bulbing philo requires not only Medication, but also Alphabet and Maths
Derp. I forgot about that. Thank you for the kind reminder. It seems that bulbing Optics also requires Alphabet and Maths.
I don't mind Maths but Maths + Alpha is a tall order, provided I also want CoL, Aesth, Monarchy. This is my lulzplan#noob. Can't have it all, got it.
Sideline : If you think my t62 Oracle with Writing and 4 cities was good looking (because I do, too), I spent something like 4 hours refining it. So, there's that. It's the reason why I always remain stuck in the BCs.
Since monarchy is so common, standard practice is to go myst->poly->prist->monarchy.
Poly even though it's more expensive than meditation since that enables you to get CoL prior to astro-bulb w/o messing things up.
Bulbing philo isn't that common
Yeah, I'm starting to see that, now. Suddenly, and I'm not so happy with my tech path anymore.
It seems it leads me exactly here :
the situation that needs to be avoided at all cost is that you reach optics and make contact and can do no trades at all
I think Monarchy is a naturally strong candidate before Literature because of Marble + charismatic. Too much value in Temple of Artemis + Oracle failgold after Mysticism.
Monarchy is certainly the tech that leads to the most organic development and it is a very good Oracle target, here, I agree. Oracle CoL seems more like a long-term investment with little to bring short term.
I don't have a grasp on the timings, yet, (research times for MC/Compass, Machinery/Optics) but I would think that the earlier one starts working on
, the better. I guess I'll just have to play on and find out.
Oracle -> Aesthetics gives the earliest Great Library. I kinda wonder about that, now, it can be a very good line with trades on.
Still, it's hard to argue about the instant +2 happies from Monarchy and more as needed, especially given our growth potential.
With Bronze Working, I can see some failgold from the ToA. Getting failgold from the Oracle is trickier, because it isn't a wonder that can be delayed. I can see a 1 or 2 turns window to do that.
Without Bronze, I certainly didn't get any failgold from those wonders.