fortified city?

[ramses II.]

As you know, you can build a city on a mined hill - you begin to mine and build the city before the settler has finished mining.
In a German forum they asked me if there is a parallel to a fortification: a settler begins to fortify, then you build a city on that place before the fortification is complete.
Question: Will that work?

[Scouse Gits]

No

SG[1]

[Marquis de Sodaq]

Originally posted by Scouse Gits
No

SG[1]

Very succinct.

The explanation is that the defense bonus of fortifying is superceded by superior improvements. I.e. fortifying is superceded by a fortress, which is in turn superceded by city walls. The higher bonus negates the lower.

[Cyrion]

OK Marquis, but if you build a city without building city walls, then you don't have any improvement superceding the fortress...

And then, what happens with the fortress?

[Laertes]

Just to clear a little confusion: a military unit can "fortify" ie stand in one spot and get a defensive bonus. A settler cannot "fortify" he builds fortresses.

SG is still right. If you built a town on an existing fortress, you get nothing. If you start building a fortress and then build a town, you get nothing.

You need walls.

[Marquis de Sodaq]

Originally posted by Cyrion
OK Marquis, but if you build a city without building city walls, then you don't have any improvement superceding the fortress...

And then, what happens with the fortress?

Building the city while the fortress is being built will result in a fortress within the city - however, it is graphic only, it has no effect on defense bonuses.