Henroo
Oh Wise One
A Travelling Merchant is always going to be better than a non-boosted manufactory. It is a terrible idea to use non-boosted manufactories because they are so inefficient. The best way to go is to use only boosted manufactories. Make way more than you need of your boosted goods and then trade them on a 1 for 1 basis to get your non-boosted. If you have a bad trade environment then a mix of boosted manufactories and Travelling Merchants is going to be better than using non-boosted manufactories.I have a T2 Traveling Merchant producing Marble, which is not boosted (I currently only have boosted Planks).
It's giving me more Marble than my T1 unboosted Manufactories. I'm keeping it for now. Not yet sure if I'll upgrade my unboosteds past Lv 4.
I'm tempted, but I'm playing Solo (and likely will for a while longer).
Thank you, everyone for the advice. I really appreciate it.
I have other questions about other items that are "Culture Only" buildings.
Dwarven Ship. It's a huge one for my tiny Chapter 2 city.
Is it worth it? I only have it as a Summons in 1 of my cities. And she has room for it. But it is worth it?
Same question for Spot of Whispering Trees.
Thanks.
SuNaya Dark
In terms of culture buildings, the ones you make with your builders are almost always inferior to the ones you win from events on a square for square basis. Generally the only time I construct a culture building with my builders is when I need it to fulfill a quest. And I normally end up deleting it shortly after the quest is complete. To answer your question about Spot of Whispering Trees vs Dwarven Ship: they are both the same size, 4x3. The Spot of Whispering Trees gives 400 culture. The chapter 2 version of Dwarven Ship gives 790 culture. Obviously Dwarven Ship is giving a lot more benefit for the exact same space. The only reason to build Spot of Whispering Trees would be if you have a quest asking you to make it. And then your best bet would be to sell of the Spot of Whispering Trees as soon as the quest was done and to put the Dwarven Ship in the exact same space.