[1.09n] Multiple Construction/ City Level Up idea

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I think one of the most apparent things in this beta is the need for faster construction in cities. So I thought of a possible solution to this problem. I think if cities could build 1 building per city level, it would really help this situation.

 

In addition to this change, I also had an idea for city level ups. Instead of picking a singular large bonus, wouldn't it be nice if we had a few points and put them into several differn't categories? Some ideas for categories are below:

Merchant City: +5% gildar output in the city.

Factory City: +5% material production.

Mining City: +5% metal production.

Arcane City: +5% magic research.

Research City: +5% technology research.

Military City: -5% reduction in training time.

Defending City: +1 group of conscripts fight in city defense.

Influential City: +5% influence bonus

Diplomatic City: +5% diplomacy Resource Production.

 

Any thoughts?

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

I think one of the most apparent things in this beta is the need for faster construction in cities. So I thought of a possible solution to this problem. I think if cities could build 1 building per city level, it would really help this situation.
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I actually disagree with this in general. I feel like cities develop fairly quickly as is, which tends to make construction bonus buildings kind of meaningless by the time you can build them. I think that upgrading the speed at which you construct improvements already has a profound effect on the game's pacing, and anything more would simply make city development less meaningful all together.


Now, as for your comments on expanding city level upgrades, I think this is generally a good idea though I am not sure if I completely agree with your ideas. I think these outline a good start, but they need to be balanced in such a way so that high level cities are significantly better than low level ones.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

agree with kenata, the cities are building buildings at an okay rate for me... we just need more interesting things to build besides 25 archivists (+1 research).

 

i like the idea of multiple choices when cities level up.

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