I follow the instructions
town hall box : citizen box
THEN after they ( esp. the males ) find the citizen box I drop a profession, usually the Builder but if I am low on resources in my inventory and my Airship ( powered balloon ) I will drop the Miner :
I get the structures I need first for Shelter : a Hunter builder ( by using a sign ) to use the tower or just ask for a "towerwatch" by sign so I have a place to hold up with my ship while I wait for the resources to build a townhall, house, etc.
Farmers ARE inefficient : I used Cid , a clone from MyPeople, to help me plant empty lots the farmer left standing and get the farmer's farm going a little faster : I also use Cid to operate my own farming plots ( Parish Fields , the first Church I had build "owns" the fields on it' property allowance in the village and backs up the very sluggishly productive farmer )
Still : if the people do not need the food : it is " fine " for now, but if they actually get hungry and do not fend for themselves, I am afraid that the farmer will not be able to support the village.
I seriously need to get more food recipes
( My Modloader does not like Forge : at all : and I use BTW that does not like any other Mod, so getting a mod to add stuff is not easy. )
and the fact that the baker does not make use of other chest in their Bakery to store bread makes extra work on keeping storage until you can do a warehouse.
And the delivery man : I killed about 6 before I just do it myself.
He takes away the TOOLS from the Miner and Farmer : the seeds, weapons I left the Hunter and wheat I gave the Baker...... you see why I became a Serial Killer ?
LOL
but the warehouse is useful.
the Miner : OMG : I kill them after awhile : I had this one Royally Upset me :
I had laid stone down around the TownHall, made it nice with walkways of stone slabs in the village, sandy beaches, awesome Sunsets ( I found a sweet sun and Moon while making my own Texture Pack from pieces and parts of others )
And here is the Miner waiting in the dark :
" I will not work until I get my salary "
THEN he proceeds to tear up my ground work of stone!!!!!!!!
I killed him and ever since Miners fear my Sword. and DO NOT ask for pay unless they bring me good Quantity Ore like Iron and Diamonds or risk instant death.
in exchange for diamond (s ) the miner that brings it to me gets a diamond Pick Axe
I am not really mean, just " particular " .
and the Miners are Destructive : so I now set them far away from everything so they can do what they have to do and NOT meet the sword for messing up my village lay out.
Recently a momentary " x-ray " moment I had as the game was loading let me find a citizen trapped in a mine shaft because of a random set of stairs he followed (and I later covered up not knowing he was down there).
but the starting of a village is always dependent on my need for resources : If I can get a house AND tower built, that is often best so I have my own place to go while I wait and then it is just making the village I started after that and the resources help me go out to explore more and see what i can see.