DeletedUser1987
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To propose another possible solution to the Magic Academy problem, I'm not exactly sure that players will ever be willing to sacrifice an entire expansion for the Academy, no matter how good the devs make it, because it is a huge investment of space, and in order to realize how good it is, people would have to be willing to take the initial step of building it. And that's a huge step for something so big, if someone's game style doesn't seem to need it.
Why not have the level 1 Magic Academy function something like the Barracks? Make it 2x2, or something similarly small, and then increase in size as it is upgraded? If people consider the Magic Academy integral enough to their playstyle, they will be willing to upgrade it, until it takes up the full 5x5 square. If they don't, they don't, and it won't get in the way nearly as much as the full 5x5 square could be.
As huge as the max level Barracks I've seen in higher scoring players cities is, there's no way I would have been willing to do the quest to build mine if the level 1 Barracks had been the same size as the maximum level. I would've been like no, this isn't worth it. If the level 1 armory had been a 4x4 square like the level 7 armory, I would have resisted it just as much.
It's a brand new feature, and people won't be willing to make the concessions, in terms of city expansion use, that it requires, if they don't feel that it's needed, since it can't be removed. The only way to get them to be willing to make the concessions is to get them to try it, but they will never try it if the initial city space sacrifice remains so high.
Why not have the level 1 Magic Academy function something like the Barracks? Make it 2x2, or something similarly small, and then increase in size as it is upgraded? If people consider the Magic Academy integral enough to their playstyle, they will be willing to upgrade it, until it takes up the full 5x5 square. If they don't, they don't, and it won't get in the way nearly as much as the full 5x5 square could be.
As huge as the max level Barracks I've seen in higher scoring players cities is, there's no way I would have been willing to do the quest to build mine if the level 1 Barracks had been the same size as the maximum level. I would've been like no, this isn't worth it. If the level 1 armory had been a 4x4 square like the level 7 armory, I would have resisted it just as much.
It's a brand new feature, and people won't be willing to make the concessions, in terms of city expansion use, that it requires, if they don't feel that it's needed, since it can't be removed. The only way to get them to be willing to make the concessions is to get them to try it, but they will never try it if the initial city space sacrifice remains so high.