Optimus Betamus asks - What should we do with all these citizens?

[Beta]

As per my latest count - we have 8 citizens due out in the next three turns. What should we do with these settlers of the empire?

[Paddy]

yeah that whole Brad and Jen thing

[marcuspeddle]

Let's just take the cities we need. Why build?

[1889]

Building cities is easier than conquering them. As long as we have room and can provide security for our citizens, I say keep 'em coming.

Some of those islands in the western Mediterranean look good. They are absolutely safe, save for an amphibous attack, and can help keep an eye on Carthage.

[Modo44]

Build cities. There is some space left in Spain, and north of Macedonia. We are close to the 9% victory limit now.

[ChrisiusMaximus]

yes 8 on line and about 17 waiting to be used already, WAY WAY WAY TOO MANY CITIZENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why are we building more citizens than troops ???????

Change the build orders for pities sake lest you want to watch the Barbarian hordes travelling through our lands presently duking it out with each other to overwhelm our pitifully garrisoned cities when they decide to turn on us!!!!!

[Paddy]

Yes more troops

Legions to March to Victory

[conmcb25]

Originally posted by Masuro
Let's just take the cities we need. Why build?

Because we will not win this one unless we do both.

Enter this as a manual vote for Spain and Macedon (I assume the balkans) expansion. I have issues trying to vote in polls and unless I click on the poll about 10,000 times it doesn't work

Just make sure where you build you can defend it, and quit wasting citizens in areas where we already have culture. We need 50% of the area and 20 % of the population to win. We have a long way to go.

[ormuzd]

man, we have 16 citizens. We don't have that many troops to keep attack, defend the cities and defend the citizens and the cities they will build. Stop with the citizens for the next turns and build more troops.

[joncnunn]

This really should have been a multi-part poll, and not a single one. Doesn't matter though, issues voting.

I'll defer to the wisdom of others on city placements on the ones we have, noting that more of them are currently east.

On the builds though, please turn off the citizen pumps of the size 6 cities. Change them to Aquaducts, rush if approative and affordable, and have them produce military units while growing.

[Addled Platypus]

send to cities to disband to help build improvements or help grow the smaller cities

keep a small amount to build new cities after razing large cities

[scaeva]

The settlers need to make like al Qaeda and split. Wa Zing!

[Beta]

Originally posted by joncnunn
This really should have been a multi-part poll, and not a single one. Doesn't matter though, issues voting.

Yep - would have made more sense. But I think folks are getting their views out nonetheless.