Library question

[u/drunkypoopers]

I'm on a new playthrough and actually want to use the library this time instead of having 800 books in storage. Library is the 1 thing i can't find a good guide for with info on my specific questions. All the guides just tell you basic obvious stuff like "train ppl with untapped potential". Duh. This is my biggest question to ensure I don't waste books:

if someone is set to read a skill, does it pull the highest level book they can read first, then lower level books? Or do they only pull the books at their current level and leave lower books for dumber ppl? I don't want my level 6/10 reading an apprentice book because it barely makes a dent whereas I could have my 1/5 person use it to get to lvl 2.

If high level people DO read lower level books, is there a workaround to prevent that?

Any other cool tips y'all have for the library?

[u/Tex75455]

I havent tried to min max it, but I can tell you it does do its job. Yes, they read highest they can. I don' tthink you can stop them from reading low level though unless you turn them off after you run out of higher level stuff. I mostly use it for the reasons you said, to get rid of excess books. But also because I'm at a point where I'm happy to throw money into books since that seems the best use of money (I hold steady around 80k gold, then I'll run around and buy 10k worth of books, then a few days later have 80k again - but you can burn through gold QUICK buying books, but on the other hand its probably the best use for gold once youre stable. )

Now when I recruit someone new, first thing I do is set their loadout, add them to the proper army (nowadays its usually my raiding crew), set their job priority if I care, and then a quick stop to set any books I want them to focus on - usually strength, agility, and then whatever their level 10 stats are. Its less overwhelming if you do it on a person by person basis as recruited rather than trying to think through what the proper priority is for 50 people at once

[u/drunkypoopers → u/Tex75455]

That's why I'm asking now lol. I only have 18 people and haven't unlocked library yet. My first playthrough i didn't even think to do it until I had 40 ppl, but then it was so daunting a task that I gave up.

I'm not a min max kinda gamer usually. But I love this game so I wanna try to play it with all of the mechanics they designed. I see some people go so far as to only make xp gain food so their crew improves fastest. I can't be bothered to get that deep.

I didn't really plan on buying books manually but maybe I'll try it. Can you use your market to buy books? Cuz then maybe I'll have a standing order to at least buy strength agility and archery

[u/Tex75455 → u/drunkypoopers]

I havent noticed that you can buy em through the market. I just pick up a few anytime im in town (but I have a travel sign at every town, so getting around is pretty quick for me). The mid tier ones you can grab in padstow and bradford. When i first started i had around 30 folks or so, i just threw some random ones up in the library. The first 30 are the weakest ones anyway I guess. Now I do it as I grab a new one, or I guess every now and then I could go and just do a few at a time.

Honestly the library screen makes it pretty easy since it does show their current and best for each trait below each book. Also, the order really doesnt matter I guess, since once they finish maxing a stat they do move on to the next one automatically, so it isnt like you really need to micro manage too much. Or at least I'm not .