Stone tiles too expensive?

[NickB0]

Throughout all the alphas I've played, I found it strange how stone tiles remained costing 5 stones. Why does a 1x1 tile cost as much as a solid stone 1x1x1 wall? Was there a balancing reason for this?

Not only that but building walls is actually CHEAPER in that they usually only consist of constructing a perimeter, whereas tiles would be built to take up all the cells in an area. So a 10x10 stone room would cost 200 stones (220 with corners) for the walls and 500 for the flooring.

Not a huge game play issue but I am just surprised this was never changed. What do you guys think?

[SSS]

It actually costs 6 stone for a floor tile and 5 stone for a wall.

I find it odd too, but I suppose it has something to do with the higher beauty of stone tiles as opposed to wood or steel tiles.

[NickB0]

It actually costs 6 stone for a floor tile and 5 stone for a wall.

I find it odd too, but I suppose it has something to do with the higher beauty of stone tiles as opposed to wood or steel tiles.

Oh you're right it is 6, but regarding beauty a wood tile only cost 1 wood providing 1 beauty while stone gives 2 which when applied hardly makes a difference in total beauty.

For the most part I just like building stone tiles for myself, not for the colonies happiness.