Why can't I build a city there?

[GeoModder]

And I think that whale will come handy once you hit the modern age with all it's "unhealthy" facilities.

[N35t0r]

Originally posted by GeoModder
And I think that whale will come handy once you hit the modern age with all it's "unhealthy" facilities.

[Last Conformist]

Kill the whales!

[MattPilot]

I thought the whale resource becomes obsolete in the modern age???

[Leuenberg]

Originally posted by MattPilot
I thought the whale resource becomes obsolete in the modern age???

That was the point ! What do you think this smiley () was for ?

[MattPilot]

Well, i suppose there is a little noob in all of us

[Gangerolf]

whale becomes obsolete? how can an animal become obsolete?

crazyness


and isn't that rule about not building cities within two plots of another city a bit stupid? it makes tactical landgrabbing more difficult...

[Shogun Gunner]

Well, it's at least partially related to game mechanics. You could put two cities together at an isthmus to create a really long "Panama Canal".

And what's to stop you at two cities chained together? Why not three, four? A really long line of cities to build an urban Maginot Line?

Also this "rule" probably exists to limit any ICS variant strategies. Since so many people complained about this in Civ2 and Civ3, they were determined to stop it in the gameplay.

[Gangerolf]

true, true
A chain of cities wouldn't be good. IIRC that wasn't possible in Civ3 either. But I still think it should be allowed to build within two plots (the rule could be minimum one plot inbetween cities).

[Willem]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
whale becomes obsolete? how can an animal become obsolete?

crazyness

Nobody hunts whales these days, at least not legally. There's an international law protecting them. Firaxis is just adding a bit of realism to the game.

[GeoModder]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
whale becomes obsolete? how can an animal become obsolete?

crazyness

Well... Ivory also becomes obselete so there's already a precedent.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
whale becomes obsolete? how can an animal become obsolete?

crazyness


and isn't that rule about not building cities within two plots of another city a bit stupid? it makes tactical landgrabbing more difficult...

horses are obsolete today. Unless you have some crazy need to see them go around a circular racetrack.

[Shogun Gunner]

Originally posted by Willem


Nobody hunts whales these days, at least not legally. There's an international law protecting them. Firaxis is just adding a bit of realism to the game.

Ummm.... I think you mean the volume of hunting is reduced... There's still a lot of hunting. Japan in particular has an entire industry centered on the whale.

BBC Article about European Whale Season opening

[acheron]

Originally posted by Shogun Gunner
i'm waiting for the mod that removes those blue circles. Eventually, they will be an annoyance, not a help. Already, I find myself rejecting the suggested choices the computer makes.

er, you can turn those off in the game options, no mod needed.

[Dis]

and certain eskimo tribes are allowed to hunt whale once a year. Though that's more of a ceremonial thing rather than any useful means of production (though they still use what they get I'm sure)