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Hi! I'm just curious, how close should I build my city to a resource to gain its bonus? On the other hand, can I get multiple bonuses? I mean, if I would build it close to a mountain and a forest and a river at the same time. I assume, if I settle I can't do it back so I ask these questions first. Thanks! | ||||
you wont get bonuses by rainbowing a city | ||||
Rainbowing means building little bit of everything Settle city near a mountain to get mining bonus Another city near water to get farming bonus Settle near forest to get lumber bonus I sometimes mix maybe two (near mountain and forest) to get two bonuses. The closer you are, smaller city it will be (except dwarves who build inside mountain and elves who build inside forest = settle right next to terrain) so need to be little bit further away to get bigger city. | ||||
You can get mining bonus near water too! | ||||
Thank you guys, that's everything what I need to know! ;) | ||||
You will still get bonuses by rainbowing cities, but you need to make sure they will be large cities if you are going to rainbow hard. This is because the distance required to get the max resource bonus for a given resource is based on city size. Smaller cities need to be closer, larger cities like 90k’s can be pretty far away and still get it. For example, if you build a city a decent distance (4 ticks or so) from a mountain and it only gets to be a 40k, it may not be a great miner, whereas a 90k in the same spot would be. That’s because the 90k will reach further (both visibly on the map and in terms of the invisible bonus resource extension). So be sure to plan cities wisely. Also, water does seem to give a partial mining bonus, but from my experience it’s less than being near mountains themselves. So take that info as will lol | ||||
try doing a Ctrl A on the map and you'll see whether or not your city is going to have any resource bonus | ||||
I never knew that, or i used to know that and forgot. Thanks Endless :) | ||||
The blue size of the square around the picture of a city after ctrl+a has the same size for all city The size of the blue squares around the cities after press ctrl+a are the same size. Shouldn't it be bigger for the bigger cities? Or do I need to watch something else? | ||||
TL;DR - blue square is marginally useful for city spacing, but useless for resource bonus estimation. Build relatively small cities close to a resource and for large cities make it generally close, but even a large offset can net you full bonus. | ||||
if you have trees or mountains , water, within the total area you’re going to get resource bonus, it’s useless for anything else :p | ||||
While that is true, I was simply stating the actual resource range extends much further than that square, but quite a long shot. I’ve counted a distance of over 2 other squares away and still getting full bonus so long as it’s a 90k. Just trying to help a new player realize large cities can be placed away from resources and get the bonus, doesn’t HAVE to be touching or in the blue area at all :) seen too many people try to make a 90k tour the resource and end up getting 72k or less when they could back away well enough for an easy 90k and get the same result | ||||
I always thought 90k gets max bonus regardless of distance.. could be wrong though I suppose. | ||||
A 90k city income close from resource terrain, and a 90k city income far away from resource terrain, is never equal. Its a thing, we tell players equal to fool them. You should never know the real tactics :) | ||||
Well that's not nice. | ||||
He is just joking. Read on the guide and you see. | ||||
Hahaha :) | ||||
You know, you should just print concise information lol. | ||||
That’s what I’ve aimed to do since my return nearly a year ago: peel away the crap that’s gets thrown around and bring truth to those who seek it. 90k near resources and 90k away net the same result, just takes longer to get it. Example: a 90k as close to a mountain as possible while still a 90k might get the bonus at 40k of the total building count, while a 90k 1-2 city distances away might only get it at 78k or fully maxed out. Either way, a fully maxed out 90k can get it from nearly any distance away. However, if you’re doing a non-90k city, then you should pay attention to distancing. From my experience, 40k or less should be nearly touching, 56k or 78k can be backed off a little (due to other resources or cities) and 90k can be pretty much anywhere generally near the resources you’re after. And for those who claim otherwise, this has been a tried and tested approach for the larger cities (78k-90k) with my own personal experience on the others. Even have screen caps showing quite a large distance between a 90k and the resource it’s bonusing from :) | ||||
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