[R&F] Unique Infrastructure Elimination Thread

[AmazonQueen]

2. Arabia - Madrasa [17]
3. Australia - Outback Station [30]
7. Cree - Mekewap [30]
8. Dutch - Polder [20]
13. Germany - Hansa [15]
14. Greece - Acropolis [22+1=23] - The free envoy makes this valuable even if not going for a cultural victory especially with Peracles.
16. Indonesia - Kampung [30]
20. Korea - Seowon [22]
21. Macedon - Basilikoi Paides [23-3=20] - Doesn't suit my playstyle at all. I don't favour large standing armies even if the game does.
22. Mapuche - Chemamull [17]
26. Persia - Pairidaeza [27]
27. Poland - Sukiennice [19]
29. Russia - Lavra [25]
33. Sumeria - Ziggurat [18]

 

[Siptah]

2. Arabia - Madrasa [17]
3. Australia - Outback Station [30]
7. Cree - Mekewap [30]
8. Dutch - Polder [20]
13. Germany - Hansa [15]
14. Greece - Acropolis [23]
16. Indonesia - Kampung [30]
20. Korea - Seowon [22]
21. Macedon - Basilikoi Paides [20-3=17] It is powerful indeed, but I find it quite stupid. It needs the by far worst district to be built in. Then it needs you to keep producing units when you actually have no other incentive by the game to do so otherwise. Sure, I can garrison all my cities with units for the +1 Amenity policy (is to worth building extra units for that?). But after that? I don't need a 10 troop land army in this game to attack or defend, not on any difficulty. And the calculation that it generates 50% science out of your production is a flawed one. Imo it's the weakest of three buildings left, even if only because the Sukiennice replaces a useful building and makes all trade routes stronger.
22. Mapuche - Chemamull [17]
26. Persia - Pairidaeza [27]
27. Poland - Sukiennice [19]
29. Russia - Lavra [25+1=26] I don't get the down votes. To me, it is the best district by a wide margin. Not just for religion. I mean, it kind of guarantees a golden classical age and the first or second religion. Take the tundra pantheon, choose Monumentality, found cities with faith. Later on, buy great people with all that faith, or choose Jesuit education and buy Universities cheaply. It's so easy to go wide peacefully with this. And of course you can just go Lavra + Theatre Square in every city and grab all GWAM the game has to offer if you want. If you are under attack, buy a few units cheaply with faith. I really hope it gets nerfed, actually.
33. Sumeria - Ziggurat [18]

 

[Equilin]

2. Arabia - Madrasa [17]
3. Australia - Outback Station [30]
7. Cree - Mekewap [30]
8. Dutch - Polder [20]
13. Germany - Hansa [15+1=16]: I like it a lot. Instead of placing it near mines (bad for appeal and for my taste, the latter is very important) it goes with another district and resource instead which is very cool imo. So I will keep it alive a bit longer.
14. Greece - Acropolis [23]
16. Indonesia - Kampung [30]
20. Korea - Seowon [22]
21. Macedon - Basilikoi Paides [17-4=13]: Limited use. You will stop building most military units after a while, even when going with domination (especially when the game encourages upgrading) and it needs encampment. At this point in the game it's time to go.
22. Mapuche - Chemamull [17]
26. Persia - Pairidaeza [27]
27. Poland - Sukiennice [19]
29. Russia - Lavra [26]
33. Sumeria - Ziggurat [18]

 

[drubell]

