SotC: Build Tick 48

[Tamal]

FINALLY the party room tables match the benches! Such an interior injustice has been righted! The offending parties were thrown off the edge of the Citadel. We're starting on an Ornate melee pillar this week. We're doing great on our customizations:

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[table][tr][th]Blanket[/th][th]Current[/th][th]Final[/th][th]Status[/th][/tr]
[tr][td]Keep Walls[/td][td]Helix[/td][td]Hubris[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Keep Fireplace[/td][td]Simple fireplace[/td][td]Temple fireplace[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Potted Plants[/td][td]Spherical evergreen[/td][td]Spherical evergreen[/td][td]Completed[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Party Room Chairs[/td][td]Party bench[/td][td]Bacchanal bench[/td][td]Completed[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Party Room Tables[/td][td]Party table[/td][td]Bacchanal table[/td][td]Completed[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Keep Banners[/td][td]Filigreed banner frame/Brocade banner[/td][td]Filigreed banner frame/Brocade banner[/td][td]Completed[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Pennant[/td][td]Simple finial[/td][td]Jewelled finial/Brocade pennant/Ornate pennant pole[/td][td]Completed[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Keep Doors[/td][td]Pristine keep door[/td][td]Pristine keep door[/td][td]Completed[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Keep Tapestry[/td][td]Martial tapestry frame/Brocade tapestry[/td][td]Martial tapestry frame/Brocade tapestry[/td][td]Completed[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Sundial[/td][td]Rough-hewn sundial[/td][td]Arcane sundial[/td][td]Completed[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Keep Shields[/td][td]Footman's shield[/td][td]Lord's aegis[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Flags[/td][td]Austere flagpole[/td][td]Adorned flagpole/Brocade flag/Reinforced flag base[/td][td]Slot 1[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Keep Windows (0F)[/td][td]Simple windows (0F)[/td][td]Fortress windows[/td][td]Completed[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Keep Windows (1F)[/td][td]Simple windows (1F)[/td][td]Fortress windows[/td][td]Completed[/td][/tr][/table]

Hotspots
[table][tr][th]Position[/th][th]Type[/th][th]Current[/th][th]Final[/th][th]Status[/th][/tr]
[tr][td]1[/td][td]Topiary[/td][td]Empty[/td][td]Dragon/Grand[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2[/td][td]Combat[/td][td]Empty[/td][td]Ornate melee pillar[/td][td]Slot 2[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]3[/td][td]Combat[/td][td]Empty[/td][td]Artisan melee statue[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]4[/td][td]Dragon Perch[/td][td]Empty[/td][td]Blue Dragon[/td][td]Slot 3[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]5[/td][td]Topiary[/td][td]Tower hedge[/td][td]Castle/Grand[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]6[/td][td]Combat[/td][td]Empty[/td][td]Ornate ranged pillar[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]7[/td][td]Combat[/td][td]Empty[/td][td]Artisan ranged statue[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]8[/td][td]Topiary[/td][td]Tower hedge[/td][td]Ondine fountain[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]9[/td][td]Combat[/td][td]Empty[/td][td]Ornate magic pillar[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]10[/td][td]Combat[/td][td]Empty[/td][td]Artisan magic statue[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]11[/td][td]Topiary[/td][td]Empty[/td][td]Unicorn/Grand[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]12[/td][td]Topiary[/td][td]Empty[/td][td]Phoenix/Grand[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]13[/td][td]Combat[/td][td]Militia's arsenal[/td][td]Phalanx arsenal[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]14[/td][td]Combat[/td][td]Militia's arsenal[/td][td]Phalanx arsenal[/td][td][/td][/tr][/table]

Statues
[table][tr][th]Position[/th][th]Current[/th][th]Final[/th][th]Status[/th][/tr]
[tr][td]1[/td][td]Grand Armadyl statue[/td][td]Grand Armadyl statue[/td][td]Completed[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2[/td][td]Fine mage statue[/td][td]Grand Bandos statue[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]3[/td][td]Fine knight statue[/td][td]Grand Saradomin statue[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]4[/td][td]Fine ranger statue[/td][td]Grand Zamorak statue[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]5[/td][td]Grand Zaros statue[/td][td]Grand Zaros statue[/td][td]Completed[/td][/tr][/table]

What should I do?
We need to gather enough resources to meet upkeep requirements, then start working on customizations. Check the goals in-game to see the up-to-date status. Gather 10% of your cap at the Obelisk if you need the Summoning XP.

