Atoll benefits

[El Caballerion]

Hey gang,

Just wondering what perks does an atoll get for you if, for instance, you have a lighthouse, harbor, seaport, and god of the sea?

 

[joncnunn]

God of the sea / Harbor / Seaport : ZERO. God of the Sea is fishing boats / sea oil well only. Others are sea resource only.

Being Japan: Cultural bonus

Lighthouse: Just +1 food. The hammer and second +1 food are also sea resource only.

 

[Barghaest]

Yeah, most of those boosts (as jon said) won't affect atolls. The difference being those apply to Sea Resources while Atolls are a Feature (akin to Jungle/Forest).

The main benefit of Atolls is the production, which is otherwise non-existent in coast/ocean, but you can basically consider them a non-Sea Resource coastal tile.

 

[Blitz Spearman]

Think of atolls as the maritime version of desert's oasis. These feature-tiles are better than any unimproved tile around, but once you start improving the normal tiles, they get outclassed.

 

[bbbt]

As others have said, they're good for the start of the game, when you're working generally unimproved tiles, but not that great, comparatively, later on.