There is no point to build a stables if the only source of horse/sheep/cattle is more than 3 tiles away, since the additional hammers is added to the tile, not the building. You only get the mounted unit bonus, but it isn't worth it.
What do you mean it's not realistic?
Look 2 tiles south of Satsuma. I'm guessing that's a Cologne tile. That's the same ring as the tile that just got claimed.
The game grows generally outward from the city. If there are no tiles closer to claim (and there are not) then it will snag a further tile away. Which tile would you prefer it to grab? You have built this situation for yourself by A) allowing Cologne so close to you for so long and B) not purchasing all tiles you could when it was, especially ones that they could take.
The game is functioning fine within the realm of it's rules. You just managed to create a situation that would induce odd behavior within those rules. That's not the fault of the rules.
Yep, another no-man's land tile you could have bought, but didn't.
There is no point to build a stables if the only source of horse/sheep/cattle is more than 3 tiles away...
How about this one? this is from a very old game i did with a friend awhile back and suddenly i got a message that i lost all ciy connections to see this.
Late to thread just to say I feel OPs pain. There have been plenty of times, going tradition no less, when my cities fail to grab a tile at distance 3 before an AI city gets the hex at distance 4. Or my city grabbing useless hexes at distance 4 (and not even creeping towards a lux or resource) when decent tiles at distance 3 are available. It can be quite annoying!
I've had a CS snipe a tile 4 tiles away from its city! That's infuriating because a city can't work beyond the 3rd ring and the CS can't even build another city to take advantage of the claimed tile. It would only be useful if the CS got conquered, but why would the CS care about that? (you know, if a computer could actually form rational thoughts and all)
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/536263618105328261/308E28539FC6C286B98E11524903BE87760E246C/
How about this one? this is from a very old game i did with a friend awhile back and suddenly i got a message that i lost all ciy connections to see this xD.
Can anyone explain why acquiring tiles with natural wonders is so expensive? The city governor seems to prefer grabbing a fourth ring tundra over a workable natural wonder.
Can anyone explain why acquiring tiles with natural wonders is so expensive? The city governor seems to prefer grabbing a fourth ring tundra over a workable natural wonder.