2. Arabia - Madrasa [17]
3. Australia - Outback Station [30]
7. Cree - Mekewap [31] - I love this improvement. Comes immediately in the game and always boosts housing whether the hex is worked, and when it is worked, always boosts production when worked which is always powerful at the start of the game, but this also consistently adds more and more yields as the game moves on. I like this UI for the reason I liked Terrace Farms in Civ 5; give me better food and production and it's difficult to stop me.
8. Dutch - Polder [20]
13. Germany - Hansa [16]
14. Greece - Acropolis [23]
16. Indonesia - Kampung [30]
20. Korea - Seowon [22]
21. Macedon - Basilikoi Paides [14]
22. Mapuche - Chemamull [14] - Seems interesting in concept, but rarely will you be locking in a culture-only hex unless it's already a luxury hex or natural wonder hex. Even then, world wonders and theater adjacencies would always be more reliable than a hex that has a contingent value based on appeal
26. Persia - Pairidaeza [27]
27. Poland - Sukiennice [19]
29. Russia - Lavra [26]
33. Sumeria - Ziggurat [18]

Equilin, the negative is supposed to be -3 not -4. I stealth changed this in my post.

 

[Ceydezed]

2. Arabia - Madrasa [17]
3. Australia - Outback Station [30]
7. Cree - Mekewap [31]
8. Dutch - Polder [20]
13. Germany - Hansa [16]
14. Greece - Acropolis [23]
16. Indonesia - Kampung [30+1 = 31] - I really like water in this game, and it's usually not super easy to work with it. Thanks to the Kampung you can actually colonize the seas. It gives food, it gives habitation, and it gives tourism in the late game so you can even use it to get tourism from water (which you otherwise can't do at all). Most enjoyble UI for me.
20. Korea - Seowon [22]
21. Macedon - Basilikoi Paides [14-3 = 11] - I don't like the leader and i don't like war, so yeah that's a no for me.
22. Mapuche - Chemamull [14]
26. Persia - Pairidaeza [27]
27. Poland - Sukiennice [19]
29. Russia - Lavra [26]
33. Sumeria - Ziggurat [18]

 

[Naeshar]

2. Arabia - Madrasa [17]
3. Australia - Outback Station [30]
7. Cree - Mekewap [31]
8. Dutch - Polder [20]
13. Germany - Hansa [16]
14. Greece - Acropolis [24] 23 + 1 perfectly themed and enhanced theater square. the envoy is more valuable for pericles than gorgo
16. Indonesia - Kampung [31]
20. Korea - Seowon [19] 22 - 3 cheapo and strange. the reversed adjacency bonuses makes Korean campuses a wasted placement for others (conquest) and stupidly overpowered for the AI and human players as well. I like the camp/mine adjacency bonuses though.
21. Macedon - Basilikoi Paides [11]
22. Mapuche - Chemamull [14]
26. Persia - Pairidaeza [27]
27. Poland - Sukiennice [19]
29. Russia - Lavra [26]
33. Sumeria - Ziggurat [18]

 

[Softly]

2. Arabia - Madrasa [17]
3. Australia - Outback Station [30]
7. Cree - Mekewap [31]
8. Dutch - Polder [20]
13. Germany - Hansa [16]
14. Greece - Acropolis [24]
16. Indonesia - Kampung [31]
20. Korea - Seowon [20] 19+1: How is this even a question. If Korea had just the Seowon and no other unique abilities/unique units they would still be at least upper-mid tier. Nothing else on this list could claim that.
21. Macedon - Basilikoi Paides [11]
22. Mapuche - Chemamull [14]
26. Persia - Pairidaeza [27]
27. Poland - Sukiennice [16] 19-3: Good but the worst on the list. Doesn't help that Poland is pushed to build Encampments (for the culture bomb), Holy Sites (for the extra faith and relic slots) and Campuses (you always want campuses) with no real bonuses to growth so takes a while to get you enough trades routes for this to be powerful.
29. Russia - Lavra [26]
33. Sumeria - Ziggurat [18]

 

[Jkchart]

