Should/will players be allowed to build cities on mountain hexes?

[Grumbold]

Originally posted by Ecthy
The mountain in Civ is a mountain, not a plateu, so plateus don't count.

A mountain in Civ represents a vast amount of territory with mountains being the predominating terrain feature. Where did you get the idea that a mountain tile was one big square mountain, or that a hills tile was one big hill?

I'm happy for there to be cities of a fixed size on mountain and desert tiles but I agree with suggestions about making the food income negative and/or preventing construction of the features like aqueducts that allow expansion beyond a small size in the preindustrial era.

Once industry exists, the Civ 2 method of caravanning in food should make it possible to grow cities anywhere, but there should be an overhead for doing so (say 1 coin lost for every 2 food transported.) That way we can have places like Vegas, but not until the 19th century.

[Addled Platypus]

Originally posted by sabrewolf
there was a long discussion about "squares, hexes, octagons" here: http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...threadid=94361

i personally also would have favoured them

(history line 1914-1918 was my favourite TBS war game)

gads forgot all about that one, such a fun thread

thanks for the memories

[Verenti]

Originally posted by sophist
That would basically counteract the purpose of anarchy keeping you from switching civics too often. It would also ignore the reality of revolutions and governments that come into existence in order to facilitate corruption.

No no, It would become like pitting in a race, the Anarchy is a period of so many turns where you can't really do anything on the social or scientific side, allowing your corrupt enemies to advance in those fields. Anarchy still applies, and does its job.

But your corruption free period (repersenting how idealistic people are about the new order) would allow you to get back up to speed quicker and eventually they're going to have to "pit" and the chase begins anew.

[Ecthy]

In that case the defense bonus should be lower.

[Provost Harrison]

Where's Alexander's Horse when you need him?

[GeoModder]

In that stable that Hercules forgot to clean.

[sophist]

Originally posted by Verenti


No no, It would become like pitting in a race, the Anarchy is a period of so many turns where you can't really do anything on the social or scientific side, allowing your corrupt enemies to advance in those fields. Anarchy still applies, and does its job.

But your corruption free period (repersenting how idealistic people are about the new order) would allow you to get back up to speed quicker and eventually they're going to have to "pit" and the chase begins anew.

Er... that's the same thing. It reduces the cost of switching governments.

[Nikolai]

@ PH & Geo!

[Addled Platypus]

why not under sea cities like CTP...that always rocked

[Provost Harrison]

Not really within the timescale of the game though is it? Perhaps we have been able to do it with the discovery of Navigation and never realised it

[Verenti]

Well, then we need to mod the game to make it like CTP Civ4. Sea Cities, Fusion Reactors and Laser Cannons for everyone!

[Provost Harrison]

[Addled Platypus]

hey

one mod all ready in the works, based on Alpha Centauri

http://apolyton.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=24

[Joseph]

[Joseph]

Originally posted by Philotas


Denver

Also San Francisco. Lots of tall hills.