Grand Ages: Rome/Walkthrough: Difference between revisions

Should you build an insula, an equites house, or a villa? Well, it depends on what you want the house to do. You should never build a house without a purpose in mind (unless it's to meet a "build N houses" scenario objective), because they provide no value other than the resources they produce and the jobs they fulfill. Thus, usually you should decide what buildings you want and build the houses to match. For example, if you know that in a certain area you want a wheat farm, a pig farm, a prefecture, and a Temple of Mars, build two insulae, an equites house, and a patrician's villa (assuming you want the bonus from using a patrician; otherwise build another equites house). This way you will not build more houses than you need. Having more houses than you need is not particularly harmful, but it wastes money and also upkeep materials (though insulae and equites houses don't require upkeep at all if near a prefecture -- but equites will still consume goods and patricians will still consume olive oil). It will also lead to the Unemployment city state if your employment falls under 50% for too long.