Outposts...

[Lord_Sidious]

I only sacrifice workers for outposts when its a captured or bought worker.

 

[mrtn]

Rolo Master, as said higher up in the thread; if you use your own worker instead you save 1 gpt. I'd rather have my upkeep-free slow worker and 200 gold than one worker.

 

[Pirate]

I have built outposts to keep an eye on the potential enemy at my rear while fighting another enemy on the other side of my empire. Most of my units were at the front, so I wanted some extra time to fortify my rear if I saw the other Civ start to amass troops.

I just hate losing workers that early in the game, so it better be a GOOD location.

 

[Smartsquid399]

I rarely use outposts, but there has been a time when I needed to spy on my enemy.