What to do with a city like Nicea?

[AmazonQueen]

Justinian has just founded Christianity in Nicea. For RP reasons its going to be his only religion. Unfortunately Nicea was only built to fill an empty space.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=168611&stc=1&d=1201893507

What should I do with this mediocre city? Is it worth building the Moai Statues here? Wall Street assuming I spread Christianity far and wide?

 

[madscientist]

Gassland cows and seafood are decent enough food to allow you to work most if not all the mined desert hills.

I decent city with the potential of being one of those underpopulated high production cities. Definitely the Statues. Wall Street maybe, but consider a drydock plus West Point plus theocracy will get you 3 promotion naval units.

 

[Zanttu]

Uggh... That's too ugly spot for holy city. It's not woth building the Wall Street there, you should easily get more cash from other city.

 

[ABigCivFan]

Did you bulb Theology? interesting you got Theology before pottery. And your score is blowing away those poor AIs.

 

[Daedal]

This could make a decent production city with Statues, but I wouldn't put Wall Street there.

 

[OTAKUjbski]

Did you bulb Theology? interesting you got Theology before pottery. And your score is blowing away those poor AIs.

Maybe Choose Religions is on .?


Since the city is only good for production, and you probably won't need a navy for some time (if at all), I think it makes a fine city for a Shrine, Corporate HQs and Wall Street. Since it has nothing better to do, and this looks like a huge map, you can spend all game pumping out Christian Missionaries and Corporate Executives.

Given the size of the landmass, there are very likely much better locations for a Coastal West Point.


-- my 2

 

[AmazonQueen]

I bulbed it with a GP.

I think i got stuck on the stupid continent. Monty and Hammy have already had a scrap and I think Monty will declare on me soon as hes Hindu and annoyed and I've refused to help him in his war and with tech, Kublai is in a corner plotting, and someone somewhere else has founded Confucianism.

Score is probably due to rexing. I think I'll have to change to producing military soon as apart from the capital nowhere has more than an archer defending it.

OK, I think I'll go with Moai Statues. I'll leave the other decisions until I see what decent city sites i get.

Ta all

 

[CivMcNut]

If you really wanted to beef it up a tad you could chain irrigate some farms into where those plains are and throw a bunch of windmills up once you're in the Middle Ages, that plus a Moa Statues for the sea tiles will make that city respectable.

My 1

 

[BalbanesBeoulve]

I really enjoy turning what seems like a horrible city spot into a good city. Biology and state property can help turn even a dismal tundra city into one hitting the pop cap.

 

[jerVL/kg]

...and I think Monty will declare on me soon as hes Hindu and annoyed and I've refused to help him in his war and with tech...

It's simple then -- declare on Monty, take over his empire and make his Hindu holy city your Wall Street city.

 

[Coast]

Uggh... That's too ugly spot for holy city. It's not woth building the Wall Street there, you should easily get more cash from other city.

A lot of the world's major religions were founded in not-exactly-metropolis-worthy surroundings, you know..

 

[Zanttu]

A lot of the world's major religions were founded in not-exactly-metropolis-worthy surroundings, you know..

Well, I don't think they weren't planning to build Wall Street in the same city...

 

[AmazonQueen]

Well I found a better place to build Wall Street in but Nicea became a useful city with the aid of the Moai Statues. Sadly Mansa Musa got to AC when I was way behind. Too much early rexing and long wars on my continent.

 

[Shadzy19]

Il go out of the way and say cottage the plains and your only grassland and later in the game get windmills on the hills .
With your 7 surplus at lvl 3 with a lighthouse you can whip whatever you need to go back to working your cottages.
I wouldnt put any wonder in it .

 

[LightSpectra]

I chuckled at the almost-accuracy of Christianity being founded in Nicaea.

So close: othodox Christianity was founded there.

 

[Lance of Llanwy]

I chuckled at the almost-accuracy of Christianity being founded in Nicaea.

So close: othodox Christianity was founded there.

Yeah...the ironic thing is that Jerusalem isn't even in the game, and that makes the most sense...so something like Nicaea is pretty good, I think

But...yeah, ouch. That city sucks. Be decent for production though...