Tell Me How You Cheat

[justanick]

Unless you're talking about Beaker- or Gold-farming sites, then Settling on the Desert (i.e. no adjacent river) rather than on the Floodplain tile, is generally not the best plan. Yes, you get access to more FPT, but at the expense of less SPT -- which you will now need to build the Aqueduct that you wouldn't have needed if you'd just Settled the Floodplain-tile in the first place.

That may be true, but it rather agree with the attitude to settle on low food high shield tiles. After reaching city size having settled on desert instead of floodplains will result in 4+2 food and 0+2 shields instead of 2+1 food and 1+1 shields. That choice nets you 3 food or 4.5 beakers if used on scientists experts.

 

[RobS]

I think a lot of these various preferences that people have are simply a reflection of their individual playing styles and the difficulty level. For me, playing almosy exclusively at Monarch level, my city pattern that I talked about in my original post is practically my only criteria, along with making sure that every land square is used, if at all possible. I pay no attention to rivers, flood plains and all the rest. This works for me at Monarch level, but it might not at higher levels.
I've recently attempted several games at the next level, Emperor, and even with my cheating method of exploring my continent first and then reloading at 4,000BC, the game kicks my hiney.

 

[kaskavel]

But why do you think that all those sea tiles are unworthy of the same treatment?