World Wonder Elimination Thread

[DWilson]

Current results (correcting for misapplied math):

Big Ben = 25
Colosseum = 23
Forbidden City = 28
Great Pyramids = 34

Moderator Action: Sadly when the earlier Big Ben upvote was noticed as being skipped the corresponding Colosseum downvote wasn't noticed. --Jon

 

[Guandao]

Big Ben=(25+1)=26 To make it on par with the Colosseum, there's a reason why another Economic Policy is welcomed by most players.
Colosseum=23
Forbidden City=28
Great Pyramids=(34-3)=31 It requires desert, and I can find other ways to increase my builders' charges.

Moderator Action: Fixed Colosseum's vote count --Jon

 

[Manifold]

Big Ben = 27 (26+1) one time a managed to get 20.000 gold but I won the game before I lost all my money.
Colosseum 23
Forbidden City = 28
Great Pyramids 28 (31-3) I do not build them.

Moderator Action: Fixed Colosseum's vote count --Jon

 

[The Highwayman]

Big Ben = 28 (27+1) Science and Domination victories are a breeze if you can build this thing. The Economic slot is great, but doubling your treasury is game changing. Buy all the great Scientists and Engineers to fuel a space victory or rush Tanks/Helicopters/Bombers with impunity. Reasonable requirements as my Commercial Hub is almost always along side a river with the necessary buildings to start production.
Colosseum = 23
Forbidden City = 28
Great Pyramids = 25 (28-3) It belongs in the top 5 for sure, but something has to go at this point.

Moderator Action: Fixed Colosseum's vote count --Jon

 

[kaspergm]

Big Ben = 29 (28+1) For me, Big Ben is strictly better than Forbidden City. Once I unlock level 2 governments, there is practically never a time where not at least one of my wildcard slots is occupied by an economy card. Big Ben allows me to take this card out of the wild card slot, effectively granting me the wild card slot that Forbidden City gives - PLUS it doubles my gold. On top of that, placement restrictions for Big Ben are much less annoying than for Forbidden City.
Colosseum 23
Forbidden City = 25 (28-3) For reasons granted above, I have to take this one down compared to Big Ben.
Great Pyramids 25

Moderator Action: Fixed Colosseum & Great Pyramids vote count --Jon

 

[The Highwayman]

@kaspergm FYI, you put the Great Pyramids back to 28 when they should be 25.

 

[God of Kings]

Here are the corrected scores:

Big Ben = 29
Colosseum = 23
Forbidden City = 25
Great Pyramids = 25

Moderator Action: Fixed Colosseum & Forbidden City vote score --Jon

 

[WillowBrook]

Big Ben = 29
Colosseum = 24 (23+1) I love extra amenities
Forbidden City = 22 (25-3) love it, but not better than the colosseum
Great Pyramids = 25

Moderator Action: Fixed Colosseum & Forbidden City vote score --Jon

 

[DWilson]

Have we all forgotten how to math? lol. Corrected score should be:

Big Ben = 29
Colosseum = 24
Forbidden City = 22
Great Pyramids = 25

kaspergm and willowbrook both hit the Forbidden City when it was at 28.

Moderator Action: Sadly, a whack at Colosseum from earlier was also missed. -- Jon

 

[gettingfat]

Big Ben = 29+1 =30 (powerful, fit every victory condition maybe except religious, easy to get)
Colosseum = 24
Forbidden City = 22
Great Pyramids = 25 -3= 22 (it's great, but need a flat desert tile in early game. Sidetrack me from building military for early wars. At immortal or higher not always gettable)

Moderator Action: Fixed Colosseum's score --Jon

 

[bbbt]

Big Ben = 31 (30 + 1) Either power alone would be awesome. And the requirements are pretty easy to meet.
Colosseum = 21 (24-3) The wonder itself: great. Having to build an entertainment district in the classical era in order to build the Colosseum: not as great
Forbidden City = 22
Great Pyramids = 22

Moderator Action: Fixed Colosseum's score --Jon

 

[Forster]

Big Ben = 31 - 3 = 28 Don't think this should be in top 3.
Colosseum = 21
Forbidden City = 22
Great Pyramids = 22 + 1 = 23 I am torn between the Colosseum and great Pyramids. They both are available for so long.

Moderator Action: Fixed Big Ben, Colosseum, and Great Pyramids vote score --Jon

 

[bbbt]

Whoops, lots of silmutaneous posting. Corrected values again:
Big Ben = 28
Colosseum = 21
Forbidden City = 22
Great Pyramids = 23

Moderator Action: Sadly, a Colosseum downvote from earlier was missed. --Jon

 

[LethalLeigh]

Big Ben = 28
Colosseum = 22 (21+1) up voting to even out with others. any of the remaining deserves to win.
Forbidden City = 19 (22-3) down voting to even out with others. any of the remaining deserves to win.
Great Pyramids = 23

Moderator Action: Fixed Big Ben, Colosseum, & Forbidden City vote score --Jon

 

[Morgawr]

Big Ben = 28-3 = 25 Powerful but comes too late
Colosseum = 22
Forbidden City = 19
Great Pyramids = 23+1 = 24 My all time fave. Early wonders are more game changing

Moderator Action: Fixed Colosseum & Forbidden City vote score --Jon

 

[DWilson]

Corrected again:

Big Ben = 25
Colosseum = 22
Forbidden City = 19
Great Pyramids = 24

Moderator Action: Sadly, a Colosseum downvote from earlier was also missed. --Jon

 

[joncnunn]

Big Ben = 25-3=22 Downvoting for tactical reasons, it's gotten too high above Forbidden City whose free slot can be for anything; not just economic.
Colosseum = 22 Fixed a downvote that had accidentally been dropped at the same time one of the Big Ben's upvotes had been.
Forbidden City = 19+1 =20 As a free wildcard spot, this has shrunk too low.
Great Pyramids = 24

 

[Vasire]

Big Ben = 22
Colosseum = 19 (22-3) I would've kicked this wonder out much earlier. It just can't reach top 3.
Forbidden City = 20
Great Pyramids = 25 (24+1) Basically becomes a super trait of the civ that builds it.

 

[Ricard.Bossle]

Big Ben = 22
Colosseum = 16 (19-3) Good, but not that good.
Forbidden City = 21 (20+1) My fav wonder.
Great Pyramids = 25

 

[Siptah]

Big Ben = 19 (22-3) The best wonder if we just compare abilities. But it comes way too late, I usually win before it unlocks when going for religion, and my culture victories often end in the industrial era, too. And if I play longer and build it, it's a bit expensive.
Colosseum = 16
Forbidden City = 21
Great Pyramids = 26 (25+1) It's a bargain even when it unlocks and the bonus lasts for almost the whole game. I usually have a desert tile in either my capital or my 2nd or 3rd city.