Your BtS questions

[Chopper]

Hmmm

It is 720ad and I am getting worker bi-polar syndrome on the same hill with the chop problem earlier where it now is cycling between a mine and a cottage. Weird. Cottage/farm I have seen before but mine/cottage I haven't.

This is BtS?



This is indeed BtS.

[uniteatteri]

Originally posted by Hellcat
Are some civs more likely to spawn as colonies of certain civilizations (e.g. America from England, etc) or is it random?

In my first game, Suleiman of the Ottomans created a vassal, Mehmed of the Ottomans. So there were two Ottoman civs, the other being other's vassal. The vassal got a random colour.

[Shrapnel12]

The only problem I see with creating a colony is that you will lose your presence there. What happens if you are fighting an overseas war? Will your new beloved vassal be any help?

When you create a colony, do they have your exact technology level?

Colonies start out loving you, but some civs are backstabbers. What are the tendancies of a colony to backstab you?

I'd also like to hear more about corporations. How many are there? I've heard of a food producing one, a hammer producing one. Is there one for just getting more gold? There were also rumors of a corporation that allowed you to produce units that require oil even if you don't have it. Did that make it into the game?

[uniteatteri]

Originally posted by Shrapnel12
I'd also like to hear more about corporations.

From the Civilopedia:

Aluminium co.
- +3 research per resource consumed
- consumes coal
- creates aluminium
- competes with Mining Inc

Cereal Mills
- +0,75 food per resource consumed
- consumes wheat, corn, rice
- competes with Sid's Sushi, Standard Ethanol

Civilized Jevelers Inc
- +1 gold, +4 culture per resource consumed
- consumes gold, silver, gems
- competes with Mining Inc

General Constructions
- +0,5 hammers, +3 culture per resource consumed
- consumes iron, copper, marble, stone, aluminium
- competes with Mining Inc

Mining Inc
- +1 hammer per resource consumed
- consumes coal, iron, copper, gold, silver
- competes with General Constructions, Aluminium co., Civilized Jevelers Inc

Sid's Sushi co.
- +0,5 food, +2 culture per resource consumed
- consumes crab, clam, fish, rice
- competes with Cereal Mills, Standard Ethanol

Standard Ethanol
- +2 research per resource consumed
- consumes corn, sugar, rice
- generates oil
- competes with Cereal Mills, Sid's Sushi co.

[jkp1187]

Apologies if this has already been address, but I have two questions on "overseas" cities:

1.) Does the State Property civic's "no distance from palace maintenance" obviate the increased city maintenance costs from citiess placed on overseas continents -- or is the overseas cost a new maintenance fee that is distinct from the pure "distance from palace" maintenance fee?

2.) Does placing a Forbidden Palace or Versailles in a city on an overseas continent reduce or eliminate the new maintenance fee for overseas cities?

Thanks!

[Solver]

Colony maintenance is a new aspect and is called just that, "colony maintenance".

[jkp1187]

Originally posted by Solver
Colony maintenance is a new aspect and is called just that, "colony maintenance".

Solver,

My question wasn't on colonies, but on cities directly ruled from my civ that happened to be founded on a new continent. Or is this what is called "colony maintenance" now?

Thanks! Sorry if I'm confused here...

[Solver]

Yes, that's what I meant, too. When you found cities on a new continent, they will have three maintenance factors: the good old Number of cities and Distance from palace,as well as Colony maintenance. Well, the latter will only kick in as soon as you build a second city on that continent.

[jkp1187]

Originally posted by Solver
Yes, that's what I meant, too. When you found cities on a new continent, they will have three maintenance factors: the good old Number of cities and Distance from palace,as well as Colony maintenance. Well, the latter will only kick in as soon as you build a second city on that continent.

Got it. So a "Gibraltar" type city will avoid the extra fee. That's good to know.

[Lord Avalon]

On an archipelago map is each separate land mass a continent???

[Solver]

Yeah, and that cost scales with how many cities you have on the continent anyway. On an island with two cities, you'll hardly notice the free, on a conquered continent with 15 cities, it'll be a huge drain.

[Solver]

Originally posted by Lord Avalon
On an archipelago map is each separate land mass a continent???

Every landmass that is not the same as your Capital's is a colony landmass. It doesn't matter if it's a small island or another continent. So yes, the tiny Archipelago islands are all separate landmasses.

[Shrapnel12]

Ruleswise, what does consumes and competes mean?

[jkp1187]

Originally posted by Solver
Yeah, and that cost scales with how many cities you have on the continent anyway. On an island with two cities, you'll hardly notice the free, on a conquered continent with 15 cities, it'll be a huge drain.

Oh -- and the FP/Versailles? Do these affect "Colony Maintenance" or not?

[Solver]

FP and Versailles still reduce all maintenance, which includes colony maintenance.

Shrapnel: "consumes" means that corporation benefits from those resources. They're not actually "consumed". Competing corporations can not co-exist in the same city. If a corporation spreads to a city where its competitors exist, it will replace the existing corporation.