A New Road upgrade?

[Gamestation]

Well I'm just stating a fact right now. I don't really know if the idea is good or not. The reasoning from Silverkiss makes sense and can be a balancing factor. As for Kael fixing that recently, all I know is that in 2.016i, unless I downloaded a messed up version, what I said is true about settlements counting towards that # of cities maintenance. Load up a diety game on a duel sized map with Cardith Lorda all alone and build a settlement after the capital. The capital will cost 1 gold at least.

 

[Eternal Requiem]

Well, in Civ 4 you do not need border-internal colonies because as long as the resource is in you cultural borders and you build an improvement on it, it gets harvested. If I understood you correctly. What we're talking about is outside your cultural borders.

Point taken