GUIDE · ECONOMY
Town Center idle time
A Town Center that is not training a Villager pauses early economic growth. Keep enough food available to maintain production when that fits the opening plan, while avoiding a queue so large that it delays an Age advance or military response.
Overview
A Town Center that is not training a Villager pauses early economic growth. Keep enough food available to maintain production when that fits the opening plan, while avoiding a queue so large that it delays an Age advance or military response.
How this system affects decisions
Economic systems are shaped by worker travel, access to safe resource sites, and the time spent gathering versus building or moving. Compare a change by how many workers it affects and how long it remains useful, then balance it against the food, wood, gold, and population required to keep the army active.
How to use this reference
A Town Center that is not training a Villager pauses early economic growth. Keep enough food available to maintain production when that fits the opening plan, while avoiding a queue so large that it delays an Age advance or military response. The mechanic affects the pace at which resources can be gathered, exchanged, or spent. Compare its immediate cost with the production or research it delays, especially before an Age advance.
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