Ultimate Micro

[Gooblah]

Imagine this scenario, all you micromanagers:

Looking at your sprawling empire, you realize that your gold reserves are running a tad low. Decades, nay, centuries of conquest have left your armies strong, but your economy weak. You must turn the gold slider up to 50, 60, or even 70% to compensate; yet now, your research falters, and your enemy has a chance to catch up or even best you!

Instead, let each city be individually controlled. One 'global' slider changes the values for all cities when it is changed. However, you can go into each individual city and tweak the sliders to your image of perfection. Run the newest city at 100% gold until it can turn a profit, but keep your capital at 100% science to research Construction faster!

 

[Camikaze]

Good idea, provided you can still adjust the level of research and culture as a whole. Maybe, you could have central rates, and then adjust the rates in each city from that, as in, say, +10%, -10%, etc.