Trobb de Grobb
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Goods: A case AGAINST Dresden and Royal Albert Hall
by Trobb de Grobb (Xyr) {as of 8 Aug 17}
BLUF (i.e. executive summary): The combination of ToB, LoA and SMB uses the same space as a Dresden plus a RAH but produces more goods, is much more space efficient and costs drastically less FP per good.
Unless you’re a diamond player, you’re probably like me and always looking for more efficient use of space. If you have easy access to more expansions and space isn’t an issue for you then the best strategy is to build all the goods producing Great Buildings (GB) and level them all fairly evenly to maximize the good produced per FP cost.
However, if you have limited space you have to pick and choose which GBs to build and should maximize your benefit per space and per FP spent. The common wisdom is latter age buildings are better than earlier age buildings…with goods production that just isn’t the case.
Let’s compare a combination of ToB, LoA, and SMB (TLS) with a combination of Dresden and RAH (DR). The TLS combination takes 68 spaces and the DR combination takes 67 spaces…so close I’m considering them as having the same space requirement. When at level 10, TLS produces 59 goods at a total FP cost of 8,310 and DR produces 44 goods at level 10 for a FP cost of 7,490. This means that TLS produces goods at a cost of 141 FP per good but DR costs 170 FP per good! Clearly the combination of TLS is greatly more efficient!
Let’s consider this a different way. At level ten, DR produces 44 goods for a cost of 7,480 FP. A TLS with levels of 10, 4, 5 respectively produce the same 44 goods with the same space requirement for only 3,520 FP! … less than half the FP cost!!!
The other considerations are the other productions of the GBs. The level 10 TLS produces 1,140 population, +145% supply, and +250% coin. The level 10 DR produces +200% supply and 4,900 happiness. To me, the secondary production of the TLS is more desirable. Happiness can be gained from other GBs and specialty event buildings as a by product and for me the extra +55% supply doesn’t impact my play. The +250% coin means a lot more FPs and the extra population is very efficient in the first half of the game. Also, the +250% coin from the SMB is the only GB to provide that coin boost to offset the loss of coins from using population GBs. The clear winner for the secondary production is the TLS combination.
TL
R (or summary): If you have tons of available space get all the goods GBs and level them evenly to get the most effect from your FPs. Otherwise, the combination of ToB + LoA + SMB is the most space and FP efficient.
I look forward to your replies.
by Trobb de Grobb (Xyr) {as of 8 Aug 17}
BLUF (i.e. executive summary): The combination of ToB, LoA and SMB uses the same space as a Dresden plus a RAH but produces more goods, is much more space efficient and costs drastically less FP per good.
Unless you’re a diamond player, you’re probably like me and always looking for more efficient use of space. If you have easy access to more expansions and space isn’t an issue for you then the best strategy is to build all the goods producing Great Buildings (GB) and level them all fairly evenly to maximize the good produced per FP cost.
However, if you have limited space you have to pick and choose which GBs to build and should maximize your benefit per space and per FP spent. The common wisdom is latter age buildings are better than earlier age buildings…with goods production that just isn’t the case.
Let’s compare a combination of ToB, LoA, and SMB (TLS) with a combination of Dresden and RAH (DR). The TLS combination takes 68 spaces and the DR combination takes 67 spaces…so close I’m considering them as having the same space requirement. When at level 10, TLS produces 59 goods at a total FP cost of 8,310 and DR produces 44 goods at level 10 for a FP cost of 7,490. This means that TLS produces goods at a cost of 141 FP per good but DR costs 170 FP per good! Clearly the combination of TLS is greatly more efficient!
Let’s consider this a different way. At level ten, DR produces 44 goods for a cost of 7,480 FP. A TLS with levels of 10, 4, 5 respectively produce the same 44 goods with the same space requirement for only 3,520 FP! … less than half the FP cost!!!
The other considerations are the other productions of the GBs. The level 10 TLS produces 1,140 population, +145% supply, and +250% coin. The level 10 DR produces +200% supply and 4,900 happiness. To me, the secondary production of the TLS is more desirable. Happiness can be gained from other GBs and specialty event buildings as a by product and for me the extra +55% supply doesn’t impact my play. The +250% coin means a lot more FPs and the extra population is very efficient in the first half of the game. Also, the +250% coin from the SMB is the only GB to provide that coin boost to offset the loss of coins from using population GBs. The clear winner for the secondary production is the TLS combination.
TL
R (or summary): If you have tons of available space get all the goods GBs and level them evenly to get the most effect from your FPs. Otherwise, the combination of ToB + LoA + SMB is the most space and FP efficient.I look forward to your replies.
