Re-settle. How to do it?

[oni no Pikachu]

This is my first question on this forum.

I am a milker player, who have learned a lot with the gracious advices from greater milkers. But one thing I don't understand, or I don't know how to do. Re-settling.

If I want to abandone a city all the population is lost. Then I can found with a settler a new city with a better placement. But I think it will hurt the final score more than help it.

And I am atonished when the milkers said they re-settle in two or three turns. How without loose a lot of Population due to abandoning cities?

I think I miss some trick about it. Help is needed and welcome.

Thanks,

 

[knacki]

Isn't it some trick like : produce a lot of workers, then abandon city, re-settle, and finally all the produced workers join new city ?

 

[fret]

As with most things in a milked game: Preperation is key.

You dont lose population when disbanding because you have allready drilled down the pop in the temp cities building settlers (ready for the re-settle )

It can only be done in 2 turns if there is a sufficient rail infrastructure available, which is usally the case by the stage of the game you usually begin the resettle, although this will be dependant on difficulty level.

 

[oni no Pikachu]

I have all my game railroared. Many of my cities are over 12. But if I start to build settlers my actual population is going down, two-per-city, per-turn. Before resettle I have to abandon at least some space to them. In this moment I could join the new settlers and no further population are lost.

Also, when I have no posiblity to build a settler faster than city regrowths two population, I couldn't reduce the city below this number (4 ó 5, for example) In this moment I have to abandon it and loose these remaining population.

When I have to re-settle you have two turns-step: 6 and 12 growth. Sometimes the first is avoided, but not the second. And you need to increase your city radius, which at least is 4 turns in between.

I am reluctant to start something like this without knowing their results in future score. I see many problems and nothing to solve them. The award is bigger cities at the end, but with the drilled-down method I don't expect bigger score.

Have I forget something? Maybe is clear for you, but I am blind on it.

 

[fret]

But if I start to build settlers my actual population is going down.

ts a means to an end. Yes your score will temporarilty be efected negatively, but the resulting increase in population through better placeent more than makes up for it over 2/300 turns of milking.

And you need to increase your city radius, which at least is 4 turns in between.

No you dont, its possible to hit domination limit on very, very big dom limit maps without ever building a culture building, and without hitting the city maximum- build you cities closer together 4 x 3 grid works well.

The award is bigger cities at the end, but with the drilled-down method I don't expect bigger score.

The aim is not necessarily to get bigger cities, the primary aim is to make sure the best food producing land is settled. Some studies have been done and a bigger city will get you more pointes per tile, but the jury is out on whether the cultural effort needed to achieve this doesnt detract the benefit gaind.

You will get a higher score re-settling.

Have I forget something? Maybe is clear for you, but I am blind on it.

Experience is key. Try, try and try again

 

[Tomoyo]

[Pikachu's brother?],The "best" resettling pattern is to have the highest population with 66% of the land. And having rails everywhere helps because your settler is going to be a city sooner, not a wandering pointless soul.