Why is the governor so incompetent??

[MrWhereItsAt]

Reading the above led me to another example, even where micromanagement is something you use. When changing Governments, I will always put all my cities on 'manage moods' so that I don't have to worry about finding the least productive tiles to take workers off from to become entertainers.

But then, on second thought, if you wanted to micromanage you would then go through every city with entertainers, change as many of them as you could into taxmen whislt still keeping the peace, and maximise food in those cities....

maybe that's not such a good idea if you micromanage. But if you can't be bothered with all that then the auto-manage moods Governor setting works wonders.

[Jaybe]

Has anyone ever played a game where the governors were left ON ALL THE TIME with NO manual placement of workers, just to bring yourself down to AI level?

No, I am not including the governor handling production ... but anyone ever do that also?

[vmxa1]

Isn't that what many players do already?

[MrWhereItsAt]

Sounds like a helluvan AU game.

[Jaybe]

Originally posted by Jaybe
Has anyone ever played a game where the governors were left ON ALL THE TIME with NO manual placement of workers, just to bring yourself down to AI level?

Originally posted by vmxa1
Isn't that what many players do already?

How would I know?? I am only ME (and no MP)!

OMG, I HOPE not!!

[Harovan]

I played such a game long ago, for tests sake. All governors on, including production management, all workers automated. I quit it in the early medieval age, because I got frustrated by desert cities building aqueducts, 1-gold cities building marketplaces, multiple cities wasting shields, because they lacked the food for settler production, peripheral cities starting 400 (later even 600) shield wonders etc. etc.. And my offensive army was built mainly out of regular archers. It ain't fun, believe me.

[Torkkeli]

I usually play (PTW:SP) with the governor taking care of happiness.

But in my recent games I've found myself micromanaging some of the bigger cities myself.
But no way am I ever going to mm all cities. It is too much work for me.

When civ3 came out I played some games with all governors on. Boy was that a mess...

I'm fine as they are right now.
If they can do one job adequately, I'll do the rest.