I've enjoyed the closed beta so far. But, I have found it hard to get the ball rolling and keep thatomentum at times. I like making cities because it can allow me to build in all places simultaneously and help me build wonders and so on.

That being said, the game limits your cities. So, I need to merge outposts to cities. What exactly do I gain from this? If I build an aqueduct in City A, will the outpost that's merged to it also get an aqueduct? So, if I detach it and make it a city, will it have those buildings? Or are its buildings only limited to the infrastructure districts?

And I guess the same thing goes for merging cities. What's the benefit to that aside from decreasing city amount?