View Full Version : Tiles you build a city on
Rigormortis
06-19-2008, 08:35 PM
Do you lose the resources that are on the actual tile you create the city in? As in, if I build a city on a tile that has an oak tree in it, will I still be able to harvest oak later on, or is that tile completely wiped and is just now a city tile? Thanks!
B0NTA
06-19-2008, 08:38 PM
I was wondering the same thing...I'm guessing it gets erased though. Atleast form what I saw ini the demo.
durecellrabbit
06-19-2008, 09:52 PM
You lose it since there is no way to work city tiles. Not checked to see the condition of a nuked city tile.
KrashKrunal
06-20-2008, 04:03 AM
It'd be pretty much barren... I'd recommend settling on desert squares or squares where theres little else ;) That way you wont lose any benefits ;)
jayeffaar
06-20-2008, 10:56 AM
On a related topic: do you get an extra +50% defense bonus if you build your city on a hill?
Judge AUS
06-20-2008, 11:36 AM
It does not matter resource wise where you build your city unless you have one worker not being used on the other tiles, you will see at the bottom of the screen when you leave 1 worker "unemployed" what they contribute to the city.
Krikkitone
06-20-2008, 02:18 PM
Actually "unemployed"/city workers always produce the same things 1 resource and an amount of trade that depends on city population. The city tile does absolutely nothing.
This is one reason playing as the Mongols sucks -- most barb villages have resources under them, so you end up with a bunch of cities founded on (and destroying) resources.
PzR Tak
06-20-2008, 05:37 PM
On a related topic: do you get an extra +50% defense bonus if you build your city on a hill?
Yes. Hill built cities do have a defensive benefit
Judge AUS
06-20-2008, 11:32 PM
Actually "unemployed"/city workers always produce the same things 1 resource and an amount of trade that depends on city population. The city tile does absolutely nothing.
Cool, I suspected that might have been the case, wasn't sure, 1 hammer right?
Sigmakan
06-20-2008, 11:35 PM
Yes. Hill built cities do have a defensive benefit
Really? I seem to remember from a demo match I played that this wasn't this case. I thought it was kinda odd, but I may be wrong. Its possible that the city looked like it was on a hill, but wasn't.