Corruption
Thanks. It sounds like distance plays a much stronger role than the number of cities, especially when I read a recent post of someone saying they were successful playing on Regent by building 30 cities packed in tight together rather than expanding out. And if I play the English & start in the UK what incentive would I have to colonize Australia if I'm the 1st one there given the heavy distance corruption element (just begging for another civ to take them over)? Is the only reasonable way to expand directly outward from the center of my empire?
Soren:The way corruption works is one of the biggest changes from Civ2, so I am not surprised that people are having difficulties adjusting. Under this new system, you _cannot_ control ever city in the world and expect them to still function. Thus, it takes a slightly different approach than Civ2 (or Civ1 or SMAC) required. Simply put, more cities is not always better.
There are two factors affecting corruption levels: distance from capitol (like Civ2) and number of cities (unlike Civ2).
There are two factors affecting corruption levels: distance from capitol (like Civ2) and number of cities (unlike Civ2).
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