neoaspilet11
Chieftain
I usually play emperor and my first GS I always bulb for a technology. I saw some suggestions to make it an academy. Any idea if which choice is better?
I believe somebody's done the math and bulbs should be done 8 turns after all cities have public schools. (Scientific theory, like Teproc and Gotsu said)
8 turns is only on standard speed btw...
most people play on quick so, adjust accordingly
I usually bulb. Even in early games. I usually prefer rushing for the Oracle as I think Social Policy can boost empire more than Science Academy.
In G&K, yes someone has (under the assumption the player is headed towards science victory). I don't know if someone has since updated it to consider the BNW changes:
1. What if you are after Culture or Diplomatic victory instead (and so don't need nearly as many techs.) This has potential to pull forward the break even point.
2. What if you are planning on adopting the New Deal tenet under Freedom ideology that in case of Academies result in them producing even more science? This has potential to push back the break even point.
3A. What if you are planning on adopting the order ideology and selecting the science boosts there. In this case while it doesn't increase academy yield, it increases the empire's per turn science in cities with factories along with giving your capital a mini-academy.
3B. Along the same lines as 3A, but with Freedom ideology's tenet that decreases food for specialists in combo with Rationalism's policy that gives science from all specialists and taking advantage of these effects to increase the empire's science at that point.