u can think in this way: in two hours, generally ur population growth is about 12 and u got 13 when u bought a school. it does increased ur population growth!Originally Posted by AThunderBolt
u can think in this way: in two hours, generally ur population growth is about 12 and u got 13 when u bought a school. it does increased ur population growth!
Yes Each school costs 1 License and gives you about a 13% increase in Pop Growth at the Cost of no materials. You will still need Bread-Settlers especially for High level adventures but your bread facilities suppport- Pop Growth, Buff Building, and fish Restocking. I bought a Silo and found that to be a more or less worthless Item ( perhaps in larger numbers it might be helpful. I was Under the impression it automatically replanted wheat fields which it doesn't. So Far with Pumpkin Farming and some surgical Trading I have been able to get the grim reaper General, a silo, and I will have 3 schools before the event is over. 3 Schools give over a 37.5% incease to my Pop Growth. Thats 132 settlers per 24 Hrs + any Bread-settlers I need.
schools do not cost a license, they act like any gem bought building, no license requirement. i have 3 already, no licenses subtracted either when bought or after placing on island. they take 10 min to build, but no cost to move them afterwards, so u can bounce them around ur island endlessly whenever needed
I stand Corrected they are even better than I thought.
Just curious how 3 schools x 12 extra settlers per day = 132 settlers.
Last edited by BB_meesherbeans; 10-29-12 at 12:28 pm.
Base Mayor house rate is 1 setter every 15 minutes. Or 96 settlers a day. 96+36 = 132.
Ah okay, makes sense now.
Looking at it from strictly a land-use perspective.
A School is 2x3 and provides the equivelent of 25 bread / 2 hrs.
A lv1 bakery in good position provides 32.7 to 35.3 cycles / 2 hrs.
If you take the bakery, 2 mills, and 4 farms --- take all 7 to lv 5 --- you get 28 land squares used (not counting silos, wells/watermills, or fields)
To get the equivelent production, you would need 6.5 schools --- which uses 39 land squares
But the bakery is buffable, so doubling the production is available, while buffing or upgrading isn't available for the school.
If it were buffable and upgradable, the school would be awesome like the recycler. But it's become a really low-level, overpriced luxury good like a silo.
I just look at my school and I am pretty sure it is 2x2.
For lv5 bakery, you need 10 wells, which is 40 land squares. Not only that , you need resident building to support these 17 settlers (1 bakery,2 mill,4 farms,10 wells) which is about 1/3 of the lv3 noble house
So the unbuffed bread chain will take about 3 times of the area than school. Also it burns about 5 medium wheat fields and 3 deep wells a day, the material cost is about 5~6 gold coins.
You can reduce the area and maintenance cost using watermill and silo, but the cost to purchase and upgrade it will make the chain much more expensive than school.
my calculation is much simpler...3 schools give 36 settlers a day..7 days in a week..so 252 settlers a week. With xbows and a vet general i can run a darkpriests adventure for almost this many settlers. I get a free DP every week with no buffs on bread chain needed; forever!
sounds worthwhile to me, I can take that bread and make baskets!
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