City doesn't stop growing

[azpops]

You need to fix the fact that cities never stop growing in order for me to better judge the 0.17 version. The cities just keep building and I run into the problem where I simply run out of resources when the cities get too big and then the game is unplayable.

[SephiRok]

What do you mean by unplayable? You start shrinking (stop growing) due to no food?

[azpops]

What do you mean by unplayable? You start shrinking (stop growing) due to no food?

Yes, my cities stop growing and shrink until they are small enough for the food available, then they grow until they run out of food and the process begins again, over and over again.

[SephiRok]

Well, that was always the case. It doesn't make anything unplayable.

[azpops]

OK, since this seems to be the new system you want to use I'll try again and go further into the game. I looked through the research tree and see that you have removed all the research related to city growth. I must admit, though, that so far I am not impressed with the new system. I don't like my cities going into the growth/shrinking process so early in the game. Makes it feel as though I have no real control over what happens to my cities.

[void]

We'll do further changes over the course of the day, not happy either how this plays out at the moment. Stay tuned!

[azpops]

not happy either how this plays out at the moment.

I'm not real happy with the new system, either. After the first few cities, there seems to be no point in building anymore. They don't grow at all. I have 4 or 5 cities in my central core around my headquarters city that grow, but the rest are all at zero growth. Also, there is no point in capturing a city from another faction. As an example, I captured a 19 point city from the Imperium. It is now down to a 6 city and still falling. All the rest of the cities I captured are at zero population and negative growth. It is pointless to capture a city. Might as well just raze it.