I am a civ 4 veteran, but a civ 5 newbie. 1) When I build my second city, how many tiles should it be placed from the capital? 2) Is there a rule of thumb for the number tiles between cities? 3) What are the ideal number of cities for noble difficulty on a standard map by 1 AD? 4) What is the "ideal" build order for the first three productions? (In civ 4, the build order was worker-warrior-warrior/worker/settler for me). Thanks.
1. Each city can work all tiles within a radius of
3 tiles, however it would need to grow to size 37 to work them all. The minimum distance between each city is 4 tiles.
2. Depends on the resources really. It's generally not a good idea to settle a city early in the game where there isn't a luxury resources. Distance doesn't matter as much as in 4, since there is no city maintenance. If there are a lot of resources cramped together it might be a good idea to build two cities that overlap, just like in IV, but generally speaking just build them where there are strategic/luxury resources you need.
3. Depends, but let's say that 3 would be a good number.
4. Opening up with a warrior? Huh, I always went worker-warrior-warrior-warrior-settler I think. Anyways, depends on the situation, but I think the golden rule seems to be scout (to get the money for meeting city states first and to get as many goody huts, ancient ruins in V, as possible), monument (the faster you get your SPs, the better, since their cost ups with the number of cities you have), worker, warrior. However G+K made it a bit harder with religion, so unless you get Stonehenge, it might be a good idea to go scout-shrine-worker-monument-warrior or something. Still experimenting.