Ships and Settlers

[Kev]

We have a GREAT set up with building productions in all of our cities thanks to Mr. Spice and Dell. However, I'd like to try to squeeze in a few things in between some of these items:

1. 2-3 ships for transport
2. 3+ settlers for improvements and possible new cities.

For ships, I'd prefer galleons/transports over something like frigates. I know that frigates can attack, but if we want attack ships we now have the ability to build ironclads which are far better and can upgrade to destroyers. Also, galleons/transports can carry more units.

I'm hoping that all of the citizen's here could look through the building queues that are "stickied" and come up with a few cities that would be best to pop out a ship or a settler.

Keep in mind that the ships will require a shiled for support and that the settler/engineers will require two food and a shield.

For a few possible cities, Olympia and Fort Pornstar may be options for ships with their nice production. Some other home-island cities may be nice for settlers as well since the land is fully developed.

 

[Mr Spice]

About the settlers, I started my day with the intention of looking into that, but unfortunately I have not been able to (stuck at the university this morning/day/evening/night, with no access to the game...). I do agree that we need some settlers to build railroads. Most cities should be able to support one, except for example Kevholm that is very short on food. I would like a settler/engineer to be attached to almost all our cities eventually.

About the ships, I think that Fort Pornstar is a good place to build one.

 

[Ren]

I agree that Fort Pornstar is a great place to build a ship, and since it is building a caravan now, we could start immediately without losing production.

 

[Zwelgje]

In Pornstar the caravan should be finished first for wonder building and then the ship can be built.

 

[Kev]

Originally posted by civ1-addict
In Pornstar the caravan should be finished first for wonder building and then the ship can be built.

I agree as a matter of getting some caravans for Women's Suffrage. Ultimately, the caravan will likely be incrementally rushed, so a ship could probably begin very soon.

 

[Zwelgje]

I thought Pornstar was a high production city too so the ship should be ready in a couple of turns anyway.

 

[Kev]

Originally posted by civ1-addict
I thought Pornstar was a high production city too so the ship should be ready in a couple of turns anyway.

True enough. And we're so desperate for some good ship transportation that it may get incrementally rushed as well.