I like to max out everything before I move to a new age. I keep my citizens relentlessly busy at the beginning of a new age and finish up with walls because I don't want gold and food going to waste overflowing markets and mills while waiting out citizens doing work, which would happen if one focused on upgrading walls first. I am in Industrial now and getting near to completing updating all buildings on my base and will turn to walls soon (and continue with library and university). It will take a very long time to upgrade walls. Although oil is obviously relatively scarce, I seem to be making good progress with oil-based upgrades (in part because I've been getting daily interest of about 4,000 barrels from the vault and have done library oil production boosts and some in Museum, too. Also, I never initiate raids, I only revenge resource loss, so I'm not spending tons of oil fighting.) I am concerned that I will run out of things to spend oil on before I finish fully upgrading walls, leaving me the choice of having oil wasted as it overflows in my full refinery while I do walls (attracting raiders galore while I do) or having to advance to GlobalAge before I wish to just to not be wasting oil.
So: Will I run out of things to spend oil on before full upgrading my walls in Industrial Age? I feel like I may but maybe I'm completely wrong.
Note: I realize Generals are a place to "dump" oil (and I have room to go there (currently four between Levels 15-18, one at level 7 and MacArthur to come) but the walls will take a VERY long time so I can't believe I will still have upgrading opportunities for generals (there's a cap in an Age, no?) by the time the walls are done. And yes, I know there is opportunity in the Library and University to spend oil but I'm already well on my way there, too. Also, yes, I can stop putting oil in the vault to eliminate interest.
If it is true that one can run out of things to spend lil on while slogging through the long process of fully upgrading walls, I would like to see oil become a currency to be allowed to spent on wall, like food is added at a certain level..
Thanks for any help.
So: Will I run out of things to spend oil on before full upgrading my walls in Industrial Age? I feel like I may but maybe I'm completely wrong.
Note: I realize Generals are a place to "dump" oil (and I have room to go there (currently four between Levels 15-18, one at level 7 and MacArthur to come) but the walls will take a VERY long time so I can't believe I will still have upgrading opportunities for generals (there's a cap in an Age, no?) by the time the walls are done. And yes, I know there is opportunity in the Library and University to spend oil but I'm already well on my way there, too. Also, yes, I can stop putting oil in the vault to eliminate interest.
If it is true that one can run out of things to spend lil on while slogging through the long process of fully upgrading walls, I would like to see oil become a currency to be allowed to spent on wall, like food is added at a certain level..
Thanks for any help.