Hmm. That does make a certain amount of sense, as long as it is clear that I don't want to remain just a resort town forever. We live on a metal world, let's industrialize this bitch!
I think that whoever studies it takes the hit with Indigo Hammer and that if Anna had it instead of us, it would benefit her most to sell it back to them, but that with us having it, it benefits us - and Anna - most if we study it ourselves.
I'd much rather automate a festival than a party. It's too soon to afford a party automation without calling in lots of favors. By the time we can afford it we'll consistently have enough cultural influence every turn for a big festival automation, which is a lot more the kind of thing that's worth automating. It does a lot more to bring people in and make our settlement stand out.
@redzonejoe has run the numbers on this in more detail, but everything I've projected out seems to agree... a Hab block just straight up slows us down on all fronts (except military where it barely puts us further ahead) compared to an Entertainment Complex at this point. We're going to need to construct a lot more Habs and that means the 3 culture per turn from an Entertainment Complex pays itself off a LOT faster than the 1 culture per turn from a Hab. The Reactors will keep paying for more of themselves which handles the Economy and Science plenty well. After we get those to a block we can move to Trading Posts and Labs (and a Network Center for the Hab Block that should coalesce around that point).
I'd argue that working on at least one education or stat is arguably more important than ANY of these three. It's something we should try and do as often and consistently as we can for the whole game, moreso than any individual action. Self-betterment never stops
And it pays for itself more than anything else in the long run as rolls narrowly in our favor stack up across hundreds of dice.
The way I see it, automating the party first will give us a springboard to make a widespread cultural event more effective.
But those very people are going to be enjoying our party and securing outside funding should completely crush those rumors. Plus, he never got in to full swing with those rumors and we can address them via conversation at the party - as we saw this year even a mediocre performance keeps them at bay and one good roll would stop further rolls needing to be made. Besides, Hunting can be personally expensive too if we damage our mech.
If it weren't a resort town I'd be right there with you, but in this situations throwing parties keeps us in touch with the purpose of our settlement, like personally going on patrols would if we were primarily a military outpost.
I think the favors are worth calling in. I think the favors we can call in from Massie and Sea are particularly suited to this and frankly wonder what other sort of things we might need them for?
Yeah, I'm pushing for this Party gambit, but I think I'm willing to put getting started on studying at a higher priority. It's because we can do both that this is viable.I'd argue that working on at least one education or stat is arguably more important than ANY of these three. It's something we should try and do as often and consistently as we can for the whole game, moreso than any individual action. Self-betterment never stops
Honestly I'd like to try and do every turn if at all possible (though I'm sure it won't be. Still something to strive for)
We caught up, but we're living in an Intrigue world here; I think getting ahead is better than falling behind.
I mean, I'm voting to Study War; I don't I think have tunnel vision. We're kinda post-post-apocalyptic imo and we were born and raised in this deathworld environment. It's accounted for even in our high fashion.
Looks like I copied the wrong vote block.I'd argue that working on at least one education or stat is arguably more important than ANY of these three. It's something we should try and do as often and consistently as we can for the whole game, moreso than any individual action. Self-betterment never stops
Honestly I'd like to try and do every turn if at all possible (though I'm sure it won't be. Still something to strive for)
We intentionally took a Den of Vipers start (on top of being a noble, which just means Double Vipers). I don't think that Intrigue is ever going to be a backburner issue.
I think that the Festival would be even more expensive than the party to automate, as someone pointed out. Even if we're putting it on the settlement's books, the settlement's not all that big yet. We need to be big enough for the cost to just sink into background noise to automate- and beyond that I think it's something that fills a distinct role, different than the parties do. One is for attracting new tourists and residents, the other is for rubbing shoulders and intrigue. There's minor crossover between the two but merging them seems to be kind of a waste.
Currently, trying it out.
Alright... hard to argue against curiosity and exploring our options, but this will go better if we upgrade our Officer trait first. I suppose I'd trade away my vote to Seek Allies if someone who isn't voting to Hunt, Throw a Party, and Study War switched to that, though.
