Capital
- Thread starter OceansEleven
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Surprises me to read so few people do this. I move my capital in quite a few games, especially isolated island or peninsula starts. It makes a real (sometimes up to 20 gold per turn) difference to all your cities' upkeep cost if the capital is central vs somewhere on the fringe.
Wodan
Deity
Yes, but can you build your capitol where you have Versailles? Hmm? 
Wodan
Wodan
I move my capital around quite a bit; sometimes I even rebuild repeatedly within a single game, depending on whether I can build/capture Versailles for instance.
I'm surprised so few players rebuild their capital to be honest, I think the maintenance reduction is well worth the trouble. As long the palace is located in a "mature" city the bureaucracy bonus still pays off too.
As a matter of fact one of the first things I look for when starting off near a coastline or tundra is a more suitable spot for my palace because coastal/tundra capitals are rarely central to my empire anymore past 1000AD.
Even though the bonus may appear minimal - one or two dozen
, typically - it's one that remains for virtually the entire game. Only with State Property does the palace's location become irrelevant but at that point city upkeep is rarely a major concern anymore either.
I'm surprised so few players rebuild their capital to be honest, I think the maintenance reduction is well worth the trouble. As long the palace is located in a "mature" city the bureaucracy bonus still pays off too.
As a matter of fact one of the first things I look for when starting off near a coastline or tundra is a more suitable spot for my palace because coastal/tundra capitals are rarely central to my empire anymore past 1000AD.
Even though the bonus may appear minimal - one or two dozen
, typically - it's one that remains for virtually the entire game. Only with State Property does the palace's location become irrelevant but at that point city upkeep is rarely a major concern anymore either.SkippyT
Who?
Yup ^^
If I have a 2nd city as a holy city and it's wealthy and I plan to build Wall Street in it - I make that city my capital. +8 gold!! Ching ching
If I have a 2nd city as a holy city and it's wealthy and I plan to build Wall Street in it - I make that city my capital. +8 gold!! Ching ching
SkippyT said:Yup ^^
If I have a 2nd city as a holy city and it's wealthy and I plan to build Wall Street in it - I make that city my capital. +8 gold!! Ching ching
It's not 8 gold, it's 8 commerce. Converts to 8 gold only when you run the slider at 100% gold
I have moved my capital a few times, mostly when I get put in a starting location in the far north or south where I am pretty much surrounded by tundra or worse yet ice, the resources offshore in the water just don't cut in those situations. In highland maps I almost always end up moving my capital because it is often a few centuries before I find an "ideal" city location.
ThomasHardy
Chieftain
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I've done it before, when my capital was on the edge of my empire. I switched it to a city in the middle and my income went up about 20c because of reduced distance costs.
