I'll try to build like crazy to stake out a "homeland", and find natural obstacles to help as boundaries. Once I have consolidated that area with as many cities as I can squash in, I will keep an eye out for empty areas that can accomodate a couple of productive cities. Satellite cities like that also allow me to trade with far-flung foreign cities, which is nice.
I usually have stopped settling new cities by the late renaissance era, but like Vargas1 mentioned, I'll grab spots if I am short on a resource or want to build a specific wonder.
There is zero reason not to spam cities in this game other than literally not having physical space for more cities
Earlier editions of civ at least could pose a military threat if you neglected your army to spam settlers but that doesnt happen here
There is zero reason not to spam cities in this game other than literally not having physical space for more cities
Actually no. Please stop spreading this dead meme. At a certain point, you're better off pivoting to your victory condition after the proper critical mass as settlers keep increasing in cost. If you're 5 turns away from victory, are you going to produce another settler?
Wide being superior is due to a certain other reason that I really shouldn't have to spell out to y'all that find this game so easy, but here we are.
Sigh
By the time you are “pivoting” or whatever you’ve passed the point where basically all the useable land has been settled
I have a suspicion that, if we delved deeply enough into spreadsheets and formulas and all sorts of boring rubbish, that he might actually be right. But it's boring, so I don't care enough to find out. I just keep sending out settlers even if my culture victory is seven turns away - unless there's nowhere left to put them.
Sigh
By the time you are “pivoting” or whatever you’ve passed the point where basically all the useable land has been settled
I have a suspicion that, if we delved deeply enough into spreadsheets and formulas and all sorts of boring rubbish, that he might actually be right.
Sure maybe if you want to be a pure miminaxing numbers munchkin over having like any sort of narrative to your game, which I find absolutly boring as well
The sad thing is that the AI is so anemic that you hardly need to powergame at all anyways
When I start taking them.