I did not confirm this, but if you take upgraded resources, they confer a bigger success bonus than others. Be sure to select the best kind of resources. Some resources help you with specific things. I still beat the campaign, so don't fret about it, but I do wish I had known.Ħ) The expeditions are not mandatory unless a quest says so. I don't want to spoil it, but the game goes better if you have warships ready and waiting. But there are some online you can google if you are interested.ĥ) In the campaign, when you get to a spot where you need to build a courthouse (or justice house I think it was called), take your time and make sure you build plenty of ships. If I have 1000 workers, I want to know how much bread I need, etc. When you are looking at the trees, they tell you this information so you can figure out exactly how many you need to make.Ĥ) This game is missing a calculator. You need 2 grain farms, one mill, and 2 bread factories to keep everything as efficient as possible. The grain takes 1 minute, but the mill takes only 30 seconds but the bread takes 1 minute. I love love love blueprint mode!ģ) When looking at a building tree, pay attention to production times. After you leave blueprint mode, the entire ghost city is there for you to see and you can click on the upgrade button to build any of the ghost buildings at your leisure. Voila, you can lay out your entire city and it places ghost buildings down for you. in the bottom right of that panel is a blueprint button (It is tiny and I played four hours without knowing it was there). When using the panel where you click on a building to build, etc. Or maybe it was just me.ġ) Make more work clothes and sell them, it gives you decent money in the early game and you have plenty of land to make the clothes.Ģ) There is a blueprint mode.

I thought I would pass along some thoughts because maybe others are struggling with the same thing I am.

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