I don't think it encourages the lvl 1 farms any more than making 5 min beverages did. It was so tedious to make 50 beverages with less than 50 WS that I always opted for a huge farm (tried for 100 WS). So far this time, I'm using 50 WS, but after I stock up on statues and necklaces with my 86 lvl 1 T1 factories, I'll probably switch those out for more WS. That's mostly for the blacksmiths that take one day to make, but I will crank out some brewers before re-setting smiths. I did the same thing when it took 5 min to make them.this goes back to actively encouraging them again.
This change means nothing. To get rid of ws slums they need to change blacksmiths and carps. Brewers are not a choke point.other FA/event changes seemed focused toward discouraging very large array of L1 buildings, but this goes back to actively encouraging them again.
I was not saying the change was going to get rid of Workshop slums. I was saying that if you can cycle your workshop slum in only 2 minutes then the Brewery badge becomes so trivial that it serves no purpose. It was not exactly hard to make when it took 5 minutes!This change means nothing. To get rid of ws slums they need to change blacksmiths and carps. Brewers are not a choke point.
?It also is a regression towards creating slum cities for events. Most of the other FA/event changes seemed focused toward discouraging very large array of L1 buildings, but this goes back to actively encouraging them again.