Moai

Do you think it's always best to prioritize building Moai tile improvements on coastal tiles rather than farms/mines/plantations/pastures?

I suppose if you really need a certain resource, it's worth building something else, but the way moais' culture bonus stacks, I like just going all out with as many moais as possible and forgo the resources.

I don't think it's worth it early but once your economy is well started you can start to spam it in order to make your transition toward mass culture for the tourism bonuses.

I treat the Moai same as chateau for France. Farms/mines early but switch them to Moai when hotel goes online. Polders and Brazilwood UI is strictly better than anything else so those are treated different unless I really needed the mines.

I like building at least some Moai early, and plan city placement in part to maximize clusters. Eventually your borders will spread beyond 3 tiles, so keep an eye out for spots to build in ring 4 to add culture to ring 3...

If you are lucky enough to get multiple pasture resources, build a pasture on the tile least valuable for Moai, or on horses for sure, then Stables will still give a production bonus to them all. If you have cities with lots of seafood and hills, you are set for a fun game, with a nice culture boost with no upkeep costs. In a recent game I took God of the Sea pantheon which almost made up for the loss of mine production.

I love building Moai!