Wealth or Research?

[cabert]

In Warlords wealth is better while both research/wealth are not influenced by anything. I tend to have more bonuses to research, so higher slider of science is what I want. I can only achieve this by producing wealth.

However in some certain occasions (Lib race, Economics Race etc.), I'd rather produce research.

I'd expand those occasions to those games where you get your hands on money easily (=running 100 % science anyway).
Those osscaions include :
- large plundering (including razing cities)
- luck with huts (minor point)
- selling techs
- asking your neighbours for gold
- missing a few wonders (!)
- operationnal shrine
- a few settled guys (merchants, prophets, artists provide gold)

 

[Giaur]

I'd expand those occasions to those games where you get your hands on money easily (=running 100 % science anyway).
Those osscaions include :
- large plundering (including razing cities)
- luck with huts (minor point)
- selling techs
- asking your neighbours for gold
- missing a few wonders (!)
- operationnal shrine
- a few settled guys (merchants, prophets, artists provide gold)

Good point. But it's an ideal situation, while you have to upgrade units. I think it's easy to run whole game at 100% while attempting for space race, but not for domination.

 

[cabert]

Good point. But it's an ideal situation, while you have to upgrade units. I think it's easy to run whole game at 100% while attempting for space race, but not for domination.

well, it doesn't happen very often, but sometimes on cultural games, it happens

 

[redifederal]

The most important aspect of civ is production welath and research are secondary (but come with production)

 

[mrt144]

whoops, i accidentally posted this as a reply