valamas
Prince
Silly me. I thought they were a world wonder till now :S. Haha, I wondered why the other CIVS took so long to build it!
Moai Statues.... what the hell?!
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Sidney Magal
Latin Lover
Nevermind.
CornPlanter
Emperor
Kremlin is almost a parody of USSR
For those of us who used to live there and then, and still remember a thing or two, it's quite clear...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Years_Plan
The article is quite informative, however, nothing can compare with actual living in a country like that... tho luckily at the times of that mad (over)production rushes I was still a kid, no first hand work experience :>
BTW for those who didnt know yet, pictured in Civ4 is not the Kremlin. It's St. Basil's Cathedral which has absolutely nothing to do with Kremlin, apart from being quite close to it (at the same Red Squere, Moscow). I can't believe no Civ4 patch fixed this yet.
awesome
Meme Lord
i just thought of something the other day...a good effect for the maoi statues could be +1 movement for all naval units. it kind of makes sense, since in real life, they're just on some random island.
Yared
That Guy
But then it'd be forced to become a world wonder?
Or do you mean 1+ for every naval unit produced in that city?
Or do you mean 1+ for every naval unit produced in that city?
awesome
Meme Lord
yeah, it'd be a world wonder.
Yared
That Guy
Maybe there should be a national wonder giving you the +1 movement? I could imagine it making naval warfare a tiny spicier.
What would that wonder be called? Perhaps a famous port?
What would that wonder be called? Perhaps a famous port?
awesome
Meme Lord
that could get interesting, but then you'd probably just have that city be your dedicated shipyard
Yared
That Guy
Yapp, imagine if you're the Vikings, the first to circumnaviate the world (which isnt that unlikely considering that the Viking UB gives you a nice advantage) and blitz... 
Still. You can't survive with just having 1 shipyard.
Still. You can't survive with just having 1 shipyard.
WolfHound22
Chieftain
Well the Moai Statues aren't the only "duplicated" national wonder. In the real world, there's only one Mt. Rushmore, Hermitage, Oxford University, Wall Street, etc. etc.
Most of them are just the most iconic example of something that could be generalised.
There are institues of higher learning, financial centres and cultural hubs that deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as Oxford University, Wall Street or the Hermitage.
Mt. Rushmore works as well if we're not getting hung up on the shape and look at it as an example of an impressive national monument (although a national wonder having a global effect is inelegant as well imo).
The Moai Statues on the other hand are fairly unique - no civ has something similar (in game mechanics: barbarians built it first).
There are institues of higher learning, financial centres and cultural hubs that deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as Oxford University, Wall Street or the Hermitage.
Mt. Rushmore works as well if we're not getting hung up on the shape and look at it as an example of an impressive national monument (although a national wonder having a global effect is inelegant as well imo).
The Moai Statues on the other hand are fairly unique - no civ has something similar (in game mechanics: barbarians built it first).
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