What do you turn extra citizens into?

[Jonny]

When your cities grow over size 20, and you have all those extra people there, what do you do with the majority of them?

Do you turn them into entertainers and try to get tons of happy citizens?

Do you turn them into scientists for a late-game science boost?

Do you turn them into tax collectors for a tax boost?

Or, do you try to create a balance of two (or all) of those?


What I do is turn them into tax collectors. Why?
1. You get extra gold for SS parts and other needs.
2. You can give more commerce to Science. (more important than first one)

So, what do you do?

[TinCow]

I go for entertainers to keep all my cities in WLTKD to reduce corruption. If I have extras, I then turn them into tax collectors for the reasons stated above.

[notyoueither]

I have them hunt bananas. For 1 gpt the tax collectors may as well be.

Salve

[asleepathewheel]

cannon fodder via draft or whip

[Kuciwalker]

I mine as many tiles as possible so that no extra citizens appear. If they do appear, I draft them or turn them into workers, move them onto a part of my territory used specifically for this purpose, and nuke them. I actually do this. It's fun to watch great big mushroom clouds.

[player1]

I turn them to MINERS.

How?

Turn several Irrigations to Mines so cities never have extra food to gain more then one or two specialists.

That way you gain extra raw 2 shileds (counting as 4 if having Fatory and Powr Plants), instead of one stupid gold or science point.

But, if I have to chosse taxmen is a real person.

Using only one scientist in early game so I could set tax to 100%.


Only drawback is lower popluation, which means lower overal score.
But, I always play to win, not to have "higher score".

[watorrey]

I finally have to ask....

What is it with Apolyton and bananas?

This must be a running joke, but damn... i love bananas.

[notyoueither]

Didn't you know? Hunting bananas is what tax collectors are actually doing. Cash crops aren't what they used to be, hence only 1 gpt.

In reality, it is related to an old poll. I didn't see the original, but I often find the banana option to be the best one to vote for. Tune into the Community forum. Look for the Faces of Apolyton interviews. In one coming soon, all will be revealed. Or so I've heard.

Salve

[asleepathewheel]

soylent green

[Immortal Wombat]

frogs

[Thrawn05]

Originally posted by asleepathewheel
soylent green

First, I like to pop rush mine:


Then beat them with a stick:

Then make them taxmen!

[Aeson]

If the governors (even when they aren't on) didn't reset my specialists so often, I might actually try to set them manually. I prefer entertainers for happy faces.

[Worthingtons]

My Extra Citizens just sit 'round eating bananas... I have to employ some guys juggling Bananas to keep em happy too....

[Hurricane]

I usually let the governor take care of that (didn´t see that option in the poll, though, so I didn´t vote). The few times I set them manually, I turn them into scientists.

[Zachriel]

Originally posted by player1
I turn them to MINERS.

That's what I do also. I engineer cities so that the population is stable at 20, with just enough food. Everything else is made to have as high a shield production as possible.

I don't play for "points," either.