"Out of the box flew all of the horrors which plague the world today - pain, sickness, envy, greed. Upon hearing Pandora's screams Epimetheus rushed home and fastened the lid shut, but all of the evils had already escaped.

Later that night they heard a voice coming from the box saying...

'Let me out. I am Hope.' "

Pandora's Box, Greek Mythology
 
GATHERING RATES
From the game data files:

  • Egyptian Villagers:
    Herd animals: 0.59 per second
    Hunted animals: 0.69/sec
    Gold: 0.743/sec
    Wood: 0.89/sec
    Farming: 0.544/sec
    Foraging: 0.59/sec

  • Norse Villagers:
    Wood: 0.99 per second
    Farming: 0.605/sec
    Herd animals: 0.66/sec
    Hunted animals: 0.77/sec
    Gold: 0.825
    Foraging: 0.66

  • Greek Villagers:
    Same as norse, except it has 0.60 for farms.

  • Greek Dwarf:
    Wood: 0.7292 per second
    Farming: 0.484/sec
    Hunted animals: 0.616/sec
    Herd animals: 0.528/sec
    Foraging: 0.528/sec
    Gold: 0.99/sec

By: TheShadowDawn (AoM.HeavenGames.com)

I did some testing on gathering rates. dunno if they will hold in the final and they are pretty rudimentary, but here goes. civilizations are random, so there might be a difference here not taken into account (though i doubt it). Didnt try gold harvesting with dwarves. Anyway, just to spark some interest. Someone might've posted this a long time ago -

  • gold 0.7166 per sec -- 1. upg. 0.8333 per sec -- 2. upg. 1.0 per sec
  • wood 0.8166 per sec -- 1. upg. 1.02/sec
  • Berries 0.633/sec
  • Goat 0.6 per sec -- 1. upg. 0.75/sec
  • Boar 0.75 per sec -- 1. upg. 1/sec
  • Fish 0,5166 per sec -- 1. upg. 0,766/sec
  • Farm 0,5166 per sec -- 1. upg. 0,6166/sec

    Seems the hunting upgrade is really worth getting on most maps. Unfortunately its rather expensive (100 gold, 100 wood or so) and will push your age'in forward quite some time. also the fish upgrade is rather cool.