Tile ownership and national parks

[JDaniels]

In this particular game i was trying to create a national park. I'd met the appeal requirements of the tiles but couldn't create the park. These tiles were mine and far from the city center. Later I realized that one of the 4 tiles belonged to a second city of mine. I believe that was the reason for not being able to create the part. The question: can I transfer that tile to the frist city?

[gimmethegepgun]

If the tile is within the 3 tile workable radius, yes. Otherwise no.
To do that, select the city that you want to transfer the tile to, view its citizen allocation, and click on the tile you want to transfer ownership of.

[Firefox]

That seems like a pretty significant glitch/oversight. Why should all 4 tiles have to be "owned" by the same city? It's a "National" park after all, not a municipal park.

[BlackSmokeDMax]

Originally posted by Firefox:

That seems like a pretty significant glitch/oversight. Why should all 4 tiles have to be "owned" by the same city? It's a "National" park after all, not a municipal park.

A city needs to own the park because of the amenities that city receives. Simpler to just have a city own all the tiles and get all the amenities than try splitting them or some such. Wouldn't be surprised if that was a balance issue as well.

[Lemurian1972]

Originally posted by BlackSmokeDMax:

Originally posted by Firefox:

That seems like a pretty significant glitch/oversight. Why should all 4 tiles have to be "owned" by the same city? It's a "National" park after all, not a municipal park.

A city needs to own the park because of the amenities that city receives. Simpler to just have a city own all the tiles and get all the amenities than try splitting them or some such. Wouldn't be surprised if that was a balance issue as well.

Correct, it's a calculation issue, the game breaks things down by cities and their tiles, and then adds those together for the whole empire. Same reason you can't switch a district or a wonder to another city.

[gimmethegepgun]

Originally posted by BlackSmokeDMax:

Originally posted by Firefox:

That seems like a pretty significant glitch/oversight. Why should all 4 tiles have to be "owned" by the same city? It's a "National" park after all, not a municipal park.

A city needs to own the park because of the amenities that city receives. Simpler to just have a city own all the tiles and get all the amenities than try splitting them or some such. Wouldn't be surprised if that was a balance issue as well.

Also it's a matter for conquest. Since tiles switch allegiance after a city does, if the tiles of a national park were split between cities then it could become split between nations as well.

[BlackSmokeDMax]

Originally posted by gimmethegepgun:

Originally posted by BlackSmokeDMax:

A city needs to own the park because of the amenities that city receives. Simpler to just have a city own all the tiles and get all the amenities than try splitting them or some such. Wouldn't be surprised if that was a balance issue as well.

Also it's a matter for conquest. Since tiles switch allegiance after a city does, if the tiles of a national park were split between cities then it could become split between nations as well.

Great point!

[JDaniels]

Originally posted by Firefox:

That seems like a pretty significant glitch/oversight. Why should all 4 tiles have to be "owned" by the same city? It's a "National" park after all, not a municipal park.

I couldn't agree more with you! As if National Parks weren't hard enough to create. As it is now, it's too much a game of chance to fullfill the requirements to create the park, unless you sort of fund a city for that very reason.

I mean, in the far regions of you empire you don't control the aquisition of tiles [which is pretty ok], but once belonging to your empire, you should've have a way to manage tile ownership [beyond the 3-tile radius off of the city center]. I'm not saying to brake any rules, just to give me a way to manage my tiles with no improvements/districts. This management is relevant precisely for national parks and also for reasons appointed by other commentators here. Such management would consolidate the unit of the 4-tile building and thus prevent the splitting issues brought up by other here.