Capital size 6, 3 cities size 4. I am in caste though for the sake of scientists in the capital. And running rep.
Bottom line if you can't afford to run a high science slider, se wins easily in terms of breakers. Think of war or rexing. Get a library, run two scientists everywhere is all you need to keep teching early game.
Try it for yourself in worldbuilder and see it for yourself. Or better yet, play an early se game yourself sometime. Anyways I prefer hybrids, I'm not so much a fighter for pure economies, all is situational.
My cities.
Bottom line if you can't afford to run a high science slider, se wins easily in terms of breakers. Think of war or rexing. Get a library, run two scientists everywhere is all you need to keep teching early game.
Try it for yourself in worldbuilder and see it for yourself. Or better yet, play an early se game yourself sometime. Anyways I prefer hybrids, I'm not so much a fighter for pure economies, all is situational.
My cities.