New
2. Arabia - Madrasa [17]
3. Australia - Outback Station [30+1=31] - Hi! Do you hate desert tiles? How about filling them with food and production when no one else can use them? Combining this with the culture bombs for pastures and you can see why Australia is so good at growth and production, even with inhospitable terrain.
7. Cree - Mekewap [31]
8. Dutch - Polder [20]
13. Germany - Hansa [16]
14. Greece - Acropolis [24]
16. Indonesia - Kampung [31]
20. Korea - Seowon [20-3=17] - A good district, but the negative placement mechanics can make this one difficult to use sometimes. Just the least interesting of what is here (either this or the Ziggurat).
21. Macedon - Basilikoi Paides [11]
22. Mapuche - Chemamull [14]
26. Persia - Pairidaeza [27]
27. Poland - Sukiennice [16]
29. Russia - Lavra [26]
33. Sumeria - Ziggurat [18]

EDIT: Changed scores to reflect post before mine from @Softly .

 

[BarbarianHunter]

2. Arabia - Madrasa [17]
3. Australia - Outback Station [31]
7. Cree - Mekewap [31]
8. Dutch - Polder [20]
13. Germany - Hansa [16]
14. Greece - Acropolis [24]
16. Indonesia - Kampung [31]

20. Korea - Seowon [14] (17-3) --- I don't like the Seowon's placement protocols, the negative adjacency for other districts, or the fact that it's OP. I also think the civ has a bland and boring flavor and is a dreary slog to play through.
21. Macedon - Basilikoi Paides [12] (11+1) --- Opposite opinion from the Seowon and I feel the opposite about the Macedonian civ as well.​

22. Mapuche - Chemamull [14]
26. Persia - Pairidaeza [27]
27. Poland - Sukiennice [16]
29. Russia - Lavra [26]
33. Sumeria - Ziggurat [18]

 

[Weraptor]

2. Arabia - Madrasa [17]
3. Australia - Outback Station [31]
7. Cree - Mekewap [31]
8. Dutch - Polder [20]
13. Germany - Hansa [16+1=17] IZ don't suck anymore as Germany
14. Greece - Acropolis [24]
16. Indonesia - Kampung [31]
20. Korea - Seowon [14]
21. Macedon - Basilikoi Paides [12]
22. Mapuche - Chemamull [14-3=11] Strict placement makes this improvement's early game potential situational
26. Persia - Pairidaeza [27]
27. Poland - Sukiennice [16]
29. Russia - Lavra [26]
33. Sumeria - Ziggurat [18]

 

[Kimiimaro]

2. Arabia - Madrasa [17]
3. Australia - Outback Station [31]
7. Cree - Mekewap [31]
8. Dutch - Polder [20]
13. Germany - Hansa [17]
14. Greece - Acropolis [24]
16. Indonesia - Kampung [31+1=32] - It's just too great. It helps you make great, populous cities with a very large industry. And you don't have to sacrifice any potentially useful tile, as you build these on water.
20. Korea - Seowon [14]
21. Macedon - Basilikoi Paides [12-3=9] - I know that Macedon is a war-oriented Civ, but I just dislike the fact that this forces me to build a bad district first and to make full use of it, I'd have to build a huge army. I don't like to play like this... I like a smaller but developed army.
22. Mapuche - Chemamull [11]
26. Persia - Pairidaeza [27]
27. Poland - Sukiennice [16]
29. Russia - Lavra [26]
33. Sumeria - Ziggurat [18]

 

[Disgustipated]

2. Arabia - Madrasa [17]
3. Australia - Outback Station [31]
7. Cree - Mekewap [31]
8. Dutch - Polder [20]
13. Germany - Hansa [17]
14. Greece - Acropolis [24+1=25] Super early cultural victories for the win. As I mentioned above, I would rather have this than the Lavras as I generally consider cultural victories more fun than religious victories. With Lavras you have to build 2 districts to use those great people. Greece just can build one half price district.
16. Indonesia - Kampung [32]
20. Korea - Seowon [14]
21. Macedon - Basilikoi Paides [9-3=6] I love Macedon, they are god tier civ for me. But not because of this. Even when I do conquer every city in the world, I often do it with around 10 to 15 units. I just have no reason to keep on building units. It's a strange mechanic.
22. Mapuche - Chemamull [11]
26. Persia - Pairidaeza [27]
27. Poland - Sukiennice [16]
29. Russia - Lavra [26]
33. Sumeria - Ziggurat [18]

