Lord of Ultima: Palace City Layout

The endgame is upon us, with the recent 'Forge of Virtue' update. A lot of people are now building palaces, so here is my palace city layout design.

You can see this Palace City Layout in the LoU Flash City Planner. 

Storage: 2,975,000 wood/stone, 1,375,000 iron, 4,575,000 food

Food Production: 28,220 per hour (will vary depending on your lake placements)

Construction speed: 6,900%

The palace itself is not in this layout as the flash city planner has not been updated to include palaces yet. However, you can see the allocated 3x3 spot for the palace up the top, ringed by the market places, moonglow tower, city guard house and castle.

My design is based on the following logic:

• There needs to be a really high construction speed, so your palaces build fast (especially the higher level ones). Thus, there are tons of cottages.
• Given the high construction speed primary requirement, there really is no space for defense buildings so you need to rely on external defense. 
• There is a token city guard house as it only takes one slot, and you can build city guard slowly over time.
• There is some food production so if you do get sieged, it will help feed your supporting troops. Similarly, there is a lot of food storage for sieges.
• There is more wood/stone storage then iron storage as there is no need for iron here. You need wood to train the city guard and wood/stone to repair your city, if it gets damaged.
• The moonglow tower allows for purification, for example, if people still ship you resources after enlightenment ends. You can at least purify the excess.
• There were three building slots left over, so I put in three marketplaces, just in case you had a reason to ship resources elsewhere.

For towers, I use the standard:

• Lookout Tower x2 to give 21 hours of attack advanced warning. I find 1 tower/11 hours is not enough.
• Ballista Tower x22 to protect against your enemies catapulting your palace.

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  "Lord of Ultima is EA’s first game in the free Strategy MMO genre and is completely playable in a web browser. Developed by EA’s Phenomic studio, the game’s creator Volker Wertich (the genius behind strategy classics such as the Settlers) takes this genre to the next level. Lord of Ultima features deep strategic gameplay and multiple social features including an advanced trading system, alliance features, online chat, and forums. At launch it will be available in English and German language.
  
  
  Set in the legendary Ultima universe, the game takes you to the new world of Caledonia, formed from the remains of Sosaria which was shattered into countless islands. You start your journey with a humble village which you grow over time into a mighty and prosperous capital. On your path to glory you will have to expand your power by creating additional cities, exploring new continents and forging a vast empire. You must master the art of diplomacy and trade as well as the military activities of spying, plundering, attacking and sieging enemy cities to finally become the mighty and feared Lord of Ultima."