catecalloway
Chieftain
- Joined
- Oct 8, 2012
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- 16
I'm playing my second game where I have had trouble accessing the ocean.
For example, I have several cities with borders that include many ocean tiles, but only one of these produces boats of any kind, or a harbor. Unfortunately, that city's ocean is completely blocked off by ice so there's no point in making boats, and I've got a trade route by land, so I don't need a harbor. Meanwhile, I've got ocean tiles bordering almost the entire continent and none of my other cities will let me do anything about it. As a result, it was only recently that I've been able to send anything out there to explore the world and I'm having to use land units to do it. And I can't make work boats so all those fish are going to waste.
As I describe this problem, it suddenly occurred to me... to access ocean tiles does your founding city itself actually have to border the ocean? I don't recall that being the case in past games but can't remember for sure.
For example, I have several cities with borders that include many ocean tiles, but only one of these produces boats of any kind, or a harbor. Unfortunately, that city's ocean is completely blocked off by ice so there's no point in making boats, and I've got a trade route by land, so I don't need a harbor. Meanwhile, I've got ocean tiles bordering almost the entire continent and none of my other cities will let me do anything about it. As a result, it was only recently that I've been able to send anything out there to explore the world and I'm having to use land units to do it. And I can't make work boats so all those fish are going to waste.
As I describe this problem, it suddenly occurred to me... to access ocean tiles does your founding city itself actually have to border the ocean? I don't recall that being the case in past games but can't remember for sure.