 

[Icicle]

2. Arabia - Madrasa [17]
3. Australia - Outback Station [31]
7. Cree - Mekewap [31]
8. Dutch - Polder [20]
13. Germany - Hansa [14] (17-3) Choppin' choppin' choppin' at the Hansa. (previously stated reasons)
14. Greece - Acropolis [25]
16. Indonesia - Kampung [32]
20. Korea - Seowon [14]
21. Macedon - Basilikoi Paides [6]
22. Mapuche - Chemamull [11]
26. Persia - Pairidaeza [27]
27. Poland - Sukiennice [16]
29. Russia - Lavra [27] (26+1) Russia is seriously like playing on a difficulty level lower, almost all thanks to this.
33. Sumeria - Ziggurat [18]

 

[Leathaface]

2. Arabia - Madrasa [17]
3. Australia - Outback Station [31]
7. Cree - Mekewap [31]
8. Dutch - Polder [20]
13. Germany - Hansa [14]
14. Greece - Acropolis [25]
16. Indonesia - Kampung [32]
20. Korea - Seowon [14+1=15] It baffles me as to why people don't rate the Seowon. You get a bucket load of Science. Science is extremely important in Civ VI, it gets you to upgrade your units to stronger versions quicker which is both useful for defending and attacking, it gets you to Computers quicker for Culture victory. People saying it's hard to place?? Just place it away from your other districts, next to mines which get 1 Science each. Then again with the Hansa having only 14 points I shouldn't be suprised, Hansa is the second best district in Civ VI.
21. Macedon - Basilikoi Paides [6]
22. Mapuche - Chemamull [11]
26. Persia - Pairidaeza [27]
27. Poland - Sukiennice [16]
29. Russia - Lavra [27-3=24] I play on Immortal so I always place Campuses down first as I don't want to get crushed by an invading army. Holy Sites are only useful to me mid-game when getting faith for National Parks.
33. Sumeria - Ziggurat [18]

 

[Jewelrunna]

New
2. Arabia - Madrasa [17]
3. Australia - Outback Station [31]
7. Cree - Mekewap [31]
8. Dutch - Polder [20]
13. Germany - Hansa [15] (14+1): Saving this district because while it shouldn't win, it shouldn't go out now. Same reasons I said earlier.
14. Greece - Acropolis [25]
16. Indonesia - Kampung [32]
20. Korea - Seowon [15]
21. Macedon - Basilikoi Paides [6]
22. Mapuche - Chemamull [11]
26. Persia - Pairidaeza [27]
27. Poland - Sukiennice [16]
29. Russia - Lavra [24]
33. Sumeria - Ziggurat [15] (18-3): It's really not all that great. It's a solid improvement to be sure and deserves to be at this point, but it can be a waste of an early builder charge sometimes and requires a river placement to get the most out of it, which are pretty sought after tiles. This one or the Chemamull should be the next to go.

 

[The Highwayman]

2. Arabia - Madrasa [17]
3. Australia - Outback Station [31]
7. Cree - Mekewap [31]
8. Dutch - Polder [20]
13. Germany - Hansa [15]
14. Greece - Acropolis [25]
16. Indonesia - Kampung [32]
20. Korea - Seowon [15]
21. Macedon - Basilikoi Paides [6]
22. Mapuche - Chemamull [11]
26. Persia - Pairidaeza [27]
27. Poland - Sukiennice [13] [16-3] Situational. Comm Hubs are are usually the third or fourth district built in non dom games. It'll help, but doesn't scream top ten to me.
29. Russia - Lavra [25] [24+1] Easy to found one of the first religions on Deity, gets the first writer, artist, musician without trying. Faith is Russia's economy, and that's fits perfectly within the Rise and Fall meta.
33. Sumeria - Ziggurat [15]

