Unit support in Democracy

[Pigumon]

After 1.21g patch, unit support in Democracy is no longer free. And civilopedia says unit support cost is one gold per turn.

But, in current game I started after patch, the cost for unit support is 2 gold per turn. I have now about 150 units excluding foreign workers, and both military adviser and domestic adviser say unit support is about 300 gold! Actually, I can not set science rate more than 50% without treasury shrinking.

Is this a correct feature?

 

[asabahi]

the samething happened in tourney game 2 that I was playing. I thought perhaps that units cost 2 golds per turn.

 

[Trabpukcip]

If your civ correctly built, you shouldn't need to put science rate higher... around 50% should give all you need to complete new techs as quickly as if it was 100%.

 

[dojoboy]

I too noticed the 2gpt for unit support under democracy, thinking it should be 1gpt. I never noticed what I was paying under republic. Pigumon, if you have a saved-game send it in to infogrames/support or Brad Oliver. I trashed mine. If it reproduces itself, I'll send it in. We may also want to check the 1.21g read-me to see if it was an official change.

 

[Beamup]

Nope, not in the readme.

 

[gfeier]

Originally posted by dojoboy
I too noticed the 2gpt for unit support under democracy, thinking it should be 1gpt. I never noticed what I was paying under republic. Pigumon, if you have a saved-game send it in to infogrames/support or Brad Oliver. I trashed mine. If it reproduces itself, I'll send it in. We may also want to check the 1.21g read-me to see if it was an official change.

Strange - I'm playing a game as the Egyptians. It's 1545 AD and I have 191 units with a support cost of 191 gold per turn. What year are you in, who are you playing as and what kind of units are you supporting?

 

[Pigumon]

Asabashi, gfeier>
Actually, I am playing Tourney game 2 as Hiawatha. It is now 700AD. My units are knights, MWs, pikemen, spearmen, warriors, workers and so on.

Trabpukcip>
It is fine with 50% science rate. I can get new science advance every 4 turns. But I feel like wasting 150 gold every turn.

I loaded other saved game (also Hiawatha), unit cost in Democracy was 1 gold per turn. Strange???
Maybe this is specific for the tourney game 2. But I do not know why.

 

[gfeier]

Originally posted by Pigumon
Asabashi, gfeier>
Actually, I am playing Tourney game 2 as Hiawatha. It is now 700AD. My units are knights, MWs, pikemen, spearmen, warriors, workers and so on.

Trabpukcip>
It is fine with 50% science rate. I can get new science advance every 4 turns. But I feel like wasting 150 gold every turn.

I loaded other saved game (also Hiawatha), unit cost in Democracy was 1 gold per turn. Strange???
Maybe this is specific for the tourney game 2. But I do not know why.

Dojoboy, are you also playing Tourney game 2?

 

[dojoboy]

Originally posted by gfeier
Dojoboy, are you also playing Tourney game 2?

Yea, I did. And, it was in this game I noticed it. I'm wondering two things:

(1) its a saved-game bug similar to the "free army bug" in the open-beta patch where the "bug" is activated when a saved-game is loaded.

-or-

(2) somehow related to Buddhabubba's civ3/machine (unlikely?)

Piguman, in between the two Hiawatha saved-games did the Iroquois experience a GA?

 

[gfeier]

Originally posted by dojoboy


Yea, I did. And, it was in this game I noticed it. I'm wondering two things:

(1) its a saved-game bug similar to the "free army bug" in the open-beta patch where the "bug" is activated when a saved-game is loaded.

-or-

(2) somehow related to Buddhabubba's civ3/machine (unlikely?)

Piguman, in between the two Hiawatha saved-games did the Iroquois experience a GA?

(3) Maybe the scenario was designed that way.

 

[Pigumon]

Originally posted by dojoboy



Piguman, in between the two Hiawatha saved-games did the Iroquois experience a GA?

Yes. MW is very strong unit in its era. Between late BC and early AD, I always take advantage using swordmen or those unique units (MW, immortal, legionary, bowmen etc). In both game, MW triggered GA in late BC.

Game level was emperor and regent. Is this related?

 

[dojoboy]

Never mind Piguman, I thought it was the same Hiawatha game. My mistake. In the "free army bug" w/ the open-beta, there was some speculation it was triggered by a GA (but unfounded).