Tech Discussion

[Dreylin]

If we get another Golden Age, Mercantilism civic would really be a plus, given how weak our trade routes have become. Merc + Representation especially would be awesome a little later on in the game.

How much would our going to Merc hurt Banana, or would we (as a whole) benefit more from both of us being in Merc than both being in something else?

[T-hawk]

Ok. I'm a bit uncomfortable with holding a tech IOU from Banana for so long. I trust them, but it's never impossible Banana could "pull an RB" or Donovan could end up away from the game or even get wiped out faster than we can research Optics.

And we will want Observatories fairly soon - Airstrip One will want it right after Oxford for sure at least.

[MyOtherCar]

Observatories and a navy would be nice

[sunrise089]

I tend to agree with T-Hawk. If we had a good reason to wait I'd be all for it, but risking not getting the tech to deny PAL a small research post isn't worth it IMHO.

[ruff_hi]

the bonus is 1/6 * 0.30 rounded to the nearest 0.01 ... or 5%.

[regoarrarr]

Which is then multiplied by the 1.2 or 1.4 pre-requisite bonus, which would make it 6 or 7%

[Dreylin]

OK, here's another question, how much do we lose out when the Colossus is obsoleted?

[Zeviz]

I forgot to say that the main reason to hold off is that it would obsolete Colossus.

[sooooo]

Personally I'd save money until we finish oxford and then complete Optics, trade for astronomy, hopefully lightbulb PP and finish it and then go full steam ahead on RP. And trade for chemistry. Sounds good!

Obsoleting colossus is annoying but we need to build some ships sometime.

[sooooo]

Eek, just realised that we need to avoid acquiring astronomy or chemistry until our great scientist is born. If we get either of those techs, our GS would lightbulb Scientific Method instead of Printing Press.

89% chance, let's hope we continue our run of scientists. Printing press will be very good for our economy!

[Swiss Pauli]

No, that's not correct: PP is a compulsory pre-req for Sci Meth, so your worries are unfounded And PP is above Chemistry in the bulb list, in case anyone else is wondering...

[sooooo]

Oh, good!