(June 27th, 2013, 23:48)Lewwyn Wrote: Why not grab priesthood to give a further 20% discount on writing and monarchy?
We could grab Priesthood for that, but I would rather get Writing with the current cash deficeit: We should have enough gold to get AH and Writing for sure, then run out sometime around Monotheism