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Dev Diary #114 - Wonderful Upgrades

Hello!


Today we will be presenting some of the Upgrades you can add to your Wonder. Each stage of your Wonder will unlock upgrade slots, which will allow you to build Upgrades. Upgrades have their own triggers, meaning that in some cases you may need to fulfill other requirements in order to to unlock them. Not every Wonder needs a Lighthouse Custodian, and not every character would know how to grow poisonous herbs.


Each Wonder has access to Upgrades that are shared with other Wonders, as well as unique ones. Here are some examples:


One of the Upgrades you can add to your Wonder is ‘Spikes’. This is a generic Upgrade, meaning you can build it on any Wonder. As well as increasing the Siege Defence of holdings in the province, this Upgrade allows you to try to use a new decision, Intimidate, on other characters every now and then.


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Other Upgrades are more tailored for the Wonder at hand, such as the Trap Door, and the Royal Bedchamber, available for the Royal Palace.

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Another upgrade you can add is the Armory. This is a unique upgrade that can be built on the Great Fortress. It unlocks special options in the weapon smiths chain, as can be seen below.


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With the Armory, your own smiths can actually give you a decent weapon. You can even ask for the specially heavy Zweihander Sword.


Other Upgrades will unlock minor titles, like the Custodian of the Stone, any guesses as to what type of wonder this is built on?



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And finally, some will need to be tried out.


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Thank you for your time!
 
Unfortunately having more than one wonder in a province is not possible.

First off, wonders are a fantastic idea; I am really liking these dev diaries.

That said, the more I learn about this feature, the more I think that Constantinople really NEEDS to have multiple wonders. But since it cannot, here’s two work arounds.

1) Special, Constantinople only wonder: empire capital complex (or something along those lines) that includes the Great Palace, Hagia Sophia, Hippodrome, Imperial Library, and possibly Theodosian Walls.

Alternatively

2. The Great Palace is the wonder (this would make the most sense to upgrade as a player and is arguably the most important and lavish building in the city), while the Hagia Sophia, Hippodrome, and Imperial Library are treated as unique buildings (akin to the Theodosian Walls) or as province modifiers.
 
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I'm sure you can mod this in if you really want it :D

Alternatively if you find me a good reference for a medieval pyramid slide I will add it myself!

Well some medieval writers believed the pyramids were granaries, does that count? Gregory of Tours, for example.
 
Amazing upgrades! A question though: will there be any special Wonders/Upgrades to Chinese characters? Getting scholar-bureaucrats and siege-engineers to interact with your Wonders would be awesome.
 
Amazing upgrades! A question though: will there be any special Wonders/Upgrades to Chinese characters? Getting scholar-bureaucrats and siege-engineers to interact with your Wonders would be awesome.
This is something outside the scope that I would really like to add. If I have time I'm going to add it myself. :)
 
How about if we manage to forge a claim on Alexander's bloodline, we can carve Mount Athos into a gigantic statue of Alexander, to finish the failed proposal from his time?
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Constantinople and Rome could be handled with an “Imperial City”-Wonder with the main Buildings beeing different Upgrades.

Edit: typo
 
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Can we have an epic slide upgrade for Pyramids? Seriously, who wouldn't want to climb a Pyramid and scream "WHEEEE!" all the way back down? It's complete lunacy.
My artistic rendition of Napoleon conquering the Pyramids in style.
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How about modability. As you announces some upgrades can be build if condisions are filled, can we also have accsess thouse upgrades if certain condisions are filled. Like have trapdoor bonus if you have 8 or higher intriques,
 
Will the portraits be updated for this expansion?