Selling city walls

[ALA Gator]

In looking at the improvement I saw that city wall has no effect past size 6. So I am assuming that I should sell them once I get past size 6? How much gold should I get for each one?

 

[big_sis]

I don't wanna like steal your post...but you can sell walls???

 

[Bartleby]

I don't know whether you can sell walls or not, but you don't need to since you don't pay maintenance for them IIRC.

 

[MAS]

Why did you build them in the first place?

Anyway, to answer your question, yes, you could sell them. (unless you got them from the Great Wall) The benefit is small though.

 

[ALA Gator]

What is IIRC?

The reason I built them was to help guard my cities against attack, especially barbarians. If the aren't serving any purpose I would like to sell them and use that gold elsewhere... I will try it tonight and report back.

 

[Aabraxan]

What is IIRC?

If I Remember Correctly.

 

[Othniel]

"IIRC" means If I Recall Correctly

Walls are a waste to build except in certain specialized circumstances. One exception I can think of would be if you were playing an AW (All War) variant game because your cities will be constantly assaulted. Another exception would be for a beachhead city on another continent where the other civ(s) on that continent are sure to throw everything--including the kitchen sink--to wipe you off their turf.

EDIT: Cross-post.

 

[MAS]

Attack barbarians, you'll have a attack bonus vs barbarians on all levels except deity. Besides, you should be building offensive units over defensive ones anyway, so your attack value will be bigger than defense value, giving a bigger chance of victory with attacking.
Also, if you attack them, you don't have to worry about them pillaging improvements, and your workers will be free to roam again.
By attacking their camps you earn some gold that you can use in trade or to upgrade units.

 

[Aramazd]

IIRC, you get ten gold for selling walls, generally I'm too lazy to sell any walls I have built.

 

[Zibong]

IIRC, you get ten gold for selling walls, generally I'm too lazy to sell any walls I have built.

Five gold, actually. Seven if you have Recycling Center . And Walls don't have any upkeep.

I'd never go out of my way to build them, but if they're already built, why bother? If five gold is the difference between, well, anything at all, I think you may have more pressing problems to worry about .

 

[MAS]

all the little bits add up though

 

[ALA Gator]

I tried selling them this weekend. I got a WHOPPING 2 gold for each... I decided to leave them alone... I have more pressing issues.

 

[Quintillus]

Yeah, you get 2 gold if you're militaristic. Probably 3 gold if you're militaristic and have a Recycling Center, though I've never tried that combo! Still, if you've got 20 Walls, that's another 2 GPT from Wall Street or one tank to Modern Armor upgrade.

 

[TruePurple]

Walls are cheap and have no maintenance. So worth building in any city that might be attacked before a aquaduct/pop 7+ can be made.

Walls effect reappear when a cities population level drop below 7. You lose population when your cities are attacked sometimes. So I keep em around just in case.