Build times

[Leeham991]

I've been thinking about the build times.

Rome built things damn fast, sometimes whole town in just a couple of years, where as the Gauls would have taken a year to build a stone house.

So... I was looking for opinion here as my knowledge on the subject is poor so I don't feel I have a real opinion.:::

:::::: Do you think construction times in RTW are accurate?

[apple]

Building and recruitment in RTW isn't accurate. Firstly this is a turn based game. That means that there is some (many) restrictions of how accurate you can make it.

Surly Rome could build a city and many other things quite quick, but then they build allot of the buildings on the same time, used slaves from other regions and used the empires best engineers etc.
You can't simulate this in RTW as it would become more of a building game then. RTW is all about 50% micromanaging and 50% real time strategy.

[pacco]

Agreed!
Great post apple!

[mattfriend0]

the roman legions could build a fort in a few hours

[Leeham991]

Aye K

I also guess it would be kind of a game breaker because you can't do that StarTrek thing, divert power from the weapons to the shields, so it would be all hectic x)

I guess RPing with the Process_cq command will be OK ya?

[stanley86]

Construction times will never be accurate. As apple said, the game is based on turns. If it was based on real time running (like in Europa Universalis or Hearts of Iron (they have real time instead of turns, right?), then it could be more accurate.
P.S. I remember when playing as Rome, I decreased the bulding times for Bireme and Trireme to 0 turn, and all other ships to 1 turn. Polybius in his Histories wrote, that Rome built 300 ships in 3 months (can't remember the numbers exactly, it's written somewhere in the 1st chapter).

[Leeham991]

Aye Rome did some crazy when needed. Shame that the Unit recruitment cheat doesn't work to role play the ship thing.