New BE player here.
Has anyone played taking the obviously poorer choices? If so, did it effect the story line or the subsequent quests?
There is actually a lot of interesting writing in those boxes. But none of it seems to be actually relevant to the game play. I wish they called the building perks choices something other than “quests”. The game has some actual quests. Deciding between a poor buff and a decent buff is not the least bit interesting, and distracts from the actual quests. OTOH, a player selecting the obviously weaker choice might be a way to handicap MP games!
I agree with everyone else that the choices are usually quite unbalanced. But how about the one for Thorium Reactor? The Creative Spark gives the choice between +2 energy or +1 production. I have been picking +1 production.
EDIT: Gian Well get the same choice (Nature’s Potential).