(NOT A BUG) Workers defending resources

[huntunc]

I have noticed that when I have extras of a resource (rice, pig, etc) inside my cultural borders but outside the city crosses, the automated workers will go and build a fort on top of them instead of connecting them as a resource I can trade to other civilizations.

 

[Argroww]

Apparantly forts now can gather resources as long as you've got the required tech to aquire (not see) that resource....

 

[Rodman49]

Whoa, you serious?

 

[Tyrael]

Yes, you can do that if it's outside the BFC.

 

[Virulent]

I didn't know that. It's confusing because if you mouse over the tile it still says "requires <improvement>"

 

[Dearmad]

Yes, you can do that if it's outside the BFC.

I know this is old... but this confused me so much I wanted to fix the facts here. In the latest version of the game it works INSIDE the BFC too... what I mean is you will still gather the resource fo trade/happy purposes. But you will not get the extra hammers/coins or whatever you could get from the special building.

A trade off I guess.