The revised Alchemy Lab and new Hero Academy appear to be coming soon. I do not want to get into the details of them (there are threads for that), but assuming you want to build both, what buildings would you convert?
Obviously you can convert forge3 for one. But what about the last?
Options:
convert a mine
convert a farm
convert your last forge, flip advanced buildings to forge when needed and builder available
forget Hunter’s Lodge and use that space.
I’m favoring #4 myself, but open to hear other ideas.
I am going to keep doing option 4. I haven’t had the Hunters Lodge up for a long while now… Don’t use anything in it cause the cost of building any of the items is >>> than any benefit you get… As a result I currently have 2x Forges, 1x Barracks & 1x Alchemy Lab (upgrading).
When HA is released I will switch it probably to:
1x Forge, 1x Barracks, 1x Alchemy Lab & 1x Hero Academy
When AL is finished upgrading I will have only the 1 building being upgraded (Hero Academy) at which point I’ll be able to swing buildings back & forth as needed… So if I need a second forge, I will just remove the Barracks temporarily
I like The Alchemy Lab. Just built it but the price of food it takes to create the common to uncommon is ridiculous. I have it built but I won’t be able to use the alchemy lab for another 6 to 8 months because of the price of food it takes to start creating. If I new that I would if never built it.
Maybe you are referring to the research? Otherwise, I don’t think researching most in Alchemy Lab is worth it at its current state. Only AL9 provides for the best output currently (have gotten two 4 star ascension materials out of 7). AL10 is also good but I hate to part with my hard-earned 4 star ascension material unless there is a huge quantitative gap to other ascension mats.
I see you converted a Forge to the Alchemy Lab. Are you going to convert a farm to the Hero Academy? I built the Hunter’s Lodge already. I don’t remember what I convert it from.
You also mention that you switch a building back and forth between Forge and something else. Is that really an option for certain buildings?
Actually, i am not using HL and barracks very offen. So, i am only going to convert a forge to HL or barracks only when needed. So there should always be enough forges available.
I don’t use the Hunters Lodge. I have it maxed & researched, just don’t use it.
In game you get 4 forges. At a given time I use 1 MAYBE 2… So I’ll have my setup:
I am going for option 5:
Convert the 4th Training Camp
My Barracks stand at a Forge. (1st Forge)
My Hunter Lodge stand at a Forge. (3rd Forge)
My Alchemy Lab stand at a Forge. (4th Forge)
One Forge remaining. (2nd Forge)
I found that 1 Forge is enough, it even have much idling time.
Sure I rarely use Hunter Lodge and Alchemy Lab, but in case I need it I don’t need to wait for Builder. Besides, I treat them as decoration (I’m not going to let my base lack one of them… I’m being perfectionist here…).
HA10 alone is better than TC20, so I will just sacrifice one of my TC and stop running 1 of the TC20.
I think I like your option… Unfortunately, I don’t even have enough 5*s to retrain. I’m looking at running 4 TC20s for a while to even get more convertible heroes.
I guess I may flip back my Hunter’s Lodge back to Forge (all 4 are at level 20) for me to erect Hero Academy. I don’t want one of my Training Camps (all 4 are at level 20) to serve as the base for Hero Academy as all four of them have their specific uses, i.e. TC20 for food and recruits storage, 2 TC11s for feeders, and flexible one doing TC1, TC2 and TC3 function.
