I believe Mt Everest takes up 5 Hexes, and each one will assumeably give +2 prod and +3 gold, Just make sure you have some good farm land nearby and it could be a good location, not to mention having a huge impassable mountain to your flank has some interesting defensive properties, i.e forcing the attack on the front/left flank.
Natural Wonders look awesome.
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Centurio
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Is this actually a universally liked addition to Civilization V? Then again, one would be hard pressed to find a reason not to like these wonderful set pieces.
DonStamos
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If they were to put in nine more, my guesses would be:
La Brea Tar Pits
Ayers Rock
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Mauna Loa or Kiluwea (as volcanic islands)
Lake Baikal (or similar such as a Great Lake or Salt Lake)
Everglades (semi-useful marsh)
Devil's Tower (in desert)
Glacier Bay (why not have a coastal wonder?)
Galapagos Island(s) (perhaps with a science boost?)
If they do a waterfall they should do Angel, Victoria or Niagara.
La Brea Tar Pits
Ayers Rock
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Mauna Loa or Kiluwea (as volcanic islands)
Lake Baikal (or similar such as a Great Lake or Salt Lake)
Everglades (semi-useful marsh)
Devil's Tower (in desert)
Glacier Bay (why not have a coastal wonder?)
Galapagos Island(s) (perhaps with a science boost?)
If they do a waterfall they should do Angel, Victoria or Niagara.
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although facts could have changed, the great barrier reef is the only natural wonder to take up more than one hex, mt everest just looks like it does.
no, great barrier reef was given as an example of a natural wonder taking up more than one hex, it wasn't said to be the only one taking up more than one tile, and you can CLEARLY see that everest takes up 5+ hexes, the entire 5+ hexed size garganteoun in one mountain with a snowy cap that covers the middle of the "one mountain" but in terms of tiles the snow is in the corner of 5+ hexes, it is 5+ hexes big, look at it again David, it is clear to see.
Heres a slightly more zoomed out view, you can clearly see it is 5+ enitre hexes.
The safe assumption would be that each hex will give +2 prod and +3 gold, that is just an assumption, but it makes more sense than only 1 hex out of the 5+ it covers being productive.
I mean its clear to see it's on a mountain range, and it goes out 1 hex further to the east and a few hexes south, but the main 5 hex cluster with the snow ontop definitely are all the Mt. Everest if not the entire mountain range.
edit:// now I have looked a little closer, I think the snow is actually only in 3 hexes, with 2 normal mountains above Mt. Everest, 1 East and several south. If the entire range isn't considered "part" of Mt. Everest then It may be just the three hexes in the middle with snow that give the bonus, and you can clearly see the 3 hex wide Mt.Everest Snowy Peaks three little peaks infact that are slightly higher than the normal like mountains.
Darn its really hard to tell... the snow might even be considered to be in 4 hexes including the south mountain, so it could be 4 hexes wide. Suffice to say, it is not simply "1 hex big"
That really is an impressive wonder.
Edit part2:// looking closer, why the hell is that scout standing on a mountain... maybe that isn't considered to be "part of Mt. Everest" if thats the case... then we are back to 3 or 2 hexes. OMG SO CONFUSING, we will have to wait for an ingame look at the monstrousity.
Heres a slightly more zoomed out view, you can clearly see it is 5+ enitre hexes.
The safe assumption would be that each hex will give +2 prod and +3 gold, that is just an assumption, but it makes more sense than only 1 hex out of the 5+ it covers being productive.
I mean its clear to see it's on a mountain range, and it goes out 1 hex further to the east and a few hexes south, but the main 5 hex cluster with the snow ontop definitely are all the Mt. Everest if not the entire mountain range.
edit:// now I have looked a little closer, I think the snow is actually only in 3 hexes, with 2 normal mountains above Mt. Everest, 1 East and several south. If the entire range isn't considered "part" of Mt. Everest then It may be just the three hexes in the middle with snow that give the bonus, and you can clearly see the 3 hex wide Mt.Everest Snowy Peaks three little peaks infact that are slightly higher than the normal like mountains.
Darn its really hard to tell... the snow might even be considered to be in 4 hexes including the south mountain, so it could be 4 hexes wide. Suffice to say, it is not simply "1 hex big"
That really is an impressive wonder.
Edit part2:// looking closer, why the hell is that scout standing on a mountain... maybe that isn't considered to be "part of Mt. Everest" if thats the case... then we are back to 3 or 2 hexes. OMG SO CONFUSING, we will have to wait for an ingame look at the monstrousity.
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I know it looks 5 hexes big, Ian. But those hexes around it are probably regular mounted tiles, that have been blended with the natural wonder to give it, its beast like appearance.
Edit- again the snow is 95% on the central hex, they have designed the games graphics, so that features on one terrain bleed slightly onto others, hence making mt everest seem truly fugigantic.
If I remeber rightly... they had like monoliths that provided bonuses, as well as some large ancient ruins that provided bonuses, they also had some great terrain features, like volacnos, but I don't think they did anything, no bonuses or danger.
Danchops
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That doesn't seem to me to be all that much more odd than having, say, J.S. Bach's Cathedral built in Tenochtitlan. Kind of par for the course.
Huh? Well ofcourse the tile says "its owned by Siam", it says so on the tool tip, but this would not indicate anything from anyother tile. Though I'm fairly sure now after close inspection and david's theorising, that it could be a 1 tile wonder made to look much bigger.
I love this new addition, I just love finding stuff besides more land. I wish the Grand Canyon was there, but it probably wouldn't be very useful. Or the Aurora Borealis. I hear Victoria Falls is quite pretty too.
Though I might like these too much because I love playing Earth Maps.
Though I might like these too much because I love playing Earth Maps.
A couple people mentioned wishing to see Ayer's Rock included in a final build (if we haven't already seen all there is to see, that is), but isn't the Grand Mesa supposed to BE Ayer's Rock? Or is it some other "grand" mesa? Also, it doesn't look too grand in the screenie... The unit next to it dwarfs it in size 
(I guess scales always been a bit cracked in CIV, though)
(I guess scales always been a bit cracked in CIV, though)A couple people mentioned wishing to see Ayer's Rock included in a final build (if we haven't already seen all there is to see, that is), but isn't the Grand Mesa supposed to BE Ayer's Rock? Or is it some other "grand" mesa? Also, it doesn't look too grand in the screenie... The unit next to it dwarfs it in size
There is a formation called the Grand Mesa in Colorado. Yes, that was news to me as well, and probably to most people except the Firaxis designer from Colorado who decided to put it in the game
You can look them up and decided for yourself which one looks as a wonder and which one looks as a really large rock formation.
There is a formation called the Grand Mesa in Colorado. Yes, that was news to me as well, and probably to most people except the Firaxis designer from Colorado who decided to put it in the game
You can look them up and decided for yourself which one looks as a wonder and which one looks as a really large rock formation.
Well look at that. Hrmph. I'd rather have Ayer's Rock!
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