Maximizing city internals

[CptCeeJay]

Ladies & Gents,
I realize that I have only a few months of Civ4:BtS gameplay left until Civ5 is released (which I look forward to!). But I have a lingering Civ4 question. I've been playing Civ since Civ3 many years ago and am a capable intermediate player. But I have never really cracked the code on managing cities beyond simply choosing which tiles get worked and choosing to "emphasize production" or "emphasize food" etc. for that city. I know you can tweak the number of specialists and such but I haven't found a strategy article dedicated to maximizing your cities. I'm guessing I've overlooked a thread on this. There are a few threads discussing different strategies on how to specialize entire cities like SlobberinBears "Introduction to City Placement and Specialization" or "City Specialization: Where do I do it?" by OTAKUjbski. I have not found a post on how and why to choose specialists and how to best maximize each city. Does anyone have an idea or opinion?
CJ

 

[*Svart*]

what do you mean for "maximizing"? you want BIG cities full of pop, maximum production citie.... what does it mean?

and write in normal font pls... it's annoying

 

[Brian Boru]

I suspect you may need to read up on the economy, and selecting a type of economy to play. That's [one of] the main pre-reqs to deciding how to config your earlier cities.

You don't max your cities individually, you max your empire--your cities then need to support that overall strategy.

 

[vanatteveldt]

wrong forum. This is not a strategy article.

 

[obsolete]

Well damnit! Just when I thought I read a new kick-ass strategy article, I find out it isn't.

Thanks for the heads-up Vanatteveldt!

 

[vanatteveldt]

not too cocky mr O