storm phoenix's passive goodies aren't super impressive so mainly the benefit is to feed him. however, you also have to pair pet food with a bunch of magical manufacturing spells to get the full benefits. he's a needy little guy, BUT looks cool as hellWhat about the storm phoenix? Is that something that I should place now, or wait for later chapters?
Fire Phoenix is one of the few buildings that you don't really need to upgrade to current chapter bc he mostly just gives you more coins and people have him for the feeding effect, which does not change with chapters. It may be because there's a big coin crunch early game and you're still in early chapters, but coin is def not one of the things most people are short on as the game progresses. Maybe it's because you get a lot of coins from neighborly visits and you'll have a lot more neighbors scouted to collect or maybe later residences give more coins (or have more of them). I've left my Fire in chap 5 in one city bc I picked coin rains over portal profits. I do not enjoy doing chapter stuff, which means I don't speed through chapters to rush to the next grueling settlement that just takes longer and longer to do, hence do not really use portal profits. Def "see how it goes" before you commit to using those 16 RR's on the Fire Phoenix. There are def many more buildings worthy of RRs before Fire Phoenix.The one evolving building I have placed so far is a Fire Phoenix, which is evolved to level 10. I have upgraded it with each chapter, and now that I am in Dwarves it is giving me portal profits. I plan to keep upgrading it because it also gives a nice amount of coins and supplies that increases with every chapter as well as increasing amounts of population and culture. I need all of those things, and since it is taking up space anyway, it might as well give me as many as it can!
First nobody knows how long those building bases will be in the MA for crafting. You might not be able to recraft later.Should I wait until a late chapter to disenchant, recraft and place those two as well as the VF that I now have artifacts for in a late chapter, orr are they also worrth the RRs to place them now and upgrade along the way?
I actually had it more in a square, but someone suggested that I could get more space by rearranging it into the Lshape, so I tried it. What kinds of poblems will I run into if I leave it like that? I don't mind changing it again.One last suggestion, From this point on, as you get more expansions, you should try to get your city shape into a square. Much more efficient. The "L" shape is going to lead you into some problems that will be harder to get out of later.