the future Age

[Winston]

I can't see any point in mixing game genres by sticking in mech warriors as futuristic units. I think the terminator-type cyborgs in syndicate wars with the lightning guns and hand-held nuclear grenades are cool but I wouldn't want to see them in civ. Civ 3 should feature historical, contemporary, and NEAR FUTURE (i.e. next 50 years) units because NOBODY knows what war machines and weaponry will be developed beyond that period of time

 

[EddyG17]

you are right wiston, NEAR FUTURE, the only nwe unit I see in at that time is the "land warrior"

 

[Winston]

Im glad you agree EddyG17. IMO I think the futuristic units could be AI controlled planes, tanks, ships etc and maybe they could have some sci fi type aircraft based upon the kind of stuff people have seen flying over Area 51

 

[EddyG17]

i also see those god damned smart bombs get even smarter

 

[Furius]

The Smart bombs are smart, it is just the people launching them seem to be much less cautous about where to send them. A smarter bomb will blow up hospitals just as often.

 

[Eastern Knight]

good idea about Hollywood and SkyCity

 

[SoCalian]

Don't forget the Underwater cities!

 

[EddyG17]

but underwater cities are not in the NEAR future, NEAR!!!!

 

[Pirate]

In the near future, military will be small, cheap (relative to stealth bombers, which isn't saying much), and remote. The people that brought up the U.S. Predator are on the right track. However, no war will every be brought to a conclusion without boots on the ground. Units in the future era of CIV should eventually have extraordinary bombard and recon range. But tanks will hardly improve.

Here's an interesting wrinkle: Space based weapons are not fantasy, but don't expect them to shoot lasers to earth. More likely they will take out our enemies spy and communication satellites. Unfortunately this will also create a shell of shrapnel moving at 26,000 miles per hour orbiting the earth and will make it impossible for anyone to lauch anything into orbit or beyond. A microscopic piece of paint moving that fast can punch a hole in the walls of spacecraft. Should a space war break out in future civ, all spaceship parts will be shredded and no one can build and launch spacecraft until they build an "orbital cleanup satellite wonder."

 

[Petrucio]

How abaout the apocalypse era? I would start after the building of the Nuclear War "wonder". This era would come after the future era. Its wonders would be: Clean water and Re-fertilization of the soil.

I guess this Idea would be better for a scenario...

 

[Eastern Knight]

and man-made island

 

[SoCalian]

You can't argue that underwater cities would be cool.

 

[Furius]

You can't argue that underwater cities would be cool.

I can and I do, they would be cool.

 

[Mr. Dictator]

Originally posted by Eastern Knight
and man-made island

like that japanese airport (cant remember the name)

 

[Eastern Knight]

@ SoCalian: Underwater cities ARE cool
@ Mr. Dictator: You meant the Hong Kong airport, that's the biggest man-made island in the world.

 

[Furius]

There's one in Japan too, built on a whole heap of rubbish I think. They mucked it up, though and it sags in the middle, slowly sinking.

 

[Eastern Knight]

for real?

 

[Furius]

I think so, I saw it on a documentry years ago.

 

[EddyG17]

have you saw the documentary about sky cty in discovery Science? It said sky city was going to be mad tall and that could solve the land crush in tokyo.

 

[casual_moose]

in a buisness week magazine a saw a futuristic looking soldier it said they might have it done in ten years IIRC. it sorta looked like a clone trooper a bit