New approach to the wonder race

[historix69]

Idea :
All wonders start as National Wonders, so every player can build them with a guarantied benefit.

Variant A : The player who first finishes a certain wonder gets his wonder promoted to a Wonder of the World and gets an extra bonus.

Variant B : wonders are built similar to world fair ... there is a minimum cost but the player is free to invest more ressources. When the era of the wonder ends, e.g. by having a player reaching the next era, the wonder with the most ressources spent gets promoted to a Wonder of the World and gets an extra bonus.

 

[TheKillerNacho]

Honestly, I'd settle for a system that you can actually see somewhat what wonders are being built, where. Not knowing the risks/rewards of starting a particular wonder always annoys me.

 

[Ryika]

Honestly, I'd settle for a system that you can actually see somewhat what wonders are being built, where. Not knowing the risks/rewards of starting a particular wonder always annoys me.

I think Cynther found a good balance with his Wonder Race Mod:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=656292791

More information (aka knowing which wonder is built, even if you're not trying to build it yourself, or by whom) would be overkill in my opinion.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Knowledge should be mitigated by distance and sophistication of communications. In the ancient age, a player should hear about nearby wonders in detail, especially if they have relations with the nation that is building it. As distances increase, the information should deteriorate in both content and accuracy.

 

[chaosprophet]

Honestly, I'd settle for a system that you can actually see somewhat what wonders are being built, where. Not knowing the risks/rewards of starting a particular wonder always annoys me.

You can kinda do that now. Wonders as they are being built appear in a half built state on the map, so keeping an eye on your neighbors may help you identify wonders they're building. On a huge map with tons of civs there isn't much you can do until late game though.