Is technological advancement slower in Civ V: Brave new world?

[Jang]

So, I have been playing the shit out of Civ V: Gods and Kings. Just as I was winding, and was about to be a productive member of society again, Brave New World came out.

I love it, and I am sinking way more time into it than I should, but I do wonder if the technological advancement hasn't been slowed down a lot? I used to be able to get Nukes in the 20th century, yet now I am well into the 21st before I am close? Can anyone confirm this, and is there a way, In-game, to overcome this slowing down?

 

[Thedutchjelle]

Later techs require more tech points, but that should be logical. I never noticed a significant tech slow down myself, but you might want to check if you're doing these things:
- Build science boosting buildings in every city, and universities in the big ones.
- Do not cut down jungles, as they boost science late game if you build universities.
- Take the "science" policies (not sure the exact name).
- When a city has sufficient extra population, assign one or two citizens to a scientist specialist slot.
- Connect every city to your capitol.
- Check if your difficulty setting isn't higher now than you used to play on.

 

[Jang]

Thanks dude, I'll check it out

 

[Ryotknife]

Technology advancement has slow down considerably in Brave new world. Every city you own increases technology costs by 4%.

It used to be if you played your cards right by concentrating on growth, science, wonders, and forgoing half of the tech tree to focus on military, you could gain a respectable advantage in military tech over your opponents (for example, artillery by 1800's). Now, even if you do all of that, you will get only the slightest of advantages.

I can understand they wanted to nerf min/max players a little bit, but this has the side affect of dragging out the game even further as it now takes longer to win via any method including diplomacy.

And cultural victory is right out the window.

Before brave new world, the easiest way to win was cultural or scientific (and you could do so by early 1900's), now they made both of those nearly impossible. Diplomacy is the way to win now (via bribing city states) and even then you are talking about late 1900/early 2000's

Now, economy is king.

Dunno, was a little disappointed with that expansion as they cut off half of the game (religion, culture, science, military) and expanded on another half (economy, diplomacy, trade).

 

[L. Declis]

I personally have just found the game expects you to pick a single path and stick to it. No longer can you do everything and expect to win; if you're going Science, you just build the science buildings and Wonders, take as much Rationalism and anything else that increases Science, and if you're not at war, using the "Research" option in cities to improve it.

Same with culture; better get good religion, explore the world quickly, be nice with the city states, have good trade routes, all those Great People help, etc.

Diplomacy sounds great, but in multiplayer games it's damn near impossible to win as everyone just blocks everyone else. In multiplayer games, you'll be using gunboat diplomacy