You have settled a Pioneer....now what?

[Stalker0]

So you have settled a pioneer in a new place. While you have some free buildings, there is still a lot to do.

In general, what build order do you use to get a pioneer city in shape as efficiently as possible?

 

[phantomaxl1207]

Send Growth ITR, buy 1-2 Workers, Lock Specialists, Lighthouse, Grow, become Unhappy, Ampitheatre, Aqueduct, Workshop, Bank, Garden, and then Lock Growth and put some Specialists. I build them something like that, if I remember correctly.

 

[CrazyG]

I give them a production trade route first, then a food ITR. I want the aqueduct finished before it starts growing too quickly.

Lighthouse is very good for a city connection. Aqueduct and grocers are good too (you need gold to invest in grocer). After those generally I build production buildings, then culture, then science. Chancery is very good if you have a few CS allies, it can help speed up all the other buildings.

 

[Stalker0]

Lock Specialists

Which specialists?

 

[phantomaxl1207]

Which specialists?

Engineers if not enough Hills, Guilds if those are available, otherwise Scientists.

 

[andersw]

So you have settled a pioneer in a new place. While you have some free buildings, there is still a lot to do.

In general, what build order do you use to get a pioneer city in shape as efficiently as possible?

Tile improvements and more hammer buildings, but as I like to play very wide I cant use them with current patch, a pioneer when you have 15-20 cities is rediculously expensive.

 

[azum4roll]

I usually invest and build a bank after finishing the fast buildings (Arena/Barracks/Armory/Lighthouse), and then invest in every building that takes longer than 5 turns to build for the science. But that's probably only good with Progress/Industry.