Placement of Main Hall

[Sprite1313]

Wait... really? So an AW touching main hall would work day behind it with 0 road connection at all?

No; I think what @iamthouth meant was that, by putting your MH in a corner, you can only use two sides to start road connections. On the other hand, if you pull the MH away from the corner, you can get multiple buildings fully connected with as little as one road.

 

[Deleted User - 849411552]

It may not be the most efficient but I prefer the Main Hall near the top right corner of the map. In that position it hides the least amount of buildings. I really like to see all my buildings, even the Wonders.

I have it moved slightly away from the top so that I can partially hide the Magic Academy behind it. This reduces the chance of accidental pickups when saving up enchantment productions prior to a Fellowship Adventure.

 

[Sprite1313]

It may not be the most efficient but I prefer the Main Hall near the top right corner of the map. In that position it hides the least amount of buildings. I really like to see all my buildings, even the Wonders.

That’s what I have done to this point, but the 75 squares I could save by doing this are pretty enticing. And I don’t think I’ll mind having the Simia Sapiens hidden. But it is a shame to hide some of the buildings - they are so much fun to look at.

 

[Sodbury]

Wait... really? So an AW touching main hall would work day behind it with 0 road connection at all?

No.
(I took this screenshot when the thread first opened, but then Enevhar's response covered what I'd wanted to say. Posting it now so you don't have to scramble your own city to be sure.)

 

[iamthouth]

I have no idea what you mean by this

Sorry, poor wording. As it is the source connection, take advantage of roads being able to radiate from it in every direction.

 

[ajqtrz]

Here's a variation of @iamthouth's plan. It uses more roads but also consolidates the space and groups most things together more tightly giving you more contiguous space.

https://www.elvenarchitect.com/city/planner/eee23f7f3e0d4079b45acfa8419eed47/

As for where the MH goes? Wherever it gives you the best layout. And that might be anywere. I've had mine in the middle, in the corner.

AJ

 

[BrinDarby]

@Mrietha ,
looking @ your 2 cities , your beta city seems more
organized kinda, but which city are you looking for
input for, or are you trying to find a plan 1st, then
recreating that in both worlds ?

Both cities in my book, need a re-org.... for efficiency
and for consolidation, I can see pros/cons for diff
placements of the MH.... but none are "the best".

 

[Alram]

My main hall floats around. I put set buildings in the back corner just because I hate having to move them. I always miss a connection some how.

 

[Yavimaya]

No; I think what @iamthouth meant was that, by putting your MH in a corner, you can only use two sides to start road connections. On the other hand, if you pull the MH away from the corner, you can get multiple buildings fully connected with as little as one road.


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Thanks, that's what I thought!

 

[Yavimaya]

Ty for clarifying!

No.
(I took this screenshot when the thread first opened, but then Enevhar's response covered what I'd wanted to say. Posting it now so you don't have to View attachment 15329