Research

[Dash5]

I was playing a game and couldn't help but wondering, "are my research levels good?" so i was wondering about how much research you have going at different points in the game, like turn 50, 150, or and on.
i had around 40 research (noble level with -17gpt) on turn 50 so it ends upp lower once i burn through my cash. any tips on how to improve would be greatly appreciated.

 

[cIV_khanh93]

y9ou didnt specify speed.

 

[Dash5]

you didnt specify speed.

normal speed

 

[retro V]

40 beakers per turn and -17 gold per turn by turn 50 means you really have 23 beakers per turn and a very high maintenance deficit. The beakers are neither good or bad, it depends a lot on the start you're given. The cost of your empire so early in the game is pretty bad though. I haven't played Noble in a long time so maybe you just expanded too fast. You may need to get out of Despotism a bit quicker, preferably by the time you settle your second city, definitely before your third (can you even manage that by turn 50 - I know I can't on higher difficulties). Or perhaps you have a huge standing army already, in which case put them to good use: raid your neighbours. It's not necessary to take more cities (that only increases your already high costs) but you can at least feed the troops with all the gold you get from pillaging mines and other improvements.

 

[Dash5]

yeah, i have a largeish army (led by an adventurer) that took out the doviello, so i have 5 cities and expanded to fast (3 cities a founded, took 2 from doviello)

 

[retro V]

Nice work in such short time So you probably want to change your civics to City States or Aristocracy straight away, build up the workforce to at least 5 (I'd go higher though) and start laying down farms/cottages/plantations whereever you can. Continue to pillage Doviello to supplement your income (deficit!) but resist wiping them out until your economy stabilises. That game sounds like it's off to a great start.

 

[Dash5]

thanks retro, had already wiped out doviello but switched to city states and built up a large workforce (helped by an event that gave 2 slaves), got the aristograrian(?) economy going, now at war with the clan, my adventurer killed Rantine and i have the capitol and 1 other city. thanks for response