Is it possible to merge workers into cities?

Is it still possible to merge workers into cities?

Especially with the new happiness/growth stopping system it is an interesting question.

You could produce a bunch of workers, and once your happiness cap sets in you could merge workers into your cities to let cities grow...

 

still? this hasn't been possible since 3?

if i remember correctly

 

Don't ask me about "past Civ3". It was possible in Civ3 and I guessed it was possible in Civ4 too, but I really don't know. Well, if it wasn't possible in Civ4, I think it won't be possible in Civ5 either...

 

It was possible in 1-3 because building settlers took population from the city, in 4 they were built with food surplus rather than population. Being able to build a settler for 80 food or whatever and then use them to get 2 population levels that would have cost 120 food would obviously be an exploit.

 

Nope, you cannot merge workers or settlers into cities.

 

that's quite a reasonable explanation!

Thank you and all of the other posters for making that clear!

Thread may be closed.

 

No. You can't.
I don't know since when, any action that allows flexibility in game play will be called: exploit... and you won't be allowed to do this and that. This is especially true with Civ4.
My bigger frustration and disappointment in the way Civ4 is designed is, when they disallow something, they claimed it is to prevent exploit... and that create a CIV with no fun.

I am glad a new Civ is now released, I hope to see a new way of design: I mean let us have more ways to do things than restricting this and that.