Civ4 Keep losing city squares

[McFarty]

Just been playing conquest & I kept losing city tiles as neighbouring civ expanded its borders. Eventually the cities revolted & turned (no loyalty these days!!). Is this because I didn't have enough culture?

 

[miller4242]

To McFarty - Welcome to CFC

Culture was the culprit that took your city. If you have cities along an opponent's border, you need to build a couple of buildings that will produce some culture. This maintain and protect your tiles around your city.

 

[McFarty]

Cheers for that. Thought it might be. If you've got more than one neighbour on a continent, do you suggest wiping one out early? I've tried it a couple of times but the other one seems to race ahead. Does war slow down research?

 

[miller4242]

Cheers for that. Thought it might be. If you've got more than one neighbour on a continent, do you suggest wiping one out early? I've tried it a couple of times but the other one seems to race ahead. Does war slow down research?

Bad news: War will slow down your research. Good News: It will slow down their research too. You have to find a happy balance between kicking the AI's butt and maitaining you empire.

 

[Welnic]

You can also reduce the chance of revolt by putting military units in the city. This is only a short term solution until you get culture going, but it does give you some more time. I mainly use this on cities that I have just captured, as cities that I built myself usually don't have have culture problems as I concentrate on building culture in my border cities.

 

[Andorim]

Once you have the technology, theatres are one of the fastest and easiest solutions -- they crank out 3 culture per turn. In many cases, this will be enough (or at least a darn good start) to keep your city tiles.