ControlFreak
Not An Addict, Really
Alweth, you're doing well and the turn log is a great help to your team mates interested in giving you advice.
Here's my take on 10% Research (A.K.A Minimum Science) - In civ, gold is better than almost anything else because it's flexible. You can buy shields, beakers (tech), happiness (luxuries), resources, upgrades, rush buys... Doing maximum, or as fast as you can research puts all your flexible gold, into inflexible beakers. There are many considerations as to whether beakers are worth investing your gold in. Here are some times when I do max research.
Here are some factors that make me go minimum science:
There are even times when you should go No Science. If you have no hope of getting a tech first and are planning on buying it, just save your cash. This often happens in the AA when all the gambit techs are gone and you don't have the prereqs for Republic.
A big part of this discussion is the fact that a tech devalues as more civs learn it. Gold never devalues. Thus, given the choice between 100g, 100 beakers or Cerimonial Burial, I would always take the 100g. This is true when you're selling techs too.
I've probably missed some points but that should improve your understanding of science slider adjustment.
Here's my take on 10% Research (A.K.A Minimum Science) - In civ, gold is better than almost anything else because it's flexible. You can buy shields, beakers (tech), happiness (luxuries), resources, upgrades, rush buys... Doing maximum, or as fast as you can research puts all your flexible gold, into inflexible beakers. There are many considerations as to whether beakers are worth investing your gold in. Here are some times when I do max research.
- If you think you can completely research a tech before any of the AI. If you can, then you get the full value of the beakers because you get the tech at a monopoly and can sell it at monopoly prices.
- If I absolutely need a tech to continue my game plan and I waiting makes my situation worse. Examples: pottery for a granary, map making to get off of an island start with no other civs, chivalry to use my UU to dominate the world before muskets, literature because my prebuild for the GL only has 10 turns left.
- If a lot of civs know the tech. The value of a tech drops dramatically, meaning the amount of beakers required to research it are lower. It may be an advantage to put your gold into your scientists rather than in the treasuries of other civs.
- If you have a lot of librarys, universities and/or research labs that multiply any gold invested in research. This is especially true of scientific civs that have cheap librarys and universitys. It also works much better with a well placed FP/Palace as corruption affects the amount of gold you can contribute to science.
Here are some factors that make me go minimum science:
- Using a "gambit" to get a monopoly on a tech. Typical gambits are Math, Polytheism and Literature. The AI has a lower priority on these techs so even researching at minimum, you may get it first. If you succeed, you get to buy a lot of the other AA techs with it. If you fail, you've wasted 40 turns research so that's why it's a gambit.
- I'm relying on the AI but I still want to make sure I get a tech within a certain amount of time. For example, I want to make sure I have economy in time to switch a prebuild to Smiths.
- I can't research it any faster at max (still 40 turns at 100% science) but I really want it. For example, writing on a riverless, food less start.
- The AI will not discount government techs. For example, Republic is still a 40turn tech but I don't want to rely on the AI selling it to me because they add a premium to governmental techs.
There are even times when you should go No Science. If you have no hope of getting a tech first and are planning on buying it, just save your cash. This often happens in the AA when all the gambit techs are gone and you don't have the prereqs for Republic.
A big part of this discussion is the fact that a tech devalues as more civs learn it. Gold never devalues. Thus, given the choice between 100g, 100 beakers or Cerimonial Burial, I would always take the 100g. This is true when you're selling techs too.
I've probably missed some points but that should improve your understanding of science slider adjustment.