What's the use of the concert?

[Ambassador of Benevolence]

Let's say you have 5 magic colleges, and you add a concert. Isn't this the same as adding a 6th magic college? (5 x 1.2 = 6?)

So either it's very marginally useful (boosts a key building you don't have enough of, like the blueprint-giving building), or there's something I'm missing that makes it useful.

Maybe it should be buffed. (Also, let me make a plea for more informative tooltips. Saying a hospital "heals units" doesn't tell us if it's percentage based or not, or any sense of how good it is.)

[Feha]

I imagine its intended use is to be upgraded for the additional benefits. Makes it essentially be a "building that doesn't cost a slot because it boosts the other 5 to compensate, and then does extra" building.

[derinderinderinderin]

doesn't it boost the productivity of ALL buildings by 25%? I take that as meaning all buildings you have on your grid. so if you have 5 magic colleges they each get a 25% boost.

[walshicus]

Yeah, but you can only have 6 vision right now, so if they're not in it they won't benefit.

[Kaivian]

Originally posted by derinderinderinderin:

doesn't it boost the productivity of ALL buildings by 25%? I take that as meaning all buildings you have on your grid. so if you have 5 magic colleges they each get a 25% boost.

It's 20%. 5*1.2 = 6.

[nehznehz]

Upgraded it's 25% so you get a net profit (5*0.25=1.25 1.25>1) But even without that I consider it worth it after I build my other stuff because you can switch what you want it to boost. So you have it boost recruitment when you're not maxed on units and boost eco otherwise. It also allows you to have a bit of a different ratio. 2 Magic collages not attainable right now? How about 1.20 collages?
So it allows flexibility.

[PiklBoi]

I would say the advantage is when producing multiple resources. By placing a concert I am buffing my production of all of these resources as opposed to placing a production building that only helps one resource. But in the case of 5 of the same production, then yeah it seems to only have an advantage when it has the upgrade.

[MonoPan]

yeah sure, just place the 6th magic school. 'Cause it's so easy to get that many.

In the mean time, you can get more out of the buildings for which you lack additional building plans. Or perhaps I need to boost iron production a bit, but placing a second forge doesn't cut it, cause my current ratios would then also demand a second iron mine...
There are so many scenarios where the concert is useful as it is. And with the moral upgrade, it can even offer some more. We haven't even seen the 2nd and 3rd upgrade yet.

[Ambassador of Benevolence]

Originally posted by MonoPan:

yeah sure, just place the 6th magic school. 'Cause it's so easy to get that many.

I usually run the blueprint building continuously, and end each run with as many of each building as I want. But I like the point of boosting an economy chain without throwing it out of balance. And the upgrade does make a difference.