Fission Power
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posted 05-19-19 04:31 PM
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As I could see from some prerelease materials (beta reviews and articles), Opera House would provide literally the same bonuses that release Supercollider does - set minimum\maximum prices in Market and instantly research technologies.
EzequielB
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posted 05-20-19 03:05 PM
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Umm... I thought that the Supercollider giving instant technology research made sense - apart from both falling in the "technology" category, manipulating subatomic particles can be interpreted as a way to achieve new things. But, why would the Sydney Opera House do this? it doesn't make sense to me.
EzequielB
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posted 05-26-19 01:17 PM
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Now I'm wondering why would the Opera House make enemy missiles more expensive.
Yes, I know, "that is the reason why it was scrapped from the final game". I'm just curious about the thought process that made them come up with it. I mean, music, a concert hall, would intuitively make you think about civilians and ecnonomic bonuses. It makes sense that the Space Program reveals the map or that the Terra Cotta Army gives you free Light Infantry.
Fission Power
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posted 05-26-19 06:01 PM
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It's kind of effect of cultural dominance, similar to how it's working in Civilization game serie.
EzequielB
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posted 05-31-19 10:15 PM
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1) I still don't undersand why you say Age of Empires-like farms.
2) They are not battering rams, they are siege towers.
3) Heh, interesting about the population cap. Civic research already had too many effects, so they tried to put it on cities and granaries, for some reason... probably because granaries store the food to feed the people. But they finally chose to give the increase of population to Military Research because the players wouldn't need to keep researching it past level 2. Unless they wanted the Fort technologies.
EzequielB
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posted 06-01-19 09:10 PM
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Ironically enough, the pictures you used to illustrate the Battering rams point, actually feature the pre-release farms that I hadn't seen before. Yes, they are Age of Empires farms. They produce lettuce instead of barley.