How many cities is optimal for Hyborem?
I'm starting to think they'd work perfectly mimicking Kuriobates (sp) with just 3 real cities and however many settlements they need to claim resources. Just enough to build research in one, military in another, and gold in the third. With growth rate unrelated to time and no or , you don't need a bunch of size 12-20 cities, you can do better with 3 size 60+, with less upkeep, right?
It also appears that you don't need to worry too much about where you place your cities as Hyborem. Very high yield tiles are desirable, but if you have nothing but ocean and burning sands, you can just run more specialists, which is almost as good.
I'm starting to think they'd work perfectly mimicking Kuriobates (sp) with just 3 real cities and however many settlements they need to claim resources. Just enough to build research in one, military in another, and gold in the third. With growth rate unrelated to time and no or , you don't need a bunch of size 12-20 cities, you can do better with 3 size 60+, with less upkeep, right?
It also appears that you don't need to worry too much about where you place your cities as Hyborem. Very high yield tiles are desirable, but if you have nothing but ocean and burning sands, you can just run more specialists, which is almost as good.