Your most frequently built wonder

[apocalypse105]

Big ben Cheap purchasing with some social policies from commerce you can even get a higher reduction..

As result you c an just buy advanced units, buildings cheap so you dont have to buy them

 

[zyx]

Should've made this a multi-option poll. There is no ONE wonder I always go for, but there are a handful that I like to get if someone else doesn't beat me to it. Stonehenge, Great Library, Oracle, Sistine Chapel, Big Ben (if the game lasts that long)

I wanted to know what the most often built - not necessarily your favorite - wonder is.

Looking at my numbers I "wondered" about GL 77, Oracle 55, Sistine Chapel 54 times.
I wouldn't have bet that GL leads that clearly: allmost + 50% to Oracle.
That is why I asked you to look up your numbers in the achievements_debug file.

I thought it was very unlikely to have built two wonders exactly as often: so you can vote only once.

And since hopefully all your games from the very start are included, the most often built wonder might not be your favorite one due to your current strategy.

 

[Camikaze]

I'm an absolute sucker for culture, so I always get tempted into building Stonehenge. A lot of the time when I'm feeling directionless early on, I get that 'hmm, why not build a wonder?' feeling, and Stonehenge is just so appealing to fill the void!

 

[BranjoHello]

Stonehenge is my favorite in every Civilization game (its just soo cool to have it in your capital).
I voted Oracle by mistake.

 

[Ianwill93]

Hagia Sophia by far. Even before the free GP it was a go to wonder for me. And the AI never builds it in my games. No matter the difficulty level.

 

[HappyBuilder]

The AI doesn't seem to prioritize the Hagia Sophia, so I get it practically every game despite not making a beeline towards it. Foolish AI. I can't recall the last time I lost a race to the Cristo Redemptor either when I've wanted it.

I like going after the Pyramids. It gets my Great Engineer going and also provides TWO workers. Since I usually take the Liberty tree, my workers can improve things at a rapid clip. However, as I've gotten better with my play, I find the extra two workers often have very little to do than drain my economy. They can still be killed for gold, I suppose.

New priority for me is the Hanging Gardens. That +10 food is a true difference maker, but it's a race. If my territory is coastal or dependent on plantations, I can lose the race because I need to spend time at the top of the tech tree.

HB

 

[AriochIV]

Being able to build a wonder is heavily dependent on the situation at the moment; whether a wonder has already been built by someone else, whether you have breathing room to build one, or whether you happen to have a Great Engineer pop out.

So unless it's something you rush for very early, you generally don't get to choose which wonders are available to build.

I almost always end up capturing more wonders than I build myself.

 

[Martin Alvito]

Hagia Sophia is the only Wonder in the game that you must build. Pre-building one of the critical Education Wonders at a discount and collecting an additional bonus is...powerful. And I agree with those that argue it was well worth building at 33% GPP and no Great Person.

 

[ComradeKino]

Oracle and Great Library are godlike. If Babylon or Korea get Great Library - then it is game over. If France or Egypt get the Oracle - then you are in for some trouble. If either of these 4 civs gets BOTH, then you're gonna be spending catchup for thousands of years.

This is why we have Keshiks, Tercio, Hoplites, Legion etc., to conquer these types of Civs. YARRR!

 

[ComradeKino]

I like going after the Pyramids. It gets my Great Engineer going and also provides TWO workers....B

I dunno I used to always go after Pyramids in Civ4 but it just doesn't do it for me compared to Great Library and Stonehenge in Civ5. I would go for the workers if I was NOT running Liberty, because 3 workers is too much with 2-3 cities in that time frame. The upkeep for 3 workers hampers my civ too much, IMO.

 

[janboruta]

I always try to build Stonehenge (+Tradition/Piety culture, awesome) and the Colossus when my capital is on the coast (gold is always nice). But the Great Library is always the highest priority wonder for me - build it early for Philosophy or build it late for Theology, it tastes good both ways.

I also often try to build the Sistine Chapel for the culture boost, if AI steals the Oracle from me.

 

[RedRover57]

It depends on what difficulty I am playing. At difficulties below Deity I always try for the Great Library. But I chose Hagia because I always try for that at every difficulty (as well as the PT, but Hagia for sure as it means a free PT).

 

[H.M. Henrik]

I always (try to) build Hagia Sophia. Usually I can slingshot either Notre Dame or Porcelain Tower with the Great Engineer I get. Sometimes I use the Liberty completion GE to rush Hagia Sophia and then rush one of the other two. If I don't need happiness, Porcelain Tower gives me a Great Scientist. I don't usually get to use three great people in three turns!

I also like the Great Library, not just for the tech, but for the library (no maintenance either!), and to deny it to the opposition. Hanging Gardens and the Oracle are some other early wonders I like to get.

 

[Tabarnak]

Hagia Sophia is the strongest AND easiest to get. I always go for this wonder. GL can be useful but not necessary(especially if you go Liberty first).

 

[turtlefang]

Hagia Sophia and Notre Dame are the two that I always build - everything else is a yes I want them but I can live without them.

Hagia Sophia is simply the most important wonder in the game. You have to make sure you get it.

And Nortre Dame can represent the turning point in the midgame happiness battle - get it and your years ahead of the constant 0 to 1 or -1 or -2 happiness war.

I have a list of others that I would like to have - Sistine Chapel, Circus Maximus and Chicken Itza at the top with GL and Stonehenge close behind but these are situational and depend on whether I can afford them.

 

[ShahJahanII]

Keshiks... that's the wonder I build...

I picked Stonehenge, but I think Keshiks should be the games only wonder-unit

 

[Zenstrive]

Hagia Sophia by far. Even before the free GP it was a go to wonder for me. And the AI never builds it in my games. No matter the difficulty level.

My last play as Askia, on prince, Ramses built the Hagia Sophia + Angkor Wat combo. It's totally out of left field. As if a small patch came sneaking in to give AI the ability to combine the Twin Theology wonders.

 

[SemperFi2382]

Great Library almost every time.

 

[Aoxomoxoa]

I picked Stonehenge, but I think Keshiks should be the games only wonder-unit

All I know is that I build Keshiks and I get wonders.

 

[Snuffleupagus]

A lot of people picked Hanging Gardens, but no one is commenting on it . . .

I've built this wonder the last couple games I've played and it's great. I plan on going straight for it for the foreseeable future. It really helps get early specialists.