Settling a 9+ food square

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   Traditional wisdom indicate that when choosing a new location, one should try to find a square with 6 to 8 food tiles, with at least one 12+ food tile nearby for sov.
As my area become more dense, these locations are being quite scarce. So a thought occurred to me:

Is there anything wrong with settling a 8 or 9 food tile itself, as long as the other resources are somewhat balanced?

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Learner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Greenhorn Joined: 08 Jun 2011 Status: Offline Points: 78	Topic: Settling a 9+ food square Posted: 24 Nov 2012 at 15:50
	Traditional wisdom indicate that when choosing a new location, one should try to find a square with 6 to 8 food tiles, with at least one 12+ food tile nearby for sov. As my area become more dense, these locations are being quite scarce. So a thought occurred to me: Is there anything wrong with settling a 8 or 9 food tile itself, as long as the other resources are somewhat balanced?

Learner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Greenhorn Joined: 08 Jun 2011 Status: Offline Points: 78	Posted: 24 Nov 2012 at 15:51
	For example. 9 food, 4 of each of the other resources

Llyr Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Warrior Joined: 21 Sep 2012 Location: Ontario, Canada Status: Offline Points: 267	Posted: 24 Nov 2012 at 16:18
	I may be wrong, but I don't believe you can settle a square that has any resource greater than 7.


Kabu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Wordsmith Joined: 27 Jul 2011 Status: Offline Points: 118	Posted: 24 Nov 2012 at 16:18
	As far as I know, there are no tile with more than 7 food that you can settle on.

dunnoob Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Postmaster Joined: 10 Dec 2011 Location: Elijal Status: Offline Points: 800	Posted: 24 Nov 2012 at 16:34
	All squares with more than 7 are special squares, and you cannot settle on or move to special squares. You could settle nearby and claim sovereignty. Just in case, some special squares have a normal 7 or less distribution of resources. There's a list of tile types somewhere, dolmen, ancient forest, and others are always special squares. Try to find a normal 7 food square with at least a 30% food bonus in five nearby squares. It doesn't matter how, 32=12+45 and 31=37+25 are okay, 33=47+5 and 34=10+4*6 are better. You could then use the food bonus of five nearby squares to get a huge town, and the remaining sovereignty structures can accelerate the training of new troops. Don't nail me with 30% on 5 squares, maybe it should be 40% on 7 squares, or more, if you can't arrange a 16% geomancy food spell.

Learner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Greenhorn Joined: 08 Jun 2011 Status: Offline Points: 78	Posted: 24 Nov 2012 at 16:49
	that would explain why others aren't doing it. Thanks!