When do you build your first settler?

[Stuie]

I'm curious. When are do people build their first settler?

I find myself waiting for the turn my first city grows to size 3. That seems to provide a good build time for the settler and gives me time to pump out a couple warriors/scouts and keep research going at a good pace. Sometimes I'll store some shields in a barracks build while waiting for the city to reach size 3.

[QuestGAV]

Like it should be, it depends. If I start with mining and have forests, it's usually worker-settler, which amounts to immediately by your standards. Otherwise it can wait a bit, but still no set population number. I'd rather look at it as when I can produce one in less than 10 turns.

[Tae]

Darnit, I clicked two, but that is for a worker. I typically build Warrior, Worker, Barracks,Warrior (for escort), Settler in that order.

[stormwriter]

That bananas thing cracked me up. Haha, you guys and the bananas are funny.
This board rules. So does Civ4. I used to worry about dating, but now my mind is completely on Civ4, and i'm so relaxed.

[Fidel]

dunno, it depends. last time i waited for size 5 and i really got two nice fat cities, which help me obliterate 4 puny incan cities. it pays to be patient big cities = axemen/swordsmen factories

[Addled Platypus]

depending on difficulty setting as well

warrior, warrior, settler at noble

usually at size 2

[Datajack Franit]

I usually build my city as soon as I can, of course trying to have a decent city that doesn't waste its food income (like, it's not the case of beginning a settler when your size 2 city is going to become size 3 in 1 turn!)

If you're really late in city founding (2000-1800 BC and still have 1 city) maybe it's the case of queueing 3-4 settlers no matter what and try to send a cpl workers chopping down trees to boost their production

[baboon]

I do the worker first, then chop forest for a settler tactic. So the city doesn't grow. I can't put it in your poll

[Josquius]

Does it work immediatly :unsure:
I thought you needed size 2. I remember trying to make a settler straight away once and getting nowhere...

[teaster]

You can begin building settlers (and workers) right away, it doesn't cost any population to build them anymore but your city will not grow while the settler or worker is being built

[Cort Haus]

Bananas, of course - because it depends.

With a library-dash strat like the Oracle-Civil Service Slingshot, and using a non-spiritual civ, the capital may be at maximum size and have an Acadamy and running Bureaucracy before building the first settler. Then it's settlers every 5-6 turns.

[Broken Hawk]

For the time being---> Settler, Warrior, Worker. As I learn the game, I'm sure I'll change my strategy.