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Their are thousand of guides that mention recommended building levels. You might wonder, which guide should I follow? This guide does a lot of math to figure out what level your buildings really should be! I am going to use "Building a city" and "Specialised Cities" to see what the building levels should be.
Specialised Cities
Senate lvl 9 / Timber Camp lvl 35 / Quarry lvl 35 / Silver Mine lvl 35 / Market lvl 10 / Harbour lvl 10 / Barracks lvl 28 / Wall lvl 25 / Cave lvl 10 / Warehouse lvl 30 / Farm lvl 40 / Academy lvl 30 / Temple lvl 15 / Special Buildings: Thermal Baths and Tower.
Building a city
Barracks
Maximum level: 30
Recommended level: 10 (defensive cities: 5)
Reason: People who attack really often might want barracks level 30, but otherwise it really isn't necessary. The difference between level 1 and level 30 is no more than a 30% increase in production speed. Barracks level 15 is required for chariots, level 10 for horsemen, but defensive cities won't need either, and can stick with level 5.
Harbor
Maximum level: 30
Recommended level 5 (conquest cities: 20)
Reason: If you have naval cities, it might be worthwhile to build harbor up to level 30 for quick rebuilding if you have several matured cities and never run out of resources to build. But otherwise, it's not really necessary to build harbor past level 5, the level which is required to be able to build Thermal baths. However, you need level 20 harbor to be able to build colony ships. Some will want to be able to do so in all their cities, while others settle for a few cities in strategic positions.
Temple
Maximum level: 25
Recommended level: 15
Reason: At level 15, temple gives you 7.8 favor per hour. If you get to level 25, you can get 10 favor per hour. This difference does not really justify using 50 more population, especially once you have more cities, where favor production is not as effective when more cities worship the same god.
Market place
Maximum level: 30
Recommended level: 10
Reason: You only need market place level 10 to be able to trade with other islands. Having market place level 30 gives you more flexibility when you have many cities running full with resources, but generally isn't necessary. Often you will be able to do with level 10 just fine.
Math
So when I did the math, the building should be like this:
Senate 9
Timber camp 35
Quarry 35
silver mine 35
market place 20
Harbor 15 or 20
Barracks 28
wall 25
cave 10
warehouse 30
farm 40
academy 30
temple 15
thermal baths
tower
Good luck building!
By Grepo Cheese
Their are thousand of guides that mention recommended building levels. You might wonder, which guide should I follow? This guide does a lot of math to figure out what level your buildings really should be! I am going to use "Building a city" and "Specialised Cities" to see what the building levels should be.
Specialised Cities
Senate lvl 9 / Timber Camp lvl 35 / Quarry lvl 35 / Silver Mine lvl 35 / Market lvl 10 / Harbour lvl 10 / Barracks lvl 28 / Wall lvl 25 / Cave lvl 10 / Warehouse lvl 30 / Farm lvl 40 / Academy lvl 30 / Temple lvl 15 / Special Buildings: Thermal Baths and Tower.
Building a city
Barracks
Maximum level: 30
Recommended level: 10 (defensive cities: 5)
Reason: People who attack really often might want barracks level 30, but otherwise it really isn't necessary. The difference between level 1 and level 30 is no more than a 30% increase in production speed. Barracks level 15 is required for chariots, level 10 for horsemen, but defensive cities won't need either, and can stick with level 5.
Harbor
Maximum level: 30
Recommended level 5 (conquest cities: 20)
Reason: If you have naval cities, it might be worthwhile to build harbor up to level 30 for quick rebuilding if you have several matured cities and never run out of resources to build. But otherwise, it's not really necessary to build harbor past level 5, the level which is required to be able to build Thermal baths. However, you need level 20 harbor to be able to build colony ships. Some will want to be able to do so in all their cities, while others settle for a few cities in strategic positions.
Temple
Maximum level: 25
Recommended level: 15
Reason: At level 15, temple gives you 7.8 favor per hour. If you get to level 25, you can get 10 favor per hour. This difference does not really justify using 50 more population, especially once you have more cities, where favor production is not as effective when more cities worship the same god.
Market place
Maximum level: 30
Recommended level: 10
Reason: You only need market place level 10 to be able to trade with other islands. Having market place level 30 gives you more flexibility when you have many cities running full with resources, but generally isn't necessary. Often you will be able to do with level 10 just fine.
Math
So when I did the math, the building should be like this:
Senate 9
Timber camp 35
Quarry 35
silver mine 35
market place 20
Harbor 15 or 20
Barracks 28
wall 25
cave 10
warehouse 30
farm 40
academy 30
temple 15
thermal baths
tower
Good luck building!
By Grepo Cheese
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