Originally posted by chiefpaco
I'm not sure whether this was covered in another thread but, about
build queues.
Right now, we have access to 4 luxuries. In towns, I think temples
should be low on our priority list right now. Libraries are of higher
culture, are cheaper to build, and contribute to our science funding.
I noticed Washington was on "temple". It already has a library. Could
this be changed?
Some things we could use instead of temples, in general:
- Military unit for each town.
- Workers. Especially our 1-shields cities. That is one thing they
can produce in 10 turns.
- Library to expand our borders.
- Some barracks in our frontal towns. For healing and upgrading units.
Perhaps we can make Temples a consideration of all size 7
cities?
The main reason that temples are a priority right now is because of the
age bonus for 1000 year old culture buildings. I do agree that we need
more workers, and I actually suggest that all cities not designated for
military production (which are still most of them, because we are still
at war with everyone)build a worker of their own immediately after
finishing their first culture building. Personally, I think Washington
should finish its temple, but this is in Skilord's province. I do
agree that libraries have priority over temples for the reasons you
stated. I believe, that right now, a city with 2 military police (the
max for despotism) and access to all of our luxuries, will have two
happy citizens, 2 content citizens and two unhappy citizens at size 6.
If we add a temple, it will negate one unhappy citizen giving us only
one unhappy and 3 happy. If we switch to monarchy, which seems likely
to happen, and add another unit for police, the final unhappy citizen
will be eliminated, and there will be 4 happy, which will spark a WLTK
day. Note that the last two conditions can be interchanged, and both
need to be met for a WLTK day. If the city has been pop rushed in the
last 40 turns, I believe there will still be 3 happy and 3 content, if
these are both met which will still allow a WLTK day. My reason for
explaining this is that, without an increase in the luxury rate, cities
will not be able to enter a WLTK day without a temple or an
entertainer. An extra working citizen for a city will almost always
make up for the maintenance of a temple.
WLTK days are very important for managing corruption and waste, which
is going to be pretty bad otherwise, until we build the forbidden
palace.
May I also suggest we consider rushing a military unit in any
defenseless town that is 2 squares away from an enemy unit and no help
in sight? If that is ever to occur?
This is up to the military. If you are referring to the legion that is
about to sack Atlanta, I say this is necessary.
Can the domestic leader make a general priority list for new
towns? Or is it too situationally dependent?
I do not feel comfortable doing this until we are at peace with our
neighbors.
