can we build more than 1 building by province ?

[YePanye]

i mean i don't understand why lock this to 1.. it's boring

[Haddon]

Because CA wants to make things extremely simple, for the extremely simple-minded out there. IDK what % of their players would fit this category, but it is at least a decent chunk. Dumb things down to the lowest common denominator=more sales.

[Tenshin51]

Yes there is an instant build in the game that allow you to build more buildings in a province but it will cost more money.
This is more a money dump in late game if you got a secure and decent economy. Even in early game if you know how to gain more money in the game.

In early game this mechanic provide tactical strategy in the campaign. It forces you think what buildings and what regions you need to invest in the campaign. Not all regions provide a sht tons of cash and some are rather worthless for cash but for food.

This is a bit intimidating at first but seeing my over flowing cash in the late game
I started to like this new mechanic it makes campaign more strategic than being monotonous like previous TW game.

[YePanye]

oh ok i see thx !

[Fried Noodles]

Originally posted by Haddon:

Because CA wants to make things extremely simple, for the extremely simple-minded out there. IDK what % of their players would fit this category, but it is at least a decent chunk. Dumb things down to the lowest common denominator=more sales.

Makes sense to me...
When I try to think about the possibility of constructing a State Workshop AND a Private Workshop at the same time, I start to feel a terrible throbbing sensation in the empty vacuum behind my eyes.
I hyperventilate.
I start to experience intense tunnel vision.
I black out and wake up later naked in the middle of the desert.
Thank goodness the game only lets me construct one building at a time... I'm not big-brained enough to handle much more than that.

[Haddon]

Originally posted by Fried Noodles:

Originally posted by Haddon:

Because CA wants to make things extremely simple, for the extremely simple-minded out there. IDK what % of their players would fit this category, but it is at least a decent chunk. Dumb things down to the lowest common denominator=more sales.

Makes sense to me...
When I try to think about the possibility of constructing a State Workshop AND a Private Workshop at the same time, I start to feel a terrible throbbing sensation in the empty vacuum behind my eyes.
I hyperventilate.
I start to experience intense tunnel vision.
I black out and wake up later naked in the middle of the desert.
Thank goodness the game only lets me construct one building at a time... I'm not big-brained enough to handle much more than that.

Well, that is extreme hyperbole, but essentially people complained about there being too many buildings, too much going on at once, so they reduced the "Grand" in Grand Strategy down to more like...Big Strategy? Sizable Strategy? Wouldn't want your strategy games to require too much strategy, or you lose the casual gamers.

[Fried Noodles]

Originally posted by Haddon:

Well, that is extreme hyperbole, but essentially people complained about there being too many buildings, too much going on at once, so they reduced the "Grand" in Grand Strategy down to more like...Big Strategy? Sizable Strategy? Wouldn't want your strategy games to require too much strategy, or you lose the casual gamers.

Stop trying to bole me. >:(

[Haddon]

Originally posted by Fried Noodles:

Originally posted by Haddon:

Well, that is extreme hyperbole, but essentially people complained about there being too many buildings, too much going on at once, so they reduced the "Grand" in Grand Strategy down to more like...Big Strategy? Sizable Strategy? Wouldn't want your strategy games to require too much strategy, or you lose the casual gamers.

Stop trying to bole me. >:(

Haha, I love it. I sometimes use "hypobole", and nobody ever gets it. Once I even had an exchange like "Well that is an understatement (to someone else's comment)" "Hypobole" "No, hypobole is when you dramatically overstate something" and then I made a joke about a hyperdermic needle being a useless invention, thought I don't remember it. I just remember thinking I was pretty clever.

[YePanye]

i like when we have a choice in building selection

map, war (battles gameplay, choice of units), politic and town management and its gg
why devs always make things boring and twisted.. it's so easy to make a nice game and idk why on every total war somthing is missing. Here only on building at the same time :( and the city are too little :( places for fiew buildings only :(

they should see bigger

[Tenshin51]

Originally posted by panyemayou:

i like when we have a choice in building selection

map, war (battles gameplay, choice of units), politic and town management and its gg
why devs always make things boring and twisted.. it's so easy to make a nice game and idk why on every total war somthing is missing. Here only on building at the same time :( and the city are too little :( places for fiew buildings only :(

they should see bigger

In the game definitely you can but it will cost more money. The game have too much money dump with salary, corruption, upkeep and building upkeep. It forces the player and AI not to create too many Doomstacks like in WHTW. I found this mechanic a nice feature of the game but totally wish there is a difficulty setting to tone down this mechanic.

