Optimum City Distribution

[AutomatedTeller]

In C3C, all the cities would be counted as the highest rank, so it backfires.

This is not correct, unless I misunderstand the point. More precisely, in CSC no city can have the same rank as another - if two cities are the same distance from the capitol as each other, one gets a higher rank. Once you are past a certain rank (dependent on size and level), it doesn't matter, cause the city is hopelessly corrupt, of course.

How I space cities... I tend to go CxxC, except on low levels or when there is a strong food bonus or lux that would cause me to move a little further. For spaceship games, I will usually give my core more space, because I'm going to get hospitals and I want my core to be as powerful as I can - MT techs are very expensive.

 

[Tomoyo]

Yeah, I made a mistake. I think I said what you said later in this thread to redeem myself though.

 

[Kool Keith]

I am thinking about going for my first culture victory. Is tight city placement still a good idea or would the lower city populations eventually hurt my chances in the long run?

 

[Tomoyo]

It depends. If you're going for the 20k (20,000 culture points in one city), then space your cities so that this city (usually your capital) has all of its 21 tiles, and use tight-ish spacing for the rest. For 100k games, treat the game as if you were playing to win by domination, but before you reach 66% land, build cities as close to each other as possible and build (whip) culture buildings in all of them.