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which is better in patronage, philanthropy --> scholasticism or consulates first? i've been testing out both philanthropy and consulates, but consulates just seems better since you get a lot of allies from just completing random quests and have a decent amount of influence with all cs so you...

decided to try a shoshone tradition CB conquering SV for the first time but i think i kinda f***ed up somewhere. my BO in cap was: x3 pathfinder -> x2 archer -> x2 settler (bought one also) -> x4 archer -> caravan -> granary -> library. BO in expands was granary -> library. i timed the...

how do i avoid the issue of running out of GS on a non-babylon civ? i've had two poland games in a row now that were on pace for a t200-210 win but had pretty low fpt (around +20 or so) due to barely missing religion and low amount of religious CS (or near impossible to ally for reasons) which...

i dunno they increase production which equals more beakers when u convert to science.

how long is it worth it to delay bulbing after you've bought research labs to get hydroplants, stock exchanges and factories all up in your cities?

had netherlands, arabia, morocco, india, brazil, byzantium and portugal in my last game LOL. was wondering why everyone was so friendly. i think at one point i had like 6 DoFs until portugal and morocco denounced me for no reason. with babylon i have the problem that he sometimes doesn't go...

what AI civs should i pick when i play GP? up to this point i've just been playing with randoms but i imagine having a few easily befriendable AIs and one warmonger would help out.

yay finally got a sub 220 SV. it was close but i managed to get a t219 win on ironfighters babylon GP map (without replays :P) t219 screenshot: had a few spare gs surprisingly but i had to bulb a little inefficiently to get the t219 win. pretty satisfied overall tho since my previous record...

well im interested since in acken's freedom guide he mentions calculating which city is the last one to produce natural gs and to build porcelain there (unless im misunderstanding it)

how can i know which city is the last one to produce gs when deciding where to build porcelain?

Before or after shrine?

Should you reroll if you don't get a culture ruin in the first ~10 turns?

Ok. Oh and I forgot about writers. Should you just save all early writers for world's fair and then a few for timing rationalism finisher properly? Are there any other key spots or should you just insta-bulb each of the rest when they come?

Are there any other spots you should use great artists other than when building world's fair, during world's fair culture bonus and in the end when converting hammers to science? And what about great musicians, do you just make them into great works?