About those village schools...

[Aurboth]

Two months ago, when the village schools were offered in the X-mas event, many people asked which items they should prioritize. The universal answer was the schools are last, as they would give only 1 person every 2 hours, or a total of 12 a day. As it would take a significant number of schools just to increase the basic rate enough to see a difference, it was not a reasonable investment.

On behalf of myself and everyone else who gave this advice, I am sorry. In the latest test server patch, these school were made upgrade-able. The school now is linked to the storehouse, which does increase the travel time, but not a significant amount compared to the 2 hour cycle time. However, the number of settlers does increase with each level, making a potential 5 settlers every 2 hours, or 60 settlers a day. Each 8 levels of schools can double the basic rate of settler recruitment.

As this was not known at the time of the event where extra schools were available, perhaps Blue Byte would be able to add them in with another event in the future (hint: Easter). This would give people the chance to get the extra ones without waiting another year.

[Draconus2004]

Two months ago, when the village schools were offered in the X-mas event, many people asked which items they should prioritize. The universal answer was the schools are last, as they would give only 1 person every 2 hours, or a total of 12 a day. As it would take a significant number of schools just to increase the basic rate enough to see a difference, it was not a reasonable investment.

On behalf of myself and everyone else who gave this advice, I am sorry. In the latest test server patch, these school were made upgrade-able. The school now is linked to the storehouse, which does increase the travel time, but not a significant amount compared to the 2 hour cycle time. However, the number of settlers does increase with each level, making a potential 5 settlers every 2 hours, or 60 settlers a day. Each 8 levels of schools can double the basic rate of settler recruitment.

As this was not known at the time of the event where extra schools were available, perhaps Blue Byte would be able to add them in with another event in the future (hint: Easter). This would give people the chance to get the extra ones without waiting another year.

yes i agree - allowing a building that cant be upgraded later to be upgraded is very annoying to those of us that skipped the building and the building is limited quantity - meaning we likely forever missed out on some.

[psaltery]

Aurboth, not your fault. We can only go based on the info available at the time. I'm guessing the leveling was added after listening to all the negative feedback about how useless the building was. Good news for those who took a chance on it. And yes, I think they should offer it again in another event.

[Spikescopilot]

Count me as one of those who advised that it should be the last building to get. I had 3 of them from previous events and (at the time) was sorry I had ever gotten them.

[Troll-Phu]

upgradable and buffable now yes would have been nice to have seen something about that in the dev diaries. TY BBs

[psaltery]

Well, isn't one of the reasons we play games is for intellectual stimulation, intrigue, challenge? So they threw a monkey wrench in. Advantage to those who got them, disadvantage to those who didn't. Challenge now is to figure out how to get them

[LordMidas]

Well that is a bit of good fortune for me.

[Draconus2004]

should give an option for those that did not purchase at event - to purchase those ones for beans (people that already had event ones - nothing).

[LordMidas]

should give an option for those that did not purchase at event - to purchase those ones for beans (people that already had event ones - nothing).

I can understand how people got upset about this, but it is hardly fair to now punish those that did buy them upfront. Those that bought these schools did also lose out on not getting other things, now BB is going to come along and tell them it was all for nothing anyway ?

[RomanGodCamper]

You honestly can't blame the BB's for not giving out a future Dev diary on Village Schools being upgradable 2 years later, That isn't fair for them. Many people have 6 Village Schools because they wanted them and thought they will be helpful in population. I don't even think they were planning at all to have the Village Schools to be upgraded until now.

All I see here is now that the Village Schools has a purpose and you by having 6 Village schools able to get to level 5 and saving 10,000 Bread is that all of a sudden you want to complain because you didn't buy them in the past and wanting to put the blame on the BB's for it. They only recently thought and probably decided to make the Village Schools upgradable, well in the past it wasn't. The Dev team in germany only tells the BB's here so much on what is being Develop and what not.