Building Prices

[The Mongol]

Are there any submods changing building prices (preferably back to vanilla MTW2 values)? They are so damn high as is, making it incredibly slow and unfun to build a proper empire to the point where I literally don't want to play the mod.

[DevrimJan]

Here, take a look at this:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=449188

[Dago Red]

RBBR changes building prices as well as adds lots of attributes for the buildings that were not there before. Most come with increased positive benefits -- which makes sense, otherwise why are you building it? However, many also come with small drawbacks that can add up if you keep building that line.

Still, it retains the premise of BC that costs should be high enough to be prohibitive to building identical cities all over. You need to make choices, you can't just build the same things over and over in every city. Gameplay is MUCH better that way.

[mAIOR]

RBBR changes building prices as well as adds lots of attributes for the buildings that were not there before. Most come with increased positive benefits -- which makes sense, otherwise why are you building it? However, many also come with small drawbacks that can add up if you keep building that line.

Still, it retains the premise of BC that costs should be high enough to be prohibitive to building identical cities all over. You need to make choices, you can't just build the same things over and over in every city. Gameplay is MUCH better that way.

True. This actually adds an extra layer in strategy as you have to think about the logistics of recruiting and maintaining a certain unit (I mean if it gets damaged how far do you have to send it to put it back to battle strength).
In my KoJ campaign the cost of a building was the factor that led me to conquer that large castle up North before going to other rebel settlements in the area. You see, that castle already has an archery range built...
It's quite amazing this submod. Oh, And you'll ache for roads. Even though the first tier doesn't give you any noticeable benefits.



Cheers...

[The Mongol]

Yeah, I don't really care about the strategy involved in building and my cities differing from each other, the fact is I am not having fun with the current system. I start a campaign as the Seljuks of Rum and I am given 15000 monies to start with, okay cool, I'll just go ahead and get my infrastructure goin---- uhhhhhh why do dirt roads cost 7500, half of my starting cash? Dumb.

@DevrimJan: Thanks for the link, while it doesn't decrease things to vanilla levels it looks a bit better, I'll give it a shot.

[Neige]

Dumb.

I like the system, because it forces me to forget building and concentrate more on fighting battles. Later in the game you roll in money anyway.

[DevrimJan]

It makes roads much cheaper. Have fun!