Philo & CS Combination Slignshots For 2.08 Patch

[kniteowl]

It's up to you whether you use the GM or GP to slingshot to CS... although the upkeep cost of running Bureaucracy is high if you beeline using the GP because chances are your capital won't be as developed untill later into the game during the middle ages.

The only exception for early Bureaucracy is Being either organised (halves the upkeep cost) or Spritual because if your economy starts to suffer you can switch back to Barbarism easily without the cost of anarchy.

If you want a Early CS Slingshot use a GP
If you want a Late CS slighshot use a GM.

 

[Meatbuster]

Switch back to Barbarism? Not really. Once your non-Organized empire is so large that Bureaucracy starts to hurt more than help, I'm sure by then you should have either Nationalism or Liberalism for the cheaper Nationhood or more beneficial Free Speech, respectively.

 

[Rathelm]

Bah the CS slingshot was really only practical in lower difficulty SP games. Not much of a loss in my opinion.

 

[Drake007]

What about an Oracle theology slingshot? Research up to monotheism and writing, take theology as free tech, research CoL and mathematics (avoiding monarchy) while waiting for prophet to appear and then burn prophet on CS.

you're confusing theology with feudalism, theology leads to paper.