Why should I have to learn all the advanced manufactories?

[DeletedUser14396]

It took me awhile to learn how how building resources works and that my city is more suitable to produce 1 type of goods. And after a few minutes of cursing at my screen I realized I'm ok with that. I figure I can trade for the goods my city doesn't produce well. And I understand that's just how the game was made. It encourages trading with other players. Teamwork is the key.

My city mainly produces steel. Ok, I can work with that. I keep finding myself with a shortage of planks and marble, but that's what the Trader is for. It slows me down a lot since I'm not in a fellowship, but I'll deal with it. I'll just make more steel factories and less of the others. Also, I won't level them as much.

That being said, why should I be required to research Advanced Marble and Planks Manufactories to be able to get deeper in the Research trees?

 

[DeletedUser3507]

I asked that question over 15 months ago, I was told grin and bear it the developers will not change it to only your boosted goods. This is more to slow you down in the game then anything else in my opinion and I have finished the present tree. Chapter 12 is next.

 

[DeletedUser14396]

Thank you.

I understand they won't change it, I'm just trying to figure out why I should have to do it. Or for that matter, why they made it that way in the first place?

 

[DeletedUser3507]

To slow pregress.is my bet.

 

[Mykan]

With the way the current event quests are you need them to complete those quests and similar for FA quests.

 

[SoggyShorts]

Players who refuse to join fellowships and don't have many active neighbors need those techs.
If you allow other players to skip those techs then they would have an even greater advantage over solo players than they already have.

 

[DeletedUser2959]

Players who refuse to join fellowships and don't have many active neighbors need those techs.
If you allow other players to skip those techs then they would have an even greater advantage over solo players than they already have.

Damn you and your logic, SS. There's no PLACE for that here!

 

[DeletedUser9601]

Just pretend that there's something crucial in the those Planks manufactories that allow your scientists to figure out how to build better Main Halls. Its like this for nearly every game with "tech" research. It takes some suspension of disbelief, but its a fine system.

 

[DeletedUser5521]

Or for that matter, why they made it that way in the first place?

"In the first place"...there were no Fellowships when the game began back in 2015 (Jan.- Beta, April - Arendyll/US). It was a couple of months of playing before the big news update "Fellowships Are Here!", so back then peeps were building every goods manufactory, and upgrading them all too, because trading was really limited. Then with the advent of Fellowships, non-boosted manufactories were usually bulldozed as trading became MUCH easier. They have never altered the tech tree to reflect that change in the need for all manufacturies, but then, I've never seen the devs make anything go from mandatory to optional, only the opposite

 

[DeletedUser8946]

Some people actually use non-boosted Manufactories. I was like that until about the Dwarven chapter; where I had to sell them out of necessity. In fact, I'm the only one I know who had all 9 manufactories at Level 15 at one point... But I don't think it's doable, much less smart once you hit the guest race guilds.

 

[Mykan]

But I don't think it's doable, much less smart once you hit the guest race guilds.

It would be doable, considering there are people who only build 1 of each boosted factory and have enough goods and there are people who build a lot more than 3 of each boosted factory so space isn't an issue either. It just comes down to a persons goals.

 

[SoggyShorts]

It would be doable, considering there are people who only build 1 of each boosted factory and have enough goods and there are people who build a lot more than 3 of each boosted factory so space isn't an issue either. It just comes down to a persons goals.

Yeah it's doable. A player with 9 buildings (one of each) makes about 60% fewer goods than a player who has 9 boosted only buildings (3 of each).
That's a pretty serious disadvantage though.

 

[Mykan]

That's a pretty serious disadvantage though.

Except a person building one of everything once they understand the game and boosts are doing it for reasons that do not include efficiency. I know someone who was doing this and for them all buildings looking the same was the disadvantage.