The Best City Improvements

[lildude]

Okay, what is YOUR favorite improvement? THsi has probably been asked before but I gotta find out. I like the Stock Exchange.

Lildude

 

[CoolUserName]

I like building alot of granaries JUST before completing the pyramids!!

 

[sekong]

Harbor! Republican speaking.

 

[Cimfindriel]

Yep, this has been done before only it started as what was your favorite unit and expanded to become what is your favorite unit, terrain type, city improvement, age, wonder, advance, and I can't remember the rest.

The topic was building up quite a bit of resentment towards the end...I tried to keep it alive, but what can you do when you live in a shoe.

Anywho, city improvement: Temple (Happy people rule)

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[sekong]

Yes, in deity game, temple is generally the 1st. building

 

[BlueMonday]

City Walls. I always need that little extra bit of protection.

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[PinkyGen]

Later on, I like the airport, as a lot of them allows quick movement of my troops so that I may smash my enemies.

!tank!

It's also easier to send in reinforcements and replacements without having to use a transport. Usually, I don't have to worry about the enemy fires

 

[HIEROPHANT]

SDI defesnse very important and the others that defend city against emeny are good.

 

[oryx]

Offshore platforms combined with harbors. You can live off the sea. Enemy units have no production effect on sea squares.

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[gar13]

solar/hydro plants.

i hate pollution

 

[Sir Isaac Newton]

Regarding favorite city improvements:

If I have a city on an island, I try to buy an Offshore Platform for it as soon as possible, so I can get its usually poor shield production up to par.

First thing I usually build in my cities is a MarketPlace, because I like raking in the gold!

And finally, I like any improvements that I get in my cities for free by building a wonder (ex. Police Stations with Women's Suffrage), or improvements that Adam Smith's Trading Company pays the maintenance for (once again, I love those MarketPlaces!).

 

[VanillaCube]

My favorite city improvements is the MarketPlace and Adam Smith's Trading Company (more of a wonder than an improvement but still cool)

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[GenghisK]

First thing I usually build in my cities is a MarketPlace, because I like raking in the gold!

Not sure. I do not agree. The marketplace only multiply your ressources by 50% but cost gold to maintain. At the beginning, it might be more expensive than what it can give to you. That happens.

My favorite improvement? university! I love science

and it's good for getting techs. Of course, it's only a good idea if you are like me, a pacifist and are playing a dipo game! Otherwise... I don't know, I never have the same building strategy. It depends on the game and the opponent(s).

BTW, Appolo project is my favorite wonder, with Manhattan project. What's yours?

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[Archbob]

City walls in war, Offshore platform is my overall favorite.

 

[SunTzu]

Multiplayer= SDI Defense's
Regular game= Factory/Superhighway

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[Sir Isaac Newton]

Originally posted by GenghisK:

Not sure. I do not agree. The marketplace only multiply your ressources by 50% but cost gold to maintain. At the beginning, it might be more expensive than what it can give to you. That happens.

You are quite correct; perhaps I should qualify my earlier assertion. The first thing I usually build in a newly founded city is a defensive unit, then a settler, then City Walls (I forgot about those last time, but they're not only great, they're indispensable).

By this time, my city is usually size 4 or 5, and generating at least 4 tax icons. (Figure in ocean squares, roads, rivers, and hopefully a whale or two (or four!!

).) So a MarketPlace adds 4(.5)-1 (maintenance), for a net profit of 1 gold. True, not a whole lot, but you're not losing on the deal, and MarketPlaces are like collectors' plates: guaranteed never to decrease in value!

Two further qualifications: first, I always try to build the Pyramids, so all my cities have (free) granaries, so they grow even faster. Second, with Adam Smith's Trading Company, maintenance for MarketPlaces is zero. Any city, therefore, can build one and generate extra profit to toss onto the heaping pile of money already in your war chest!

Basically, what I'm saying is that $$$=

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[Hell-Raiser]

for me it will be the city walls!!!
those things acctualy kinda rullez

second the airport to for unit transportation and repairs and air vetran units

 

[shadowdale]

There can be only ONE:

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[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by vanillacube:
My favorite city improvements is the MarketPlace and Adam Smith's Trading Company (more of a wonder than an improvement but still cool)

No MORE of a Wonder to it, Egghead.<IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/biggrin.gif" border=0>
Adam's is THE Wonder.
Who said building graineries right before Pyramids?
That's ignorant too. But so is building Pyramids, especially in 2x though.
Y'all are sure naming a lot of late improvements.
All pretty worthless if you haven't built Temples to appease the population and Walls to protect them. <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/cool.gif" border=0>


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[This message has been edited by SlowwHand (edited April 01, 2001).]

 

[Archbob]

Wait, here's the alltime best improvement----Capitalization. As people said earlier $$$==

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