Purchased Pharmalabs bugged?

[thegenk]

I haven't had the opportunity to test this in multiple games yet, but in my first game I have purchased a Pharmalab in several cities and in each case it has not provided the base +2 Health. They do, however, provide the bonus Health added by a quest choice. When built naturally in the same cities, they appear to function normally.

Has anybody else seen this? Seems like an odd bug and want to make sure I'm not missing something.

 

[KrikkitTwo]

Its a stupid bug/tooltip lie from civV

Pharma labs do NOT give health. They give 'Local Health'

You can't have more local health in a city than pop

 

[joncnunn]

Yes, until proven otherwise, assume any similar mechanic actually works the way it did in Civ V regardless of what tooltips says is best.

But in this case, as long as you wait to buy Pharma labs until the city reaches pop 2 it should function exactly as advertised.

 

[thegenk]

Perfect, thanks folks.

 

[MadDjinn]

In the city screen, top middle near the name, you can see a health number. If it's equal to your pop, then more health buildings won't help.

Though getting health earlier means you grow into the health, rather than react to it.