silly question... how do you get rid of a forest tile?

Blistering Sands?

so it's spells only?

Or maybe raising the land and then lowering it again if "Blistering Sands" does not work?

Should be an improvement called rollercoaster

Raise land doesnt work (or didnt for me). But there is a spell to turn it directly into a mountain, then lower it and the forrest is gone.

That's basically what I meant. *grins*

Rabenhoff

Would have to check but its pretty high like level 7 earth or so.

That's with the Morrigan spell no? Not the basic one i think.

I find it a bit inconsistant, if not idiotic, that they can make axes to chop through armor but now trees in order to clear land.

Perhaps pioneers should have the ability to remove forests? 

I would rather see forest tiles made useful, as is they're only good for spawning monsters (which is a goldmine but...) and that doesn't work inside your influence anyway.

We don't have economic oriented terrain bonuses in EWoM...also forests are useful, because some buildings [like lumber mills] can be built in forests only.

isn't lumber mill for specific "old" forest tiles only?

i was asking because i was stupid enough build a city in a 4x4 or whatever hole in the middle of a "new" forest... and can't build anymore

No they can not, you need the specific resource for that. 

Forests are harder to remove than mountains or even oceans, how does that make any sense?

I just don't build my cities too close to the forest personally. Glad to hear there are spells that sort of do it for those dedicated enough to pursue it.

would like to see a deforestation improvement for empires. maybe some sort of live-amongst-the-trees equivalent for kingdoms?

It would be kinda cool if building on a forest tile gave a one time discount to stuff built on that square, ya know, cause you are choping trees down for those wood buildings.

What!? Chopping down trees to get resources to speed up a build? Where have I heard that before?

I don't see why they couldn't make it so you can just expand your buildings over the forest. Building gets ordered, peons chop down forest and begin constructing the building in it's place. Maybe make construction take longer if you build it on a forest tile.

Beta1 when you could build lumber mills on normal forest tiles?

I had some luck with the earthquake spell but then you need to lower the land to smooth it out and be carefull aiming beside the city.

I wouldn't mind seeing the reverse through magic or just came effect that would increase new growth woods inside the influence to show the world growing because your kingdom/empire is healing the deviststated world.