Originally posted by Richard Bruns
Yes, there can be a boost in new technologies at first. But if they did pump enough cash into Gunpowder to send it to a Knowledge of 6 instead of 2, then the helper term would still multiply RP's by 2 but the Upkeep term would divide them by 4 (6*0.5 + 1), so all future research would only be half as effective.
Yes, there can be a boost in new technologies at first. But if they did pump enough cash into Gunpowder to send it to a Knowledge of 6 instead of 2, then the helper term would still multiply RP's by 2 but the Upkeep term would divide them by 4 (6*0.5 + 1), so all future research would only be half as effective.
If it does end up as a problem, we can design the system so that later technologies are supposed to jump at first, so for example they wouldn't get a decent gunpowder unit until Knowledge of 5.
One issue with the new upkeep approach is that techs can no longer backslide. I don't think that is a big loss. It could be patched by events that put negative RPs into the tech model, or arbitrarily change the knowledge directly if we need it.
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