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i tend to place my cities one tile near a defendable terrain such as a forest or hills/mountain.
when placing military. i place them in L shaped distances from each other around my borders edge on defendable terrain (think knights move in chess), this allows for quick support to nearby military units as well as variable/flexible layouts.
i just recently found sentried scouts make a GREAT lookout, not only for prophets, but military units as well. they seem to see farther and require less resources to build a stack of 3 units that i would normally use to defend an edge. instead ill use the scout as a mere on point lookout around other built up military units
i also build roads one tile in from ocean squares when possible. dont need enemy ships dropping off units on them.
when placing military. i place them in L shaped distances from each other around my borders edge on defendable terrain (think knights move in chess), this allows for quick support to nearby military units as well as variable/flexible layouts.
i just recently found sentried scouts make a GREAT lookout, not only for prophets, but military units as well. they seem to see farther and require less resources to build a stack of 3 units that i would normally use to defend an edge. instead ill use the scout as a mere on point lookout around other built up military units
i also build roads one tile in from ocean squares when possible. dont need enemy ships dropping off units on them.