Goody hut question

[splunge the 2nd]

I took a look at the probabilities from goody huts in the War Academy and saw "city" listed. Do barbs ever turn their settlement into a town for you? I've never had it happen. Is it a vanilla feature, are there certain conditions to have it happen or am I just unlucky? Interestingly enough, I don't think I've ever got nothing from a hut either. Thanks!

 

[joycem10]

Yeah it does happen. I think it was added in Conquests. The conditions (I believe) are the same as those for a settler popping from a hut.

Sorry to be so vague but I've rarely seen it. Id much rather have the settler than the city.

 

[splunge the 2nd]

Thanks. BTW, heartbreak Sunday Steelers over Ravens (I'm in Baltimore)

 

[joycem10]

Thanks. BTW, heartbreak Sunday Steelers over Ravens (I'm in Baltimore)

Im thinking you might get another crack at in in January...

 

[Brainiac18]

Its like a barbarian village turning into your city!?

 

[Optional]

Its like a barbarian village turning into your city!?

I assume that's a misphrase, what is probably meant is getting a free town from a goody hut. Happens often. It annoys me, really, those towns that pop up 1 tile from a river or 1 tile from a coast. Grrr! It's like having the AI govern your city placement; NO!

 

[Lord Emsworth]

Is it a vanilla feature,

No! More a Conquests feature.

 

[vmxa]

It is called an advanced city, not sure why. IIRC is was in CivII as well. They tend to not be close enough to be useful and sometimes, I just abandon them.

 

[Lord Emsworth]

You are right, vmxa, they were in Civ II. And sometimes the advanced tribe would do its name justice by being size 2 or even 3, and having one or the other basic improvement like a market or temple. Not sure if that is in C3C though.

 

[capnvonbaron]

Interestingly enough, I don't think I've ever got nothing from a hut either. Thanks!

I'd call that lucky.

My worst game ever, I counted 9 huts turned over (more than usual, but): 6 produced barbs, two were "deserted", one gave maps.

Best games I'd say tied between a regent game with the Germans where I popped two settlers and a bunch of gold, and monarch Aztecs game where I popped one settler and a bunch of techs.

 

[splunge the 2nd]

"Deserted"? I think I may actually have seen it once.

 

[capnvonbaron]

"Deserted"? I think I may actually have seen it once.

Deserted = empty

Seems to happen more the later you go in the game. On occasion I'll tip a hut on some remote island sometime in the late MA or early IA before the AI gets there. I'd say 50% of the time they're deserted, probably the ones that were flagged to give you an AA tech. Otherwise they only give you maps, gold, or barbs.

 

[Spoonwood]

My worst game ever, I counted 9 huts turned over (more than usual, but): 6 produced barbs, two were "deserted", one gave maps.

For a high level map with a non-expansionist tribe, that actually seems from what I remember of Oystein's tables.

 

[Argetnyx]

ive had it many times (i play A LOT) they really help you to expand...

 

[Sharwood]

You are right, vmxa, they were in Civ II. And sometimes the advanced tribe would do its name justice by being size 2 or even 3, and having one or the other basic improvement like a market or temple. Not sure if that is in C3C though.

I remember playing on a world map, and having El-Amarna mysteriously appear in a perfect location, size 3, with a marketplace, temple, and barracks. I quite literally cheered.

You do get free cities (advanced tribes) fairly often, but that's not necessarily a good thing. If you play the Europe map, starting in Rome's position, the hut in Sicily will almost always produce a city if you go there ASAP. It will also ALWAYS flip to whoever is in Carthage's position, unless you rush a temple. I mean that, every single damn time, no matter the difficulty setting.