Courthouses

[nikitos]

Is it just me or do they really really suck. They are pretty expensive to build and if your city is making 1 production, chances are it will stay that way even after the courthouse. They are only effective in cities with 50% or less corruption and even then not much. Concentrate on culture improvements instead and pump out workers in these cities. That's all these far away cities will be good for. my 2 cents. making courthouses more effective would probably be the most effective change in this game. Hopefully it will be addressed in a patch.

 

[Ferd]

It looks like, that for every three (3) shields you have that are NOT lost due to corruption, the courthouse will give you one more. Cities at max corruption (only producing one shield) get NO benefit from having a courthouse. Don't wast your money.

 

[Ruffin]

Once you get far enough away from your capital, the distance penalty is so huge the courthouse can't overcome it. The only solution is to build the Forbidden Palace (why is it forbidden?). Once you get far enough beyond that you're back where you started. Or you could end up with what I've got - cities between the Palace and FP so far from both that they're losing production. It really hurts on a huge map.