Poll - Cities

[daviscor]

How many cities do you usually settle?

 

[The_Quasar]

Well... it depends on the civ I'm playing, my objectives in this game, if any, the number of opponents, and the speed of the game, where I find myself planted in the map, what opponents I have close by, and other things too....

Often my tactics will change during a game depending on how it's going.

So there can be no true answer to your poll for my style of play, as I tend to do things a bit differently every game, I find that more interesting, especially if you play random civs and maps.

 

[ense7en]

Yeah really depends.

But basically always at least three.

If i'm not doing a cultural game it'll usually end up being 4+.

And usually lots of puppets (if possible).

 

[Camikaze]

Rarely more than 3. Units seem a better investment after that.

 

[Pook]

Four. I build the fourth after Iron Working, specifically to grab iron not in range of the first three cities.

 

[Kerosene31]

3-5, although I tend to go for 4 if I have room and a good location to expand. I will add a 5th small city if it is needed for a resource or something.

4 seems to be the sweet spot for me in general. I tend to not do as well with 3 cities although other like it.

 

[Hormagaunt]

Anything less than 10 does not an empire make.

 

[King of Prussia]

2-5 depending where I am and how much room I have.

 

[blasto]

I settle like crazy. From cutting off huge swaths of land for myself right at the start of the game (usually 5-8 cities for this alone), to seeing how deep into AI territory I can get a city placed just for antgonistic purposes, I wind up with a lot of them. I find it great fun to manage to plop a city on the other side of a continent totally surrounded by future buddies who end up howling in anger.

Another fun thing I like to do is declare war with AI on the other side of the map and then when they come crying for peace, I'll demand a city or two or three and then raze them all except one. (selling all the buildings first) Trying to hold that one city so far from safety adds a bit more flavor to the game for me.

Juggling the unhappiness from all this just makes it more interesting.

 

[Mad2rix]

I don't settle too many cities unless there are couple luxury resources in which I could benefit to trading them with the AI (other civs)

 

[Ruler]

3-5 is definitely normal. I get every possible new luxury I can find at any cost.

 

[TPQ]

Usually 3-5 for me. It depends on how aggressively the AIs are settling near me in any particular terrain. Sometimes there's no room near by and I can only get 2-3 cities in, in which case I'll puppet what's around and consider the best puppet/s for my needs as a candidate/s for annexation.

I used to only settle 1-2 cities, but I find I get a more robust empire up and running more quickly settling 3-5 cities. I usually never settle a 6th city unless it's of vital strategic importance and I never go above 6 as it just bogs social policies down too much for me.

 

[TentacleMayor]

I'm a newb but like at least 5 cities to play with. Preferably up to 8, then it gets too much.

 

[Man vs Civ AI]

I settle 3-5, but often conquer 10-20 more!

 

[chazzycat]

I like to pick random map/random civ combos and so flexibility is key. I will judge my surroundings and settle as many cities as I think makes sense. Frequently that is just 3-4, but I would say 5-8 is probably more common. Occasionally, up to around 12-15. Then again, I turn random games into OCCs pretty frequently as well.

...so 1-15?