I've noticed several times that the computer has highlighted a suggested city site based on information that was not available to me. It was most obvious with early game city placement where you get placed next to resources in the fog of war that you weren't aware of, but I've noticed now that some of the odd recomendations (where there appears to be a far better choice only one square away) appear to be because it is taking into account resources that have not been revealed to you yet.
I ran into this tonight when the AI recomended a site that kept me from getting some sugar and a floodplain tile. I moved one square to the west and planted, and then found horses and iron just outside my city radius to the east when I picked up AH and IW.
It's making me realize that a lot of my independent choices were inferior to what the computer recomended to me, but it wasn't my fault. I'm considering turning it off, but I hate finding out that I'm one square away from good resources later in the game.
I ran into this tonight when the AI recomended a site that kept me from getting some sugar and a floodplain tile. I moved one square to the west and planted, and then found horses and iron just outside my city radius to the east when I picked up AH and IW.
It's making me realize that a lot of my independent choices were inferior to what the computer recomended to me, but it wasn't my fault. I'm considering turning it off, but I hate finding out that I'm one square away from good resources later in the game.
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