupiter, the Statue of Zeus, Stonehenge, etc. Game Application may requires this advanced stone masonry science to do certain things, but not all ancient wonders required this. Hanging Gardens and the Lighthouse for instance. Perhaps if one did not have the secret technology themselves, they could still hire stone workers from a friendly civilization through a trade deal or something, and then your projects would depend on keeping good relations with them. Just some ideas. I think secret technologies that eventually become lost would be a lot of fun.
Perhaps Alchemy would involve constructing Apothacariums where nice things like potions and poisons are made, and if one had taken the time to produce those limited resources, wounded units could use them on the battlefield, archers could make poison tipped arrows, etc. Greek fire is a good one, perhaps allows access to constructing Dromons.
Well, here is how everything was made. Prepare to have your mind blown.
Or perhaps an even better idea would be to just have an advanced level of every Tech on the Tech Tree. So that you can learn the basic, of if Science focuses, the advanced form. Advanced writing leading to a better library, Advanced Pottery eventually leading to a gold investment in later eras when your grannerys contain something like ancient and valuable Ming Vase. Advanced Math leading to more effective Catapults. But if you wanted to unlock the advanced form of anything, you would need proper science buildings instead of just making more cities.
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