OK, first of all, settling on the coast is strictly worse than 1NW - even if we have Fishing. Because there's no way to get the Exp bonus for Worker build on the coast. I tried it, but it's significantly slower: building Worker - Workboat - Settler, Settler is only started on T28. I think we would have to detour for Mining - BW before Pottery to get chops
If we settle 1NW, we research Wheel instead of Hunting in the previous scenario, and it takes 2 turns more. So research is 2 turns slower, all builds are the same. But we will be able to settle the 2nd city near the fish
So, 1NW is the way to go regardless of the starting techs. We need to be able to research AH first (so need to start with Agri or Hunting). Starting with Agri/Wheel is slightly faster, but not enough to give decisive advantage to either option
If we settle 1NW, we research Wheel instead of Hunting in the previous scenario, and it takes 2 turns more. So research is 2 turns slower, all builds are the same. But we will be able to settle the 2nd city near the fish
So, 1NW is the way to go regardless of the starting techs. We need to be able to research AH first (so need to start with Agri or Hunting). Starting with Agri/Wheel is slightly faster, but not enough to give decisive advantage to either option