The Eiffel Tower and Broadcast Towers
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JujuLautre
Deity
That's just Civ 
KMadCandy
giggling permanoob
it's super nifty! it can save you having to research a really expensive beaker-wise tech if you have no interest in building the UN. eiffel tower is wicked spiffy!
what i found out today is this ...
you can indeed build Broadway without ever learning Drama. now that is bizarre!
what i found out today is this ...
you can indeed build Broadway without ever learning Drama. now that is bizarre!
ParadigmShifter
Random Nonsense Generator
Yeah you should have at least have to research Terrible Plot, Bad Acting, Lame Music, etc. before Broadway.
Jerrymander
Epistemologist
Lol.
I always build the Eiffel Tower. Because I always have copper. Screw broadcast towers.
I always build the Eiffel Tower. Because I always have copper. Screw broadcast towers.
it's super nifty! it can save you having to research a really expensive beaker-wise tech if you have no interest in building the UN. eiffel tower is wicked spiffy!
what i found out today is this ...
you can indeed build Broadway without ever learning Drama. now that is bizarre!
That's a good idea. Broadway requires Theatre. The Eiffel Tower needs Broadcast Towers. Remember! Firaxis Civ4 Admins are not bright at all. They will say, Thanks for your bug report. We can give you nothing. But, we can say this "Ahh, sorry we forgot that, buy a new expansion!. It's included all bug fix"
KMadCandy
giggling permanoob
i was beelining to mass media to get an early diplomatic victory, hadn't bothered with drama. broadway was in my build list and elizabeth kept trying to trade me drama and archery. the weirdness of the situation clicked in my head. "i can build a wonder that gives me broadcast towers to make every 10% increase in culture more effective ... but i don't have the ability to increase my culture slider. that's awesome!" i didn't actually build it or research drama, but i had to pose a screenshot for giggles.
Aramazd
Deity
Well, IIRC, the Eiffel tower is a broadcast tower, so the bonus makes sense
Lucky The Fox
Prince
Colossian, your logic fails since none of these things are actually bugs but funny little design mistakes.
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Marla_Singer
United in diversity
Actually, it hasn't been built as a broadcast tower. The Eiffel Tower has just been built to prove what we could achieve with steel. Built in 1889, it is the first supertall structure ever built on earth. The Eiffel Tower, which is 324 meter tall (1,063 feet), was then twice taller than anything built in the world before. We had to wait for the Empire State Building 50 years laters to achieve something taller. Still today, the Eiffel Tower hosts the tallest observation deck in Europe.
In 1889, once the Eiffel tower has been built, radio didn't even exist. It's only later, considering that the tower was already there, that it's been thought it could be used as a good radio transmitter.
So :
- No, the Eiffel Tower isn't really a broadcast tower.
- Yes, it makes sense to be able to build it before inventing radio, as that's exactly what happened in the real world.
magicalsushi
Prince
I don't mind that it makes broadcast towers available before they're "meant" to be. That's partly what makes it worth building in the first place. But...
If it's made from steel, why do you get the construction bonus from copper and not from iron?
If it's made from steel, why do you get the construction bonus from copper and not from iron?
RegentMan
Deity
It is from iron. Copper is for the Statue of Liberty (and Colossus).
Jerrymander
Epistemologist
Eh, sorry. I've been away from Civ for a month.
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