Upkeep
Logs: 7090
Stone: 2600
Bars: 3920
Precious Bars: 4690
Cloth: 8060
Rations: 8920

Customizations
Adorned flagpole/Brocade flag/Reinforced flag base (60.10%)
Logs: 49,335
Precious Bars: 6,883
Cloth: 10,215

Ornate melee pillar (0.0%)
Stone: 40,000
Bars: 15,000
Precious Bars: 5,000

Blue dragon (40.38%)
Precious Bars: 69,506
Cloth: 80,697
Rations: 326,768

[chewblah]

My probation week should be up so I can come and help. yay!!

[Joedakiller]

Sweet. 40% there!

When I come home from work, im gonna mine some precious ore. Not in the mood for harassing epic members tonight.

[Secesh]

Sweet. 40% there!

When I come home from work, im gonna mine some precious ore. Not in the mood for harassing epic members tonight.

Joe, you will have to tell me why you harass them sometime, or devote a whole topic to it.


Maxed at Cit! Love this clan's cit.

[Tamal]

Friday Status
60 clanmates have visited with 76.2% utilization.

The following resources are waiting to be used up:
33 charcoal
5970 ore
3954 precious ore

Doing good on all upgrades. Chug chug chugging along!

[Lady in Ice]

Tamal, just wondering..
Why are you keeping dragon as the last upgrade in the row?
Maybe it´s me only but I would rather see dragon instead of benches/flagpole and other customization stuff

[Imp334]

I do agree with Kal, A dragon would be much more fun to see than a bunch of small trims and stuff.

[Tamal]

Great question!

For customizations, we have two limitations every week: resources and slots. We need to strike a balance between the two so we don't end up with all three slots fighting over the same resource. For example, if all three slots needed rations but were complete on everything else, then all the non-ration resources (stone, bars, cloth, etc.) that we gather above and beyond upkeep wouldn't be used. That is, you want an upgrade to finish all it's resources during the same build tick.

For the last few weeks, our dragon has needed rations much more than anything else. The last time I checked we were 60% complete on cloth, but only 35% on rations. So what I'll do is use the other slots to build some things that don't require rations (since we need all we can get for the dragon) and get those complete while the slots are free. Since I want to steer away cloth from the dragon and onto these other upgrades, I'll put the dragon in the last slot.

However within the last week or two rations have pretty much caught up to precious bars (cloth is still far out ahead) and I am running out of customizations that don't need either rations or precious bars. Soon we'll get to a point where it'll make more sense to put the dragon in the first spot.

In short, if done properly, we get the dragon as quickly as we would have if it sat in the first spot, plus we complete lot more customizations in the same time period. Efficiency win!

[putsters]

Tamal, I trust your judgement completely and without reservation. We would not be where we are today without your sound judgement on what we need to focus on

[dunder]

Yeah, what Puts said!

[DoctorDRAG0N]

3 cheers for Tamal!
Hip-Hip Hoooooooorah!

[magerpainz]

"pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" "you question the great and wonderful Tamal?"

[Tamal]

Sunday Status
70 clanmates have visited with 80.6% utilization.

The following resources are waiting to be used up:
4200 ore
313 precious ore

[Lady in Ice]

"you question the great and wonderful Tamal?"

Asking questions also means the ability to think

Thank you for explanation, Tamal.
So would it be better if those who can/want do cooking did cooking only?

So far I have done other stuff too because I see we need everything else too but I´ll gladly do cooking only until lvl 99

[Tamal]

I agree Kal! Questions mean that you're interested in how it works which can only be a good thing.

You do bring up a good point; if there are other available resources to work on then perhaps less resources will be gathered for the dragon. It's valid and we probably could get the dragon sooner if we didn't also work on anything else. However, considering the backlash I received when we implemented resource locking, it's my feeling that anyone can work on whatever they choose and we'll take what we can get.

Now that you know, if you desire the dragon above gaining XP in _____ skill, then absolutely you can focus on dragon resources (I max on rations every week). We've never come close to not gathering upkeep so I wouldn't worry about that.