Better to take or to leave Capitals ?

[Victoria]

How does close competition allow you to tech faster?

It does not allow you to tech faster
It allows you to get to the great people for a science victory faster
The current era for great people is the average era of all civs +1
So if you leave lots of civs with 1 city in the renaissance your GP era will be industrial or at best modern
If you are beating gilga and he is in the information era, wipe out all others and your average will be up there and you will get the GP you need.

Doth 1985 figure as 'days of legend'?

Love it, reminds be of the residents, strange band, they did a whole album of eskimo music... eskimo's do not have music.

 

[Frostburn]

It allows you to get to the great people for a science victory faster
The current era for great people is the average era of all civs +1

Ahh OK thanks, I didn't understand how the GP formula works. That makes sense.

 

[Archon_Wing]

Well, getting the better GPs would indirectly allow you to tech faster, no? I always want the scientists that give bonus to universities.

 

[Victoria]

Yes, you had better be careful you do not skip that one.
Maybe they'll put in a new wonder like the mausoleum but for scientists, that would be cool, but a bit OP.

 

[stinkubus]

Two charges for Darwin, Galileo, or the guy who gets science from rain forest would definitely be OP!

 

[Victoria]

Getting 6 eurekas is about the same amount of science

 

[stinkubus]

Some of that almost certainly ends up getting wasted as there won't be enough techs left to boost?

 

[Victoria]

possibly, I guess it mainly depends on how much you kill off weaker opponents to get the GP era up.