 

[Kmart_Elvis]

2. Arabia - Madrasa [17]
3. Australia - Outback Station [31]
7. Cree - Mekewap [31]
8. Dutch - Polder [20]
13. Germany - Hansa [15]
14. Greece - Acropolis [25]
16. Indonesia - Kampung [32]
20. Korea - Seowon [15]
21. Macedon - Basilikoi Paides [6+1=7] I think this one is getting downvoted more heavily than it should. This should at least be ahead of the sukiennice and madrasa. It's really free science just from making units. You don't even have to be careful with your units and instead take lots of risks. Suicide missions even. After all, you don't get any war weariness (while your opponent does so) and you can keep generating more science. This can be exploited into a scientific victory.
22. Mapuche - Chemamull [11]
26. Persia - Pairidaeza [27]
27. Poland - Sukiennice [13-3=10] The internal trade route bonus looks good on paper, but where you really need to send those routes from are from your young, undeveloped cities that don't have this building.
29. Russia - Lavra [25]
33. Sumeria - Ziggurat [15]

 

[Wyvern_Parade]

2. Arabia - Madrasa [17-3=14] This produces way less science than Macedon's unique building and the faith isn't necessarily a game changer either. It's good, but overrated in this thread.
3. Australia - Outback Station [31]
7. Cree - Mekewap [31]
8. Dutch - Polder [20]
13. Germany - Hansa [15]
14. Greece - Acropolis [25]
16. Indonesia - Kampung [32]
20. Korea - Seowon [15]
21. Macedon - Basilikoi Paides [7+1=8] Why is this getting downvoted all the sudden? Others have shown the math and how much science this can produce. Definitely worthy of the top 10. Sure, maybe some people don't enjoy playing an all-out warmonger style, but that doesn't take away from the power of this building.
22. Mapuche - Chemamull [11]
26. Persia - Pairidaeza [27]
27. Poland - Sukiennice [10]
29. Russia - Lavra [25]
33. Sumeria - Ziggurat [15]

 

[BrazilisOP]

2. Arabia - Madrasa [14-3=11] +1 science and +3 faith, if good placement, for the university is ok but by far worse than Basilikoi paides that can produce massive more science. It also needs a library and campus and so take a while to put up.
3. Australia - Outback Station [31]
7. Cree - Mekewap [31]
8. Dutch - Polder [20]
13. Germany - Hansa [15]
14. Greece - Acropolis [25]
16. Indonesia - Kampung [32]
20. Korea - Seowon [15]
21. Macedon - Basilikoi Paides [8+1=9] Good synergy between war and science. Can produce massive amounts of science. It doesn't deserve to be the lowest.
22. Mapuche - Chemamull [11]
26. Persia - Pairidaeza [27]
27. Poland - Sukiennice [10]
29. Russia - Lavra [25]
33. Sumeria - Ziggurat [15]

 

[Canterbury]

2. Arabia - Madrasa [11]
3. Australia - Outback Station [31]
7. Cree - Mekewap [31]
8. Dutch - Polder [20+1=21] Haven't had a chance to upvote this yet (and may even downvote it later on). But it's a pretty tile improvement that makes good use of lake and coastal tiles.
13. Germany - Hansa [15]
14. Greece - Acropolis [25]
16. Indonesia - Kampung [32]
20. Korea - Seowon [15]
21. Macedon - Basilikoi Paides [9]
22. Mapuche - Chemamull [11-3=8] Can't think of anything else that stands out for a downvote. Again, powerful but with problematic placement restrictions.
26. Persia - Pairidaeza [27]
27. Poland - Sukiennice [10]
29. Russia - Lavra [25]
33. Sumeria - Ziggurat [15]