Building from scratch or Buying

[Sandwich-Anomaly]

is it better to build everything from scratch or to buy everything with rubles?

[Prometheus]

There isn't really an objective to the game other than "don't go bankrupt." So you play to achieve your own goals. Complete self sufficiency is a goal many people aim for. The ability to build everything yourself without relying on buying it being part of that goal.

Also the more you buy stuff the higher the prices get. So self sufficiency does contribute to the not going bankrupt aspect.

[kbeza41]

Originally posted by Sandwich-Anomaly:

is it better to build everything from scratch or to buy everything with rubles?

if self-building is much slower if you are going to build a city with industries I hope you have a lot of time and patience

[3m1tFlest1]

I usually do a mix of both, depending on resources, money, and workers available. If you set up, for example, gravel, asphalt, bricks, and panel production, plus a sizeable worker pool, you can buy yourself a bit of leeway for buying the costlier projects, or even just build the first phase or two.
I managed to build the radio and the TV stations in one of my games without importing anything but the electronics. It was a proud moment, but I did have hundreds of workers lying around with no job for that.

[TheAmishStig]

In any games where I can get away with it, the only thing I pay for is rail track, mostly because I can't be bothered. The speed isn't a problem, but the logistics of making sure it can get to/from when building off a section that's already signaled is a PITA.

[pmierow]

Depends on how you start.
If you start with only 1 Million Rubel it is nearly mandatory that you create your construction industry right from the start.
And it is a very nice gameplay to watch the trucks driving around carrying the materials from factories to construction sites etc.

I really like it more than starting with tons of money and just buy the stuff.

But .... everybody as he/she likes

[Total Oh No]

Buying is a million times faster.
Manual building is a million times cheaper.

Of course you can scale it exactly how you want though. You could produce the material yourself and just pay for the workers, or you can do the opposite or whatever else, depending on your situation.

[MG83]

answer is both. until you have huge cash flow (miinmum 3 million per month) self building big projects such as house complexes non short roads factories etc are feasible(use money build on small things such as short roads lesser than 2 box distace or small electrical transformer or a fuel depot at distant locaiton etc ). after you achive huge income ,money build is the fastest.

[Storpappa]

Build everything
Only buy the minimal things to survive, like your initial construction yard, and purchases of raw materials. Crash, burn, get up, wipe away the soot with your tears, and go start over again from scratch.

Is there even a question? This isn't SimCity, this is WWSR. You tears are lubricant for the factories