Cultist City Layout

[Kevin]

Is it more efficient for cultist to use the stick layout for their city, or the triangle? Never played a game as them so I have no idea if normal city building tactics apply to them.

[Argus]

No need to stick to a particular layout. Just keep a balance between exploiting available resources (anomalies) and leveling districts as needed - keep in mind that the Cultists are the only faction that can upgrade districts to level 3 (when surrounded by 4 level 2 districts), and get no expansion disapproval, so the approval level will get to 100% pretty early from leveling districts.

Although I don't quite remember what bonus to FIDS production leveling districts gives... I mostly pay attantion to approval when leveling them.
But the Cultists would sure have use for a late-game technology that boosts influence on districts of at least level 2, as they rely greatly on influence generation.

[Groo the one]

Converning to your question: The stick layout has 4 districts, that are not optimized, the triangle has 3 not optimized districts.

https://www.games2gether.com/endless-legend/forum/6-game-design/thread/3236-another-alternative-to-the-district-leveling-mechanic

[Balkoth]

Originally posted by Groo the one:

Converning to your question: The stick layout has 4 districts, that are not optimized, the triangle has 3 not optimized districts.

Cultists can level districts up to 3, though, which favors the stick. It's also usually easier to achieve a stick layout than a triangle layout, plus it has more exploitation tiles.

[Groo the one]

Like always Balkoth is right ^^

[Carnasid]

Honestly, by mid game though, Cultist cities tend to grow so fast you end up just filling in most/all of their region anyway. Start with the stick then just sort of fill in everything.

[Kevin]

I take it approval becomes trival for them to maintain? Well yeah I guess so since they only have one city. xP