Question About Tile Yields

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I've tried this game at different points and I'm trying to figure out good tile yields, etc. - things have changed a few times since fall of last year so I'm lost and I feel like educated guesses won't help me.

I have a choice in one area between 3/3/0, 2/4/0, and 1/5/0. Would 1/5/0 be decent for a fortress due to production? Or will the city be so small due to 1 grain it isn't worth having? Also, there's an area with 5/3/1 and I have to choose between it and 3/3/2. Is the extra essence worth the two grain drop?

How do these breakdowns work? I have a feeling all the guides around here are outdated but if they aren't I'll gladly follow a link to the best one.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

I always go with the extra essence, ESPECIALLY if it is at the expense of grain due to all the faction wide bonuses towns give to food production.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Food < Materials < Essence

Beyond that its nice to create a couple towns, especially on rivers with decent food. To increase food in other places and earn some money.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top


Can a 1/5/0 city even make it to Level 2?  If given the choice between 3/3/0, 2/4/0, or 1/5/0, I would take 2/4/0 every time.  The choice between 5/3/1 or 3/3/2 is harder.  If I'm playing a faction/sovereign that uses a lot of mana, I would probably take the 3/3/2.  If I need a conclave, then I would take the 5/3/1 spot.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Essences is always a priority for me, even if the total yeld is inferior to a nearby cell. They add flexibility, and many city enchantments scale with your #of essences.

Then come the purpose of the city.

City: i want high food, unless I'm later in the game and I have a lot of Grocers around the kingdom

Fortress: again high food, even over production. They are the city I want to grow faster for the unrest bonuses they get at level 3 and 5, and they also get growth malus. They also lack a "Produce X" strenght contrary to towns and conclaves, so I don't have hurry to build all the facilities, making high production less desiderable.

Main fortress: the highest essences yeld I can find, for troup training city enchantments. By main fortress I mean the one that will stack all the training facilities.

Conclave: high production, they have a lot of long time facilities to make, and the faster they get them, the more time they spend producing research. High city level bonus are not that great, so food is somehow not an issue.

 

I almost always avoid 1 grain tiles, they are a pain. 2 grain is bad but acceptable for secondary importance cities.

Also when you chose mind avaiability of nearby rivers (a bit of +food, +gold), forests/clay pits (+production).

 

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

The question is more important in regards to your first city.  If you have quite a number of towns,  low grain and high producing centers is argeeable.  

It's harder for a new player to figure, but also keep in mind how many enchants you want to put on each city.  Will it be a unit producing fortress?  Will it be a high research conclave?  Secondly do you have enchants you want?  Typically I do not.  I may have fire or earth one, but usually not both.  At least not at beginning of game.