59saintdane
Warlord
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- Jul 14, 2014
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If I'm not in great need of gold at the time, I usually prefer to send my trade routes internally for that great growth bonus. I'm wondering, is it generally better to send the first couple to an AI for a nice beaker boost, or internally for food? Like I said, I prefer food: although the early-game science boost is nice, it's temporary, while population growth gives a permanent bonus to science, and also helps with production and gold. But I've heard a lot of talk about sending routes to the AI for science early game, so maybe I'm wrong?