I scootered around in the sim and kind of agree with you: faster BW doesn't help as much as I thought. I was able to get the settler 1t faster, pasture 1t faster, but the city grew to size 3 1t slower... pretty much a wash.
Also, I was wrong about t40 Oracle times... that appears to be more for 'quick' speed PBEMs. I looked back at some of our recent Pitboss games for a rough target time:
Pitboss Oracle times
Also, I was wrong about t40 Oracle times... that appears to be more for 'quick' speed PBEMs. I looked back at some of our recent Pitboss games for a rough target time:
Pitboss Oracle times
- pitboss 4 - t54 (Luddite)
- pitboss 5 - t68 (Scooter/Dazed)
- pitboss 7 - t64 (Lewwyn)
- pitboss 8 - t56 (Serdoa)
- pitboss 9 - t90! (Cornflakes)