City orders, 200 BC

[Zedd]

What an informative thread! I had allways thought Xinning was changeing as many workers to scientist as possible while haveing no food loss or gain. I can see how this will benefit in monarchy. But If you have only one food in your box and your are running a 3 food deficit, won't one worker starve?

I think this is our best option, Even if we somehow get out of our growth slump, with a conquest game we should really have a couple "super science cities" and let the rest produce vet units.
As far a food shortages, can't we have some settlers irrigate an make roads before becomeing scientist? We have 4 grass w/roads, oil, and ore w/mine in majstica, thats more squares to work than citizens. Once the two settlers there have fininshed what they are doing have them team up and irrigate from that pond. within 6-8 turns we could have 2-3 irrigated grass and food shortages will be solved. Enron also could use some irrigation on the rivers. Imperialis COULD be irrigated but it would take time.

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Originally posted by Zedd But If you have only one food in your box and your are running a 3 food deficit, won't one worker starve?


As far a food shortages, can't we have some settlers irrigate an make roads before becomeing scientist?

To answer

No to point one. The food box is strange that way. Even if only one food is in the box, the city won't starve (shrink), regardless of the amount of the production deficit.

As to point two - we certainly should have settlers irrigating/roading around our science cities. But I would say that we should do that after the cities have been enlarged to size 5. We need the science soonest - and besides, while Xinning, a city's surrounding terrain has no effect on production (since no tiles are being worked). Improving the surrounding terrain will help when we start alternating Xin/non-Xin turns, and of course it'll help down the road as well.

[cavebear]

Originally posted by Six Thousand Year Old Man


To answer

No to point one. The food box is strange that way. Even if only one food is in the box, the city won't starve (shrink), regardless of the amount of the production deficit.

NOW I get it! I hadn't realized that about the food box. I was logically assuming that a food supply of 3 and a deficit of 5 would cause a population reduction. I gather that it would cause a problem on the second turn, though, because we need to alternate scientists and food production.

Very neat trick!

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

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[War4ever]

xxxining is always a good idea...especially in a game like this....do the core, we need to contnue the expansion