It seems like I always manage to build a city on an eventually strategic resource(In ~2-3 of the past 5ish games I've managed to settle cities on Oil, keeping in mind that I've only played ~10 full games that seems very often!) I'm doing a prince difficulty game at the moment (so I can try out the SE without worrying TOO much about winning/losing) and I managed to settle my second city on an Iron node ... personally I don't like it when this happens it seems like a wasted possible improvement; However, I couldn't help but notice Dave mentioning in the what tech would you choose thread that he'd pick IW so that he could settle Rome on an Iron node.
SO I guess what I'm asking is what are there any other benefits to settling on a resource other than you don't have to improve it to use the resource and are there any other drawbacks that I can't think of other than you don't get to use the bonuses from improving the square?
SO I guess what I'm asking is what are there any other benefits to settling on a resource other than you don't have to improve it to use the resource and are there any other drawbacks that I can't think of other than you don't get to use the bonuses from improving the square?