Any game which keeps leveling up the base and buildings in it will reach a point where building time becomes a long waiting process. I'm starting to feel that now that I'm at base 15. (You actually start to feel it at around base 13.) The actual requirements to build a Level 16 base are:
- 70,000 population (which means that at 5 houses at this level, each house should be at around level 15)
- Money equal to 1.6 Million
- Wheat equal to 1 Million (which means Granary II must be constructed)
- Oil equal to 1 Million (which means Oil Storage Tank II must be constructed)
- Electricity equal to 300 thousand
- Wood equal to 2 Million (which means Lumber Warehouse II must be constructed)
- Iron equal to 1.5 Million (which means Iron Warehouse II must be constructed)
- Embassy Level 15
- Ration Truck Level 15
Although I was able to prepare for the Level 15 Embassy while the base was being upgraded to level 15, I did not pay too much attention to the 70,000 population which is now acting as the bottle neck to moving forward to Base Level 16.
Iron and wheat are also becoming bottle neck resources so having heroes who can help increase the production of these resources would make game play so much easier. Another help would be focusing on the City Development research tech tree. This helps in increasing resource production and gathering speed and in decreasing the amount of time in building structures.
I also think that base level 16 might be my last as a free-to-play player. The reason for that is because base level 17 requires a Garrison at level 17. But a Garrison requires Defensive Components - one of the rare resources that requires diamonds to purchase. And at this point in time, my Garrison is only at level 5. I only find the building aspect of the game enjoyable. So, unless I want to be stuck with a chore that could last for several months, just to get to the next base level, that might be the end of the game for me.
