RCP size limit around FP?

[ahman]

I recently built/captured three cities at distance 10 from my FP in Molde, and they're at max corruption even though i only have one city, Hastings, in between. Abandoning Hastings (which I'm about to do anyway) doesn't help. If I build a Settler in Hastings, abandon it and settle 1 step NW, corruption in the new city is minimum, but if i settle 2 steps NW corruption is max?

 

[Lord Emsworth]

I recently built/captured three cities at distance 10 from my FP in Molde, and they're at max corruption even though i only have one city, Hastings, in between. Abandoning Hastings (which I'm about to do anyway) doesn't help. If I build a Settler in Hastings, abandon it and settle 1 step NW, corruption in the new city is minimum, but if i settle 2 steps NW corruption is max?

PTW: The corruption around the FP depends upon the city placement around the Palace. Hence the remote palace exploit.

 

[ahman]

PTW: The corruption around the FP depends upon the city placement around the Palace. Hence the remote palace exploit.

The FP ring has to be smaller than the Palace ring?

 

[Lord Emsworth]

The FP ring has to be smaller than the Palace ring?

Yes, or the same distance. Maybe switching Palace and Forbidden Palace isn't such a bad idea -- if you can pull it.