by morningstar
rzaleski wrote:
I agree if you have the money, grabbing the harbor first, and the guild hall second are better buys than the factory. But assuming your one short when building comes up, are you saying to pass on the factory and wait 1 round to grab the harbor, and ignore the factory completely?
Nah, if you happen to be 1 short and there's no other decent choice, go with the Factory most of the time. There is a time for everything, even the University.
rzaleski wrote:
But it seems that when I end up with a diverse production set and a Factory, I tend to end up with a harbor, wharf and occasionally 2 big buildings. But I need the wharf in that case because I will get screwed out of shipping as often as they can force it. :)
I'm not saying Factory is bad (though generally speaking I think Harbor is better). Your strategy is viable though not the best in every game. But you didn't say you build the Harbor. I'm just saying, don't build the Factory and the Harbor. Not that nobody has ever won that way, but I think to some extent winning that way depends on weak strategies by the other players. If players cause the game to end quickly enough, you don't gain.