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• Nov 14, 2012

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Ok, I have played a lot of Civ3, but only just started ciV

Whats the deal with roads? Each one costs? Should I only add roads where I need to connect things (What do I need to connect!)

 

ferretbacon

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• Nov 14, 2012

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The only things you need to connect are cities; don't worry about resources, they are automatically connected once you improve their tile with the appropriate improvement.

Besides connecting cities, I will sometimes build a road towards the "front" in a war, in order to more quickly provide reinforcements.

 

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• Nov 14, 2012

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Thank you!

Should I pay to expand tiles, or wait, or is there a balance?

 

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You mean should you purchase tiles as opposed to waiting for your city to naturally expand?

I suppose it's just situational after you weigh the gold cost vs. the value of the tile vs. the urgency of your need.

It is certainly useful if you put down a city next to an enemy - you can take all the good tiles before they do - or if an enemy puts down a city next to you - you can secure the resources you were expanding into before they steal them.

 

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• Nov 14, 2012

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Thanks again!

 

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• Nov 14, 2012

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No problem.

 

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• Nov 14, 2012

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Deaths Advocate said:

Whats the deal with roads? Each one costs? Should I only add roads where I need to connect things (What do I need to connect!)

Click to expand...

If you play as Rome and get iron working/build iron mine, you can upgrade your warriors to Legions, they can then build your roads for you.

 

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• Nov 16, 2012

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the amount of gold you get from a trade network is dependent on city size. Long roads might cost more than the trade route generates.

In general, I wont connect a city until the size of the city is equal to the distance of road.

That makes a the minimum a size 3 city four tiles away (three road segments). If it is five road segments, wait until the city is approaching size 5.

 

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• Nov 16, 2012

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Agree, unless there is another compelling reason to build the road before the city's pop gets to that threshold (e.g., military necessity, messenger of the gods pantheon).