A few random questions regarding culture/GGs/GPs

[terriFyer]

I'm a relatively successful monarch level player, wanting to move up to emperor. I've been working on getting better at micromanagement in order to help with the move up, which I've found to be fun, rather than tedious like I assumed it would be.

Anyways on to the questions. I know that cities that have been razed still have culture surrounding the former cities borders, but if a new city is built there does it start at 0 culture with the borders still extended and exerting cultural pressure, or does the city start with the same amount of culture from the previous one, just with the culture producing buildings destroyed?

What is the best way to use the great generals to get a medic III unit? I usually fuse the great general with my military city in order to produce more experienced units, but what is the best way to use it to get the medic III unit? If I gave the 20 XP to a stack of one unit, would that be enough to build heroic epic? Is there anyway you can give a unit in a stack more XP than the others so that they're not all split evenly?

Also I've never run a pure GP farm before which I want to start trying to do. Let's say that I hire 5 scientists in a city and then after he's born, I immediately fire them, and hire priests, am I 100% guaranteed to get a great prophet or do the former scientists taint the GP pool? This is assuming that there are no wonders in the city that are tainting the GP pool

Thanks!

 

[oyzar]

pretty certain your 100% assured of generating a great priest.

 

[Norton II]

pretty certain your 100% assured of generating a great priest.

Even if there's a little spillover?

 

[Ecofarm]

IIRC spillover is neutral

 

[cabert]

I'm a relatively successful monarch level player, wanting to move up to emperor. I've been working on getting better at micromanagement in order to help with the move up, which I've found to be fun, rather than tedious like I assumed it would be.

Anyways on to the questions. I know that cities that have been razed still have culture surrounding the former cities borders, but if a new city is built there does it start at 0 culture with the borders still extended and exerting cultural pressure, or does the city start with the same amount of culture from the previous one, just with the culture producing buildings destroyed?

after some testing, the new city starts with 0 culture, and as long as the city's cultural expansion didn't reach the tiles, you don't culturally own the ancient tiles.

For instance, you legendary city was razed. You refound a city on the same spot. It starts over with 0 culture, and if no other city owns the second ring tiles, your new city cannot work them even though you culturally dominate them.

What is the best way to use the great generals to get a medic III unit? I usually fuse the great general with my military city in order to produce more experienced units, but what is the best way to use it to get the medic III unit? If I gave the 20 XP to a stack of one unit, would that be enough to build heroic epic? Is there anyway you can give a unit in a stack more XP than the others so that they're not all split evenly?

to get a medic 3 unit, you need to merge the GG with a unit.
If the unit is alone on a tile, you get 20 XP, which gives you at least level 5. If you want it to be a great medic, you should choose a unit unlikely to defend (warrior, chariot, scout).
If your wanabee unit already has 6 xp, you can be level 6 (allowing you to build West Point with military tradition).
If you don't care about west point and just want a medic 3, you only need to be level 5. A chariot with 7 xp and combat 1, medic 1 (or unassigned promotions) only needs 10 more xps to be your medic 3. So you can have a stack of 2 units and give 10 xp to each unit (nothing wasted ).

Also I've never run a pure GP farm before which I want to start trying to do. Let's say that I hire 5 scientists in a city and then after he's born, I immediately fire them, and hire priests, am I 100% guaranteed to get a great prophet or do the former scientists taint the GP pool? This is assuming that there are no wonders in the city that are tainting the GP pool

you're 100% sure to have a GProphet as others already have said.