szieker
Chieftain
Before I get into it, I don't have a picture to show my starting location, so I'll try to describe it.
Playing Diety, Fractal, as Russia. Standard settings.
Turn 0 I started in a pretty decent location, next to a river, inside a mountain range. Double Gems, Marble, sheep, cows, double stone.
I decidd to spend 1 turn and move 2 spots south, so I could pick up a 3rd gem in my city borders, and get an observatory in my capital.
After I did a little exploration and teccing, I notcied that I also had a wheat, horses, furs, and a salt within 3 tiles of my capital.
To summarize: 6 strategic resources, 4 unique luxuries, river city, next to a mountain.
Here's the problem. There's nothing else around. If I would have settled in place, I would have had a very good city location 5-6 tiles south, that would have pickd up those other resources. As it stands now, I have to either
a) settle a city > 10 tiles away if i want some resources or luxuries in my city radius
b) settle a city with no luxuries, and milk the happiness from the capital.
So here's my question. If I would have settled in place on Turn 0, I would have had a very good city location, then I could have expanded south, and had a very good second city location.
Which does everyone else prefer?
I might save turn 0, and play it out both ways, to see which way ends up being more productive.
Playing Diety, Fractal, as Russia. Standard settings.
Turn 0 I started in a pretty decent location, next to a river, inside a mountain range. Double Gems, Marble, sheep, cows, double stone.
I decidd to spend 1 turn and move 2 spots south, so I could pick up a 3rd gem in my city borders, and get an observatory in my capital.
After I did a little exploration and teccing, I notcied that I also had a wheat, horses, furs, and a salt within 3 tiles of my capital.
To summarize: 6 strategic resources, 4 unique luxuries, river city, next to a mountain.
Here's the problem. There's nothing else around. If I would have settled in place, I would have had a very good city location 5-6 tiles south, that would have pickd up those other resources. As it stands now, I have to either
a) settle a city > 10 tiles away if i want some resources or luxuries in my city radius
b) settle a city with no luxuries, and milk the happiness from the capital.
So here's my question. If I would have settled in place on Turn 0, I would have had a very good city location, then I could have expanded south, and had a very good second city location.
Which does everyone else prefer?
I might save turn 0, and play it out both ways, to see which way ends up being more productive.