DeletedUser26579
There's a lot of randomness to the blueprints. I got very unlucky in my early game and did not have a complete set until Colonial Era, when I suddenly got 4 (Hagia, Colosseum, Notre Dame, and Zeus). Not being on the forums, I thought this was normal.
I have been contributing to 3-4 LoAs and have been manually m/p'ing Iron Age buildings, and I still can't get that last BP for LoA. In the meantime, I got a complete set of CdM by random, so I'm going with that instead for now. I'm still contributing to multiple LoAs and doing manual m/p, but I'm going to just go ahead and build CdM as soon as I finish getting all the goods.
I built Hagia because it was the first complete set I got, and I had the goods lying around. It generates FPs, so I obviously like that, though I currently have way more happiness than I need. (I keep getting quests to raise it -- including main story quests, so I can't skip it.)
I have Hagia and Zeus to around level 4 each (I'm doing a day-of-week group and occasionally participate in 2 different neverending FP swaps). CdM is next -- the bonuses look amazing!
In other news, I did enter the Industrial Age, since I already had all the Colonial Age techs. I wanted to get the upgraded bonuses before I cashed in on my stars, and between that and the better GE rewards (and a pair of renovation kits I got), I've found it incredibly rewarding.
I think I'm always going to be a bit eager to bump up an age, and despite the cautions of doing so, I'm still going to keep progressing, but perhaps I can do it in a more balanced way?
Oddly, the main limit on my catching up in military is the time it takes to scout, but that's partially because I'm going back and finishing off the two bonus areas and filling in missed spots.
I am grateful for being in a really wonderful guild -- we were #2 in GE in the American League, so there's a lot of support for people who want to do GE, and we have a lot of active fair trading. I've also been trying to support other guild members in return.
I have been contributing to 3-4 LoAs and have been manually m/p'ing Iron Age buildings, and I still can't get that last BP for LoA. In the meantime, I got a complete set of CdM by random, so I'm going with that instead for now. I'm still contributing to multiple LoAs and doing manual m/p, but I'm going to just go ahead and build CdM as soon as I finish getting all the goods.
I built Hagia because it was the first complete set I got, and I had the goods lying around. It generates FPs, so I obviously like that, though I currently have way more happiness than I need. (I keep getting quests to raise it -- including main story quests, so I can't skip it.)
I have Hagia and Zeus to around level 4 each (I'm doing a day-of-week group and occasionally participate in 2 different neverending FP swaps). CdM is next -- the bonuses look amazing!
In other news, I did enter the Industrial Age, since I already had all the Colonial Age techs. I wanted to get the upgraded bonuses before I cashed in on my stars, and between that and the better GE rewards (and a pair of renovation kits I got), I've found it incredibly rewarding.
I think I'm always going to be a bit eager to bump up an age, and despite the cautions of doing so, I'm still going to keep progressing, but perhaps I can do it in a more balanced way?
Oddly, the main limit on my catching up in military is the time it takes to scout, but that's partially because I'm going back and finishing off the two bonus areas and filling in missed spots.
I am grateful for being in a really wonderful guild -- we were #2 in GE in the American League, so there's a lot of support for people who want to do GE, and we have a lot of active fair trading. I've also been trying to support other guild members in return.