Quote Originally Posted by Del Arroyo
But aren't you able to adjust the AI Governor's priorities as in previous versions (SMAC, CIV3)??

DA
Yes, you can do that easily. I don't trust it though - I fear if I chose a priority, I would probably forget about it for the rest of the game unless it led to a noticeable disaster. The thing is the city's priorities are likely to continually change. For example, more population is great until you run into happiness problems and the point at which that occurs frequently changes as you get more resources, better civics etc.

Also, even on a huge terra map, I find I don't have so many cities that periodically reviewing what tiles your cities are working is a problem. (Unlike Civ2, where IIRC you have to continually manage what cities are doing in order to avoid revolts that stop the city producing - in Civ4, there is no such burden.)