This poll is for the greatest city (all the way into modern times) in RFC. These choices are the top 11 cities, as nominated and voted on by this forum over the last week or so. There is no "none of the above", as this option was available for quite some time in the previous threads. Please vote honestly, not to change the poll results; however, your vote may be changed if you are convinced otherwise.
Without further ado, I present you the great cities:
Budapest
The reason to fight over the upper Balkans, and one of the greatest production cities in the game, with oil, iron, copper, aluminum, and many hills, with pigs and deer to support it. However, it has 5 mountains, it is not on the coast (though it has no semi-useless water tiles) and only about half of its tiles are river, but every great city must have a couple faults.
Chicago
One of America's two great production cities, Chicago meets the standards with stone, iron, coal, marble, and cotton and 2 corns to support it. Like Budapest, it is not on the coast, and has 2 unfortunate mountains and 2 lake tiles, but these are gladly ignored when there is so much potential.
Constantinople/Istanbul/Byzantium
Not quite exactly on the Bosporus, the division between the West and the rest of Eurasia holds even more potential than the exact location. 2 fish, corn, and 2 sheep, supported by production from aluminum, hills, and plains tiles, allows for a solid city. However, it is held back by 3 mountains and 3 non-resource coast tiles, but the strategic placement and coastal benefits help offset these issues.
Denver
America's production city even more focused on production, and arguable the best production city on the map, Denver is famous for its potential to reach 500
. Sitting on an oil, with gold, uranium, marble, coal, and 2 horses, with an insane amount of plains and hills, even its food resources (2 cows, corn, and wheat, all on plains or hills) support its massive production power. Like any other city though, it still has its downsides, with 2 mountains, and 2 desert hills with its resources.
Frankfurt
Despite being sandwiched between Berlin, Paris, and Amsterdam, many player likely have seen the great power of Frankfurt on the 600 AD start. However, just 1 tile north of it is an even greater city with the same name, trading the 3 mountains for 3 river grasslands, and access to a wheat. With iron, stone, coal, marble, 2 cows, pigs, and wheat, with no useless tiles, and only one non-river tile, Frankfurt's production is only set back by a very slight lack of plains tiles, which it can easily work around.
Kiev/Kyiv
The key to winning as Russia as the foothold into the West, Kiev also has great potential. Many rivers and plains, and no useless tiles, empowered with 2 pigs, iron, uranium, and horses, makes for one of the greatest cities.
Philadelphia
Rarely seen due to the prevalence of New York and Washington, Philadelphia has great potential, as one of the great population cities on the map. Coal, iron, and cows support the food from 3 coastal resources, without any useless tiles (though it has 5 non-resource coast tiles and 2 lake tiles) and access to the sea make for a third of America's great cities (all interestingly in a line).
Rome
The great city itself, Rome holds sheep, pigs, marble, iron, fish, clams, and wine, with 9 coast tiles partially countered by access to the sea.
Seoul
What the normal Seoul lacks, this one makes up for by sacrificing the ability to work the deer to gain access to iron and loose many semi-useless coast tiles, while still accessing the coast. Pigs, fish, 2 silk, iron, dye, rice, and coal cover almost all of its tiles with resources, providing a ridiculous amount of food and commerce, with relatively decent production. While it is the only city on this list without the ability to have a levee, it does not really need it when focusing on things other than production.
TokyoEdo
When Kyouto is not around, Tokyo can take advantage of Japan's core productive land. Iron, copper, 3 silk, rice, fish, crabs, and access to the ocean are only hindered by many coastal tiles, and a single mountain.
Wuhan
Despite China's many great cities, Wuhan has become the exemplar of them in this poll. While it is not on the coast, (like many great cities) it has absolutely no useless or even semi-useless tiles. Deer, 2 silk, pigs, marble, bananas, and dye allow for insane commerce and food, along with a good amount of plains, hills, and rivers to provide production potential.
Apparently I can not edit the poll, so please do not complain to me about any minor issues, I likely know about them already.
Without further ado, I present you the great cities:
Budapest
The reason to fight over the upper Balkans, and one of the greatest production cities in the game, with oil, iron, copper, aluminum, and many hills, with pigs and deer to support it. However, it has 5 mountains, it is not on the coast (though it has no semi-useless water tiles) and only about half of its tiles are river, but every great city must have a couple faults.
Chicago
One of America's two great production cities, Chicago meets the standards with stone, iron, coal, marble, and cotton and 2 corns to support it. Like Budapest, it is not on the coast, and has 2 unfortunate mountains and 2 lake tiles, but these are gladly ignored when there is so much potential.
Constantinople/Istanbul/Byzantium
Not quite exactly on the Bosporus, the division between the West and the rest of Eurasia holds even more potential than the exact location. 2 fish, corn, and 2 sheep, supported by production from aluminum, hills, and plains tiles, allows for a solid city. However, it is held back by 3 mountains and 3 non-resource coast tiles, but the strategic placement and coastal benefits help offset these issues.
Denver
America's production city even more focused on production, and arguable the best production city on the map, Denver is famous for its potential to reach 500
. Sitting on an oil, with gold, uranium, marble, coal, and 2 horses, with an insane amount of plains and hills, even its food resources (2 cows, corn, and wheat, all on plains or hills) support its massive production power. Like any other city though, it still has its downsides, with 2 mountains, and 2 desert hills with its resources.Frankfurt
Despite being sandwiched between Berlin, Paris, and Amsterdam, many player likely have seen the great power of Frankfurt on the 600 AD start. However, just 1 tile north of it is an even greater city with the same name, trading the 3 mountains for 3 river grasslands, and access to a wheat. With iron, stone, coal, marble, 2 cows, pigs, and wheat, with no useless tiles, and only one non-river tile, Frankfurt's production is only set back by a very slight lack of plains tiles, which it can easily work around.
Kiev/Kyiv
The key to winning as Russia as the foothold into the West, Kiev also has great potential. Many rivers and plains, and no useless tiles, empowered with 2 pigs, iron, uranium, and horses, makes for one of the greatest cities.
Philadelphia
Rarely seen due to the prevalence of New York and Washington, Philadelphia has great potential, as one of the great population cities on the map. Coal, iron, and cows support the food from 3 coastal resources, without any useless tiles (though it has 5 non-resource coast tiles and 2 lake tiles) and access to the sea make for a third of America's great cities (all interestingly in a line).
Rome
The great city itself, Rome holds sheep, pigs, marble, iron, fish, clams, and wine, with 9 coast tiles partially countered by access to the sea.
Seoul
What the normal Seoul lacks, this one makes up for by sacrificing the ability to work the deer to gain access to iron and loose many semi-useless coast tiles, while still accessing the coast. Pigs, fish, 2 silk, iron, dye, rice, and coal cover almost all of its tiles with resources, providing a ridiculous amount of food and commerce, with relatively decent production. While it is the only city on this list without the ability to have a levee, it does not really need it when focusing on things other than production.
TokyoEdo
When Kyouto is not around, Tokyo can take advantage of Japan's core productive land. Iron, copper, 3 silk, rice, fish, crabs, and access to the ocean are only hindered by many coastal tiles, and a single mountain.
Wuhan
Despite China's many great cities, Wuhan has become the exemplar of them in this poll. While it is not on the coast, (like many great cities) it has absolutely no useless or even semi-useless tiles. Deer, 2 silk, pigs, marble, bananas, and dye allow for insane commerce and food, along with a good amount of plains, hills, and rivers to provide production potential.
Apparently I can not edit the poll, so please do not complain to me about any minor issues, I likely know about them already.
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