20-06-2003 15:04									#1
	First City Location Support Apolyton

We'll receive the First Save tomorrow, if all goes to plan (who is setting up the game, anyway?). We'll need to decide whether to move or settle.

Since I won't be here tomorrow, I'm going to use this thread to give my opinion about moving the initial settler, then give the mike to you guys.

I think it's very important to have our first city on a river. It won't need an aqueduct later, and the commerce bonus is nice to have.
==> So, if we start one tile away from a river, move the settler.

I'm not too fond of a coastal capital. However, if it also has some nice production tiles, it could construct wonders like the Colossus later.
==> Only move to the coast if we'll have decent production there.

A luxury is nice to have, but not necessary to include in the 9-tile radius of the capital.
==> Don't move to only include a luxury.

A food bonus resource is a very big advantage, esp. since we'll not be the most aggressive civ around and therefore need to build things up.
==> Move the settler if it means including a food bonus resource in its 9-tile radius.

Some bonus grassland, forest-with-game or plains-with-cow is essential for first growth and decent production.
==> At least include one of these tile types in the 9-city radius, and preferably at least 3 in the 21-tile radius.

I recently discovered another advantage of moving the settler: our culture will be slightly less than the other civs'. This means that our city will not show up in the F11 Top-5 cities screen. The other teams can't use this intelligence to see what we're up to.

Good luck!

	20-06-2003 15:14									#2
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Good solid advice BFM, Thanks.

	20-06-2003 19:34									#3
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sorry to post here but there is a question I can answer

quote: who is setting up the game, anyway?

Me

After you get your customizations together I'll try to catch you in chatroom. I'll set up the game and enter your password. Then I'll save and email to you. This won't activate the production bug since there won't be any cities yet.

	21-06-2003 03:54									#4
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Custimizations submited.

	21-06-2003 06:21									#5
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Only thing I disagree with is settling on a luxury.

As long as it isn't wines or furs then it should be alright. You lose food and shields when you settle on a luxury, but not commerce.

	21-06-2003 14:06									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Panzer32 sorry to post here but there is a question I can answer

Panzer32, this will be a diffferent kind of game. You can post here whenever you feel the need.