[Haddon]

Originally posted by Tenshin51:

Originally posted by panyemayou:

i like when we have a choice in building selection

map, war (battles gameplay, choice of units), politic and town management and its gg
why devs always make things boring and twisted.. it's so easy to make a nice game and idk why on every total war somthing is missing. Here only on building at the same time :( and the city are too little :( places for fiew buildings only :(

they should see bigger

In the game definitely you can but it will cost more money. The game have too much money dump with salary, corruption, upkeep and building upkeep. It forces the player and AI not to create too many Doomstacks like in WHTW. I found this mechanic a nice feature of the game but totally wish there is a difficulty setting to tone down this mechanic.

Well that is good news for me, when I finally play this game. I am playing some Rome 2 right now, and have to turn on a +50% unit upkeep mod or I am making just stupid amounts. Even with 50% additional upkeep, my Seleucid Empire right now is making like 15k/turn on normal taxes. Gonna have to turn on my increased corruption mod soon as well.

[Crowkeeper]

Originally posted by Haddon:

Well, that is extreme hyperbole, but essentially people complained about there being too many buildings, too much going on at once, so they reduced the "Grand" in Grand Strategy down

I'm going to need a citation for that. It could be said that only allowing one building to be built at a time increases the strategic layer of the game.

[Haddon]

Originally posted by Armata de Strigoi:

Originally posted by Haddon:

Well, that is extreme hyperbole, but essentially people complained about there being too many buildings, too much going on at once, so they reduced the "Grand" in Grand Strategy down

I'm going to need a citation for that. It could be said that only allowing one building to be built at a time increases the strategic layer of the game.

You want me to cite decade-old forum posts? And no, allowing only 1 building at a time is in no way strategic, it is just an attempt to slow things down and simplify the game, like every TW has been doing since S2.

[Fried Noodles]

Originally posted by Haddon:

You want me to cite decade-old forum posts? And no, allowing only 1 building at a time is in no way strategic, it is just an attempt to slow things down and simplify the game, like every TW has been doing since S2.

Maybe each city only has one construction crew present...
It would be nice being able to at least queue up multiple construction orders. Maybe even trade a little bit of build efficiency or income (reduced income caused by diverting labor from existing buildings into construction, maybe?) to get multiple jobs going.
Being able to pay gold up front (once your economy is stable enough for it) to rush building jobs has always suited me fine though.

[UnfriendlyFire]

Originally posted by Fried Noodles:

Originally posted by Haddon:

You want me to cite decade-old forum posts? And no, allowing only 1 building at a time is in no way strategic, it is just an attempt to slow things down and simplify the game, like every TW has been doing since S2.

Maybe each city only has one construction crew present...
It would be nice being able to at least queue up multiple construction orders. Maybe even trade a little bit of build efficiency or income (reduced income caused by diverting labor from existing buildings into construction, maybe?) to get multiple jobs going.
Being able to pay gold up front (once your economy is stable enough for it) to rush building jobs has always suited me fine though.

There's a mod called "simultaneous construction" that let's you do multiple construction orders in a city. Just go to workshop and search "simultaneous" and I think you should find it pretty easy. And yes, it is pretty silly to only be allowed to one construction project at a time.

[dulany67]

Originally posted by Haddon:

Originally posted by Armata de Strigoi:

I'm going to need a citation for that. It could be said that only allowing one building to be built at a time increases the strategic layer of the game.

You want me to cite decade-old forum posts? And no, allowing only 1 building at a time is in no way strategic, it is just an attempt to slow things down and simplify the game, like every TW has been doing since S2.

I'm not sure I agree that slowing things down and making them simpler is the same thing.