[.802][Bug? / Gameplay] Level 5 cities no longer need housing/food

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I have been playing exclusively with the faction that allows for increased food production; I am unsure if this is something that happens with the other factions. I have also been playing exclusively with the "Miner/Organized/Ugly" sovereign so I'm not sure if this also pops up with other sovereigns. With these settings I have reproduced this 10+ times.

 

What happens is that as soon as any one city hits level 5, I demolish every single building providing housing, any small food buildings like gardens, and any small prosperity buildings like temples or town halls.

 

Unsure if this is intentional or not, but the town maintains its level 5 size/population. It frees up building squares so the town can convert itself into a research/gilden/production powerhouse. All the large food income that you were using from Farms/Apiaries/Orchards/Oases are all freed up and can immediately goto other towns, reducing and usually entirely eliminating the need to build small food buildings like gardens.

 

While this has made for loads of fun in punishing the enemy factions and neutral monsters, I get the hunch that this is not intended and so I'm reporting it. Sorry if it's already been reported; I gave a quick search and didn't find anything.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Makes sense, cause its xx amount of food to BUILD a house...not maintain. :)

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting zampolit, reply 1
Makes sense, cause its xx amount of food to BUILD a house...not maintain.
End of zampolit's quote

 

In my totalitarian state, industrialized cities (level 5) have housing demolished and replaced with more industry. My people can live in their workplaces for all I care; let them starve as they produce my tanks...erm...suits of armor.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting zampolit, reply 1
Makes sense, cause its xx amount of food to BUILD a house...not maintain.
End of zampolit's quote

I don't really think that's the issue. If you destroy the houses people shouldn't have a place to live and they should leave.

Since population determines city rank, the rank should drop. Though I think an easier solution would be to prevent the destruction of any building if it would cause the max population to fall under the current city level.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

So is level 5 the maximum city size?  I assumed so, but the UI didn't make it entirely clear.

And I agree with the OP that there should be some ongoing reason to maintain food and housing.