How many monuments should be built ?

[hongyu20]

Monuments provide decent culture at the start of the game , but usually I prioritize my military and settlers over it , how many monuments do you guys tend to build in a game ?

 

[joncnunn]

Every city should have a monument built just for the progress thru the civic tree. In fact if the city has fresh water, it's higher priority than a granary.

 

[gimper42]

Every single city you own. When I capture a new city, 95% of the time I build or repair the monument straight away. Founded cities it usually takes me longer to work through a list of higher priority items, but not always.

 

[Victoria]

Culture fast is important and that piddly 0.3 per pop just does not do it.

A slarcher start is great and makes up for it if foes are near. I just get tired of playing slarcher and a monument is a good starting option in a remote position. Might save me some tile gold too.

 

[ShinigamiKenji]

And when you fix your income issues, you can just buy them. They're dirt cheap for the benefit they provide.

 

[Mr. Shadows]

Monuments are almost always my first build in a new city, and every city gets one.

 

[Victoria]

And when you fix your income issues, you can just buy them. They're dirt cheap for the benefit they provide.

... Too late imo

 

[ShinigamiKenji]

... Too late imo

Depending on your conquests (if you're wa warmongering), or if you need a Commercial Hub or victory district before, Monuments can get delayed in satellite cities.

 

[EpicWestern]

Like spies, as many as possible.

 

[Bobfregman]

Ultimately every city gets a monument but I will delay them in favor of districts or troops in many cases.

 

[4N4C0ND4]

Try Trajan and cry when you don't

 

[Esperr]

Theyre the most efficient building in the game for the cost. Pretty much every captured city repairs there monument first because it only takes a turn usually and settled citys you just want to sneak it in in between important stuff when you can.