Do you play with accelerated production?

caliskier · May 21, 2003, 19:33

I don’t know which I like better. I like building units fast, but I don’t like my cities running out of things to do.

vmxa1 · May 21, 2003, 19:40

Ok, I will be first to say I do not use accelerated production.

peterfharris · May 21, 2003, 20:20

I do not use accelerated production either.

I will be the first to say that there is no banana option.

Jaybe · May 21, 2003, 21:43

Tried it once. I think I was playing a DEBUG game to test some editor mods. I have no need to play Acc Prod, since I have no problem with my large-map games lasting a few weeks.

CrONoS · May 21, 2003, 22:23

I will be the first to say this:
In MP i use accelerated production.
In SP I never use Accelerated Production. I know when I start a single player game of Civ3 this game will last several hours.

See ya

Fosse · May 21, 2003, 22:40

Never have, and it doesn't really appeal to me. Maybe one of these days...

wilbill · May 22, 2003, 00:35

Tried it once or twice. It just didn't feel right.

caliskier · May 22, 2003, 00:52

I can relate to what everyone is saying here. I played with it in multiplayer, and I see the advantage there because the length of everyones playing time is much shorter, and you are almost never going to get everyone to come back at the same time. But in single player, I agree, it doesn't feel right. Too fast.

Tiberius · May 22, 2003, 01:18

I never use AP. Not in single games, not in MP. I don't like it at all. But then, I only play PBEM, so maybe for a fast MP I'd use it.

statusperfect · May 22, 2003, 02:55

in SP? are you mad?

BTW it would be nice to accelerate production but not research and vice versa

cheers

Azeem · May 22, 2003, 03:24

I like accelerated production in SP. I like having both my civ and the AI acquire techs quicker, but that's just my opinion.

Chemical Ollie · May 22, 2003, 03:55

I never tried it. Is it cool?

statusperfect · May 22, 2003, 03:59

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Originally posted by Olaf Hårfagre
I never tried it. Is it cool?

it is... different

cheers

Chemical Ollie · May 22, 2003, 04:03

That "cheers" thing, is it an idea you got from panag?

Mad Bomber · May 22, 2003, 05:07

I'm not exactlty sure why most people do not play with AP on. Perhaps they consider it a cheat. I have played with AP since it was introduced in 1.29f and I absolutely love it! The AP is not a cheat, in fact if anything it benefits the AI the most. With AP on it is nearly impossible to maintain any thing more than a 2-3 tech lead (unless you have a HUGE lead from the ancient era, but they will eventually make a comeback). The reason for this is simple; with AP the difference in production between the player and AI will be less pronounced and reduces the Ai's bad city placement and worker tasks. Of course in high levels this may be a cheat for the player (I am not sure, haven't played past Monarch) as it could lessen the relative power of the AI's bonuses it recieves.

AJ Corp. The FAIR · May 22, 2003, 06:57

Never have, I had already forgotten there was a feature like that.

AJ

MyOlde · May 22, 2003, 10:35

Wow, I'm glad I started reading this thread. Until I did, I assumed AP was like the old "Advanced Start" which gave you, what?, 3 or 4 cities already settled and some things developed. Didn't like that. But reading this thread I realised I might be missing something. So I started a game. I'm not far along but I think I like what I see so far. I spend roughly 18 hours on my games (the last was 24 but I was going for a domination victory -- and missed to a space ship launched by the Romans).

Anyway, looks very very interesting.

caliskier · May 22, 2003, 12:15

I would like to hear your thoughts on the pros and cons MyOlde

TheArsenal · May 22, 2003, 14:08

I've never tried it, except a few turns to see what it was. I like games that take 20 - 40 hours.

Spiffor · May 22, 2003, 14:33

Never tried and don't intend to. Maybe I should use it in hotseat games, but even then I prefer the 'pure' feeling of slowly building a huge empire. I've never liked features like this in other games too.

statusperfect · May 22, 2003, 15:44

Quote:

Originally posted by Olaf Hårfagre
That "cheers" thing, is it an idea you got from panag?

yup

it effectively camouflages the fact that most of my posts are spam

cheers

Panag · May 22, 2003, 17:28

hi ,

yes and no , sometimes when a short game is played , othertimes on a large map , it depends according to the mood , ....

have a nice day

Swissy · May 22, 2003, 21:19

Always use it in MP, games just seem to drag on forever without it.

In SP I usually play without it. I'll sometimes uses it on a small map when I want to play a a game in one evening. It's different, amazing how much faster the available land disappears.

Jon Shafer · May 23, 2003, 00:54

Accelerated production is for RTS fans and people with no attention-spans.

statusperfect · May 23, 2003, 03:06

Quote:

Originally posted by Trip
Accelerated production is for RTS fans and people with no attention-spans.

Don't judge people bacuase they don't like the same things at you.

cheers

Chemical Ollie · May 23, 2003, 05:18

Perhaps my family would like if I swithed to accelerated production? And my boss would on longer complain about me yawning at meetings.

caliskier · May 23, 2003, 09:30

Quote:

Perhaps my family would like if I swithed to accelerated production? And my boss would on longer complain about me yawning at meetings.

I tried to do that once, but after a few months I quickly got burned out!

I tried to copy and paste myself, but that was pretty messy!

Azeem · May 23, 2003, 11:39

Quote:

Originally posted by Trip
Accelerated production is for RTS fans and people with no attention-spans.

Don't ASSUME and make an ASS out of U and ME.

I like accelerated production because when the AI often is too slow to acquire more techs. With Accelerated Production, the AI can at least catch up.

Jon Shafer · May 23, 2003, 13:51

Quote:

Originally posted by Azeem
I like accelerated production because when the AI often is too slow to acquire more techs. With Accelerated Production, the AI can at least catch up.

Then turn up the difficulty level.

monkspider · May 23, 2003, 18:56

I like X-Cel production in MP, not so much in single player though. Too much of a purist.