Wow, how time flies! Last we discussed the next tech 12 days and 4-5 turns ago.
I will do (at last) the sandbox tonight (7-8 hours from this post timestamp) and will play it at least with the two major competitors for our next tech - Monarchy and Currency. I will ask anyone else to play those quick, so we can make an informed choice for our next technology.
In the case Monarchy wins (which I believe the case will be), I would like to have plan ready how we get it. Right now, we have enough money to tech Monarchy in 4 turns at 70%. At 100% we get the same 4 turns, but we wont have money to support 4 turns at 100% slider. 60% slider results in already 5 turns to Monarchy and 50% results in 7 turns. So, the sweet point of getting Monarchy is between 300 and 280% of our science slider. This sounds like 2x100% + 50% + 40%. As far as I know the less turns you spend on odd number of %, the less beakers you lose. They might be small amount, but everything adds. I know that 50% is also safe. Anyone confirms or say how it actually is?