[NFP] Monopolies and Corporations Game Mode Discussion Thread

[TheMarshmallowBear]

Has anyone used corporations with the Owls secret society? I have no mods but only one Gilded Vault shows up on the Great Work screen even though I have built them in several cities. I just established my first corporation but the one GV has no slot for a product and as I said none of the other GV from other cities are listed on the Great Work screen.

Guilded Vault replace Banks. You need Stock Exchanges to store the Industry Products.

 

[AntSou]

so what is your overall opinion on this mode? Nay because it is OP and shouldn't be tried until Fraxis nerfs them a bit?

That's what I did. I wouldn't enjoy the game with Culture Victory turned off.

 

[iammaxhailme]

I'm not sure if this is intended but I got the "top hat and a monocle" achievement really early... I just improved two of the same luxury and it popped (oddly, I think it popped like three or four turns later?). This was just tea with plantations... it's my first monopolies game, so I don't even know how it works yet. I am researching the industry tile improvement right now but don't think I have it yet (could be wrong)

 

[anonxanemone]

I noticed that playing on the Switch version is at a disadvantage when it comes to finding luxury resources to get a monopoly. What do you think are the chances of the function being ported... before the final update?

 

[The googles do nothing]

My first resource was Pearls and being on the coast I had not built any HS because I had neither mountains nor natural wonders. Perhaps its a way of balancing out that the coast not having high adjacency HS, and would 'unbalanced' to have currency resources? I've only started one game so I'm not sure how the other lux interact as resources.

 

[iammaxhailme]

I think I spent the last few hours of my first monopolies game fighting over niter, not a luxury. Strategics really should be corporatizable as well. I mean, it's not like people have ever fought over oil or anything...

 

[InsidiousMage]

I noticed that playing on the Switch version is at a disadvantage when it comes to finding luxury resources to get a monopoly. What do you think are the chances of the function being ported... before the final update?

PS4 doesn't have a search function either and I doubt one will every be added any console version of the game at this point if it hasn't already given how basic of function it is.

 

[KingPiggyXXI]

But why do I have only 1 Vault on GW screen?

The Renaissance Era Great Merchant Giovanni de' Medici will instantly build a Market and a Bank (or in your case, a Market and a Gilded Vault) and give it two Great Work slots that can hold anything. Because this special Gilded Vault can hold Great Works, it'll appear on the Great Work screen. As you mentioned, there's only one Gilded Vault on the screen - all the other Gilded Vaults don't hold anything.

 

[Brutus2]

The Renaissance Era Great Merchant Giovanni de' Medici will instantly build a Market and a Bank (or in your case, a Market and a Gilded Vault) and give it two Great Work slots that can hold anything. Because this special Gilded Vault can hold Great Works, it'll appear on the Great Work screen. As you mentioned, there's only one Gilded Vault on the screen - all the other Gilded Vaults don't hold anything.

I realized this just after I posted. I should have taken 1 more minute to think about it. Thanks.

 

[anonxanemone]

PS4 doesn't have a search function either and I doubt one will every be added any console version of the game at this point if it hasn't already given how basic of function it is.

IIRC the Gossip Log was implemented a little later than the PC version so here's still crossing fingers for the console version search function...

 

[InsidiousMage]

IIRC the Gossip Log was implemented a little later than the PC version so here's still crossing fingers for the console version search function...

The Gossip Log was on PS4 with Rise and Fall/Gathering Storm bundle so I am not expecting any kind of search function on consoles.

 

[anonxanemone]

The Gossip Log was on PS4 with Rise and Fall/Gathering Storm bundle so I am not expecting any kind of search function on consoles.

Ah, I see. It must have been the Diplomacy Ribbon or something I can't seem to remember. I guess only time will tell.

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

It's pretty amusing that they turned the Cultural Victory into the Economic VIctory

 

[xphantomx]

I think the Monopolies and Corporations mode would be a lot more fun if the devs hadn’t stopped AI civs from improving luxury resources all together.

I’m on turn 300 of my marathon game and the 9 other civs have yet to acquire one luxury resource. They only farm strategic ones it seems.

When they said you could form a monopoly around resources with this patch, I didn’t realize they meant by being the only player who has luxuries.

 

[anonxanemone]

I think the Monopolies and Corporations mode would be a lot more fun if the devs hadn’t stopped AI civs from improving luxury resources all together.

I’m on turn 300 of my marathon game and the 9 other civs have yet to acquire one luxury resource. They only farm strategic ones it seems.

When they said you could form a monopoly around resources with this patch, I didn’t realize they meant by being the only player who has luxuries.

Yeah... I'm pretty deligent about keeping up with luxuries I haven't aquired. (I have a bureaucratic system of performing all diplomatic actions at the expiration of alliances. What? You didn't want to be an ally/friend when I asked you but now you want a relationship? You'll have to wait the 30 turn cycle, buddy!) This update made them have not much to trade.

 

[Zyxpsilon]

Wow... 20 pages worth of broken Tourism balance "reports"!

To take a deep breath.. here's something i had fun with.
Just created a custom list of Corporate names (mostly based on reality) for each Luxury types.
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[Kupe Navigator]

after a game as Vietnam with this mode... yeah not playing with this mode till the nerf.
I managed to get the cultural victory even BEFORE I reached stage 3 goverment. It felt like playing with cheat mode on.

 

[Zaarin]

Wow... 20 pages worth of broken Tourism balance "reports"!

To take a deep breath.. here's something i had fun with.
Just created a custom list of Corporate names (mostly based on reality) for each Luxury types.
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But...Maxwell isn't real coffee. Also wrong kind of truffles.

 

[fy00sh]

since i won't be playing with this game mode until the tourism gets fixed, I figured I'd just root thru the files to see what product names there are since I won't be seeing them for a while anyways. Compiled a list of them all for anyone interested, looks like there's 5 product names per resource

Spoiler Citrus :

Tree-Fresh Orange Juice
No-Scurv Lime Juice
Summertime Supplements
Imperial Cross Marmalade
Meier's Oven Baking Supplies

Spoiler Cocoa :

Fugilin Dark Chocolate Bars
Whizzo's Choco-Mix
Heidi's Alpine Hot Chocolate Mix
Xocolatl Spiced Drinking Chocolate
Island Dream Cocoa Butter Lotion

Spoiler Coffee :

Game Designer Fuel Coffee
Neurologically Unsafe Instant Coffee
Kaffa Harrar Roast Coffee
Sopranzetti Espresso
Tampuan Roastery Cold Brew

Spoiler Cotton :

Rugged Hill Jeans
Mahendradatta Batik
Fluffy Sheep Linens
Sur-Dry Diapers
Westford Textiles

Spoiler Diamonds :

Blown Eardrum Speakers
Suvanna Gemstones
Lacero Drill Bits
Infrasound Audio Tech
Monolith All-Consuming Mining Equipment

Spoiler Dyes :

Litham Indigo
King's Scarlet Dyes
Monochrome Colors
Food Dye Red #5
Dai-Iro Industrial Paints

Spoiler Furs :

Arctic Moon Fashions
Marie Antoinette Headwear
Lord Steven's Stovepipe Hats
Mercury Haberdashery
Elysium Angora Yarns

Spoiler Gypsum :

Colossus Construction Supplies
Svadilfari Masonry Supplies
Titanic Construction Materials
Demeter Growth Chemicals
Atlas Insulated Building Material

Spoiler Incense :

Nag Champa
Phra-jan Dara Sandalwood Aromas
Franks Incense
Love Potion #8
Stink Destroyer Air Freshener

Spoiler Ivory :

Hattori Hanzo Hilts
Bertie Wooster's Billiard Balls
Aana Ivory Fashions
Xiangya Fashions
Tickle Piano Keys

Spoiler Jade :

Hongshan Luxury
Immortal Beauty Jade
Nuwang
Pearl Delta
Savannakhet

Spoiler Marble :

Augustine Marble Finishing
Alabaster Masonry
No-Burp Antacid
Attila's Scouring Powder
Morte Monoliths

Spoiler Mercury :

Sur-Read Thermometers
Martine Dependable Thermometers
Centennial Light Bulbs
Metalhead Brain Wires
Fire Axis Thermostats

Spoiler Pearls :

Night Tide Baubles
Setesuyara Cosmetics
Aunt Enid's Clutching Pearls
String of Stars Necklaces
Merrow Case Oysters

Spoiler Salt :

Waimanalo Huli Huli Chicken Spice
Adder's Tongue Medical Supply
Mom's Pickling Supplies
Keep-it-Down Preservative
Flayvur Seasoning

Spoiler Silk :

Atas Luxury Textiles
Saratsawadi Medical Supply
Far North Field Medical Supply
Hung Vuong Fine Fabrics
Dock 2 Living Decor

Spoiler Silver :

Dark of the Moon Silver Jewelry
Fadaka Designs
Megastorm Microcontrollers
Connecto Precision Switches
Unforgettable Photography

Spoiler Spices :

Archipelago Nutmeg
Pueblo Kitchen Chili Powder
Gondavana Cinnamon
East Indies Nutmeg
Volcano Chili Sauce

Spoiler Sugar :

Mama Theresa's Baking Sugar
Bubba Mubba Bubble Gum
Rock's Penny Candy
Sucro-Cola
Ed Teach's Homestyle Molasses

Spoiler Tea :

Saratsawati Chai
Sea Urchin Green Tea
First Flush White Tea
Asa-no-Sencha
Sun-Never-Sets Tea

Spoiler Tobacco :

Mountain Fresh Cigarettes
Coughing Cowboy Cigarettes
Petit Dictator Cigars
Burnt Bourbon Flavored Tobacco
Stockholm Snuff

Spoiler Truffles :

Boar's Bounty Truffles
Abydos Truffle Oil
Pig Snout Truffles
Autumn Twilight
Sniffing Pig Artisinal Eats

Spoiler Wine :

Del Sol Malbec
Kvevris Saperavi
L'Ombre Cabernet
Villa Scintillante Prosecco
Grunental Sekt

Spoiler Amber :

Griffin's Plume
Tsarskoye Ambers
Namsai Perfume
Jurassic Gems Amber
Fragrant Sheep Perfume

Spoiler Olives :

Kalamata Dream Olive Oil
Byzantine Dawn Olive Oil
No-Granny Youth Preserving Cream
Face-Off Facial Restorer
Martinese Pickled Olives

Spoiler Honey :

Late Summer Pure Honey
Nature's Hive Royal Jelly
Whanganui Manuka Honey
Abe's Apis Probiotics
Royal Buzz Pollinators

Spoiler Turtles :

Mary Shelly Eyeglass Frames
Palawan Shores Hair Accessories
Wujin Beauty Supplies
Gulinggao Turtle Jelly
Lord McConnell's Decidedly Not Mock Turtle Soup

Spoiler Whales :

Melville's Plenty Lamp Oil
Moldywarp's Ambrosia
Whalebarf Ambergris
Ishmael's Lamp Oil
Kujirasan's Lubricants

 

[Stringer1313]

Small bug. I used the Great Merchant Caopelus(sp?), the one that duplicates an existing luxury resource. I had one silver and duplicated it, but I still wasn't able to build an industry on the one silver that I had.