Build Worker timed with Resource

[Tony.Uk]

Why is it important to have a resource built at exactly the same time as a worker. Sure I have read about this technique but not sure why it is used and does it apply in ant other situations as well this exact timing mehod?

 

[DaveMcW]

The first thing your worker does when it is built is... improve a resource!

Your question sounds confused though, maybe you should give examples of what you mean by "worker" and "resource".

 

[Tony.Uk]

Ok Dave, See Orions Noble Space walkthrough - http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=248945
Turn 22. Posted thread there but no reply.

 

[UWHabs]

Well, if you built your worker 1 turn earlier, then sometimes if you don't have the techs, it will just sit around doing nothing. May as well delay that build until you can actually use it.

 

[DaveMcW]

Turn 22: I start on a Scout for 1 turn so the Worker and AH will come in at the same time.

I have no idea why he does this either.

 

[Bostock]

Unless the turn put into the scout gets the scout built quicker than it would have been otherwise, it's all the same. Meanwhile, if he had been playing a civ that starts with Wheel or Ag (so he could part-build a road or farm on the "wasted" turn), or if 1 turn travel time were needed to reach the cows, then the turn put into the scout would have been actively inferior.