Olodune Wrote:I was going to ask you about this, especially since building wealth translates into more beakers with a heavily academized island, possibly running free religion.
Heh, yeah, I wrote the book on that effect.
Free Religion wasn't used. I stayed in Org Rel the whole game, except for flipping to Pacifism's no upkeep while building ship parts. I almost never go to Free Religion in general. FR's "+10%" research is really closer to +5% when added on top of library/university/academy, while Org Rel's bonus stays closer to a true +25% for longer.
Post factories, the bonuses of OR and FR are about equal, but the other benefits of a state religion always win: AP hammers, Sankore science, Sistine culture, and strong relations with religious buddies.
Quote:The difference is even bigger in the window between Oxford and Wall Street. Building Espionage buildings + a few spies + a Caravel or two might be quite a few beakers, but I do remember you stole Banking+Rifling + <others?>.
Banking and Rifling were my only steals. I built maybe 600 hammers worth of espionage buildings, 200 of spies, and one galleon. The steals were 2000+ beakers, more than building Wealth with those hammers. The beaker-gold skew effect won't reach 2:1 even with academies and Oxford. But it's close and worth the analysis.
