I have one world that is in Contemporary Era, and it is my favorite to play. Meaning any goods won there are pure profit. This means you can sell those goods for FPs.Ĥ) Your current era goods can also be sold if you have enough of them, as the Innovation Tower is also a much desired GB.ĥ) With an Alcatraz, a Rogue Hideout and decently leveled attack GBs, you can fight through most, if not all, of GE. And when you do have next-era neighbors, your CE units are just as good as the TE units.ģ) Your goods producing GBs will produce Progressive Era goods, which are needed for two of the most popular GBs: Alcatraz and Chateau Frontenac. Contemporary Era.ġ) It has the best military unit of any age in my opinion, the Anti-Aircraft Vehicle.Ģ) Tomorrow Era stinks, so most players will go on quickly to Future Era, which means you'll rarely have to worry about next-era neighbors. Not saying I don't complain about production quests, but they do serve a purpose.To me it's a no-brainer. There needs to be more to city design than 'how many OP event buildings can I squeeze in to max out combat stats or FP production?' Freeing that area you use for production quests does not make city building more interesting - it just means you stuff another couple OP event buildings in their place. Which then raises the question, what does that flex area do when it doesn't need to be blacksmiths for you? These are all interesting questions brought about by having production quests be a fixture of events.

Maybe you have a flex area that can sometimes be blacksmiths to backup your 6 sleigh builders you use for 'productions your age' when instead it's '24 8 hour productions'.

Or 12 and have it be somewhat comfortable. You could maybe get away with only 6 but have it be highly annoying.

Tradeoffs like 'how many production buildings do I want for the quests I know I'm going to have to do?' To make city building interesting you need diverse and competing objectives such that you're making tradeoffs. City building should be a focal point of the game.

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