Here's the thing.
If you finish Tradition with Sweden and have a couple extra policies before the Renaissance Era, you'd probably rather go Patronage then waste two policies on Honor just for one great person.
However, if you were to go straight Honor right off the bat, you could gift that general to a cultural city-state and finish Honor quite quickly, or a faith city-state to speed up religion progress (although faith city-states don't seem to give much faith early-game).
Do you think a case could be made for going straight Honor with Sweden for the main purposes of getting that Warrior Code general?
If you finish Tradition with Sweden and have a couple extra policies before the Renaissance Era, you'd probably rather go Patronage then waste two policies on Honor just for one great person.
However, if you were to go straight Honor right off the bat, you could gift that general to a cultural city-state and finish Honor quite quickly, or a faith city-state to speed up religion progress (although faith city-states don't seem to give much faith early-game).
Do you think a case could be made for going straight Honor with Sweden for the main purposes of getting that Warrior Code general?