Fairy Tale Castle Economics - why build when better to borrow?

[Tripi]

So, after amassing those 9950 (magic beans) you could build a fairy tale castle, then upgrade it to have it start working:

1 to 2: 40k stone, 40k pineplanks
2 to 3: 40k marble, 40k hardplanks
3 to 4: 40k coal, 15k steel bars
4 to 5: 3k map frags, 5k gold coins

After those near 2 weeks of upgrades you can buy some items using beanstalks made from more beans:

3x 5 Building Licence @ 1300 (beanstalks) each
3x Gold Tower @ 6300 (beanstalks) each
1x Major General - 10000 (beanstalks)

A total of 32800 beanstalks (less than 2 weeks of production time using x4 buffs (287.91 hours at 32sec walk distance))... After that (unless BB add more items to buy) the entire Fairy Tale Castle becomes absolutely useless.

So the only real reason to actually build the castle is to get the mere 500 (gems) reward from the quest line (gems plus a few minor items from quests related to building castle, some ewl, a valiant adv etc).
Economically it makes a lot more sense to politely ask a friend to borrow their castle for 2 weeks while they are not using it.

Your thoughts? Going to build one?

My current plan: I think I will try to borrow castle production time from a guildie (he's 10 days or so away from full upgrade) and get the Major General first (Got 9k beans now, so will easily have enough beans by that time). After that I might reconsider, though will likely just borrow time for everything... until such a time as BB add more items to buy with stalks.

[gajodoporto]

Thats a good point!
Since the price on castle is 9950 , with x4 buff that is 7960 , enough to buy 1 tower and some licenses for example.

I started today making , so yeah in 2/3 weeks, the castle will become a decoration, and I don´t like the "Z" thing

[lulu10093]

OR continue making beans and sell or trade them on TO for those who don't have castles also after you helped friends out

[Jim_B]

Economically it makes a lot more sense to politely ask a friend to borrow their castle for 2 weeks while they are not using it.

Kind of depends if it's tradeable though - from what I understand it isn't, though I'll happily be corrected.

[Dragavon]

Kind of depends if it's tradeable though - from what I understand it isn't, though I'll happily be corrected.

I think Tripi means sending beans and buffs to your friend and he gives you the beanstalks back when they are done

[Tripi]

I didn't mean borrow the actual castle, just the production time.

Magic beans and beanstalks are both trade-able, as are all the usable buffs.
So you could send 5125 beans to a friend with idle castle, put a friend-buff stadium snack on their castle and 36 hours later have them send 4100 beanstalks back (or just look for a good deal in trade office as lulu suggested, especially if only using x3 buffs)

[Jim_B]

ah gotcha

[RonPope]

It's a matter of time.

If you can wait for your friend to finish his beanstalk purchases and he has no use for them. Sure Borrowing is the most economical way to go.

[MerlinXII]

makem and sellem.. will keep fairytale busy for a long time.

[Gerontius]

You're asking this question of the person who likes to build expert weapon production buildings!

It's for a sense of completion and fun. I'm not too bothered about economics...