krille
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Ok, the title is a bit misleading and maybe some of you have noticed this already, but I came to think of it only now so I thought why not post it?
Settlers are ruddy annoying because of their upkeep: Two food and one shield (Despotism/Anarchy makes it slightly better, but are flushed down the toilet for other reasons). Still you will need quite a few to manage your empire and even late-game you need to clear pollution.
Here's how to get rid of the upkeep without cheating. Simply build a city with the Settler in the middle of nowhere. Set it to Barracks and let it work for one turn and then buy it and switch production to a Settler. The city now gets turned into a Settler owned by NONE. Build another Settler and repeat! It costs you less than 80 gold per Settler. Much cheaper than bribing one off the AI. (Does not work at Chieftain level though, I think, sorry Whelkman.)
Edit: As Valen points out "the temporary city only needs to be built in a place where the nearest city is an enemy city" for this to work. As such "in the middle of nowhere" is not necessary, just an expression.
Settlers are ruddy annoying because of their upkeep: Two food and one shield (Despotism/Anarchy makes it slightly better, but are flushed down the toilet for other reasons). Still you will need quite a few to manage your empire and even late-game you need to clear pollution.
Here's how to get rid of the upkeep without cheating. Simply build a city with the Settler in the middle of nowhere. Set it to Barracks and let it work for one turn and then buy it and switch production to a Settler. The city now gets turned into a Settler owned by NONE. Build another Settler and repeat! It costs you less than 80 gold per Settler. Much cheaper than bribing one off the AI. (Does not work at Chieftain level though, I think, sorry Whelkman.)
Edit: As Valen points out "the temporary city only needs to be built in a place where the nearest city is an enemy city" for this to work. As such "in the middle of nowhere" is not necessary, just an expression.