Roads in unowned territory are maintenance free

[s0nny80y]

Thought this was worth sharing. Good for idle workers. Good for warring too.

 

[Browd]

Not true. The builder of any road segment in unowned territory pays maintenance. Just reconfirmed it by building a road segment in no-man's land. GPT drops from -1 to -2. Scrap the road and it rises to -1 gpt. Happy to post a save file, if you like.

 

[Helmling]

Yeah, it's only in CS or foreign civ territory that you don't pay the maintenance on a road you built.

 

[LoneRebel]

I've always wondered about this.

So if you build a road in CS territory, and then later the road falls into your territory (through conquest, or by buying the CS, or through culture-bombing with a Citadel) do you then start paying maintenance on that road?

And I suppose the answer is obvious, but do you also start paying maintenance on roads other civs built if they fall into your territory for whatever reason? (conquest, peace deal, Citadel bombing)

 

[Helmling]

I've always wondered about this.

So if you build a road in CS territory, and then later the road falls into your territory (through conquest, or by buying the CS, or through culture-bombing with a Citadel) do you then start paying maintenance on that road?

And I suppose the answer is obvious, but do you also start paying maintenance on roads other civs built if they fall into your territory for whatever reason? (conquest, peace deal, Citadel bombing)

Yeah, once the land it yours, you pay the maintenance on the roads.

 

[isau]

Comically though you can pillage AI roads in unowned territory to break city connections and they don't seem to mind.

 

[szcott]

One way to tell if your paying maintenance, is to move a worker on to the tile and if he has the ability to remove the road then your paying maintenance, if the ability is not available then your not paying maintenance. I think.

 

[BlackWizard]

Not true. The builder of any road segment in unowned territory pays maintenance. Just reconfirmed it by building a road segment in no-man's land. GPT drops from -1 to -2. Scrap the road and it rises to -1 gpt. Happy to post a save file, if you like.

Who pays maintenance cost for roads in razed cities? There might be roads build by AI and also player might have build roads in AI territory before attacking.

 

[Camikaze]

Comically though you can pillage AI roads in unowned territory to break city connections and they don't seem to mind.

Not only will they not mind, you'll tie up a worker who will desperately attempt to keep fixing the road, neglecting any other improvement work.

 

[joncnunn]

Who pays maintenance cost for roads in razed cities? There might be roads build by AI and also player might have build roads in AI territory before attacking.

I think they have the city tile itself as free.
But the road maintenance in land now neutral that used to be part of a city are assigned to the last owner which if you razed would be you.

 

[sendos]

Who pays maintenance cost for roads in razed cities? There might be roads build by AI and also player might have build roads in AI territory before attacking.

Judging by browd's accounts, the person who lost the city still pays for the roads because even though they're in no-man's land, they built the roads so they end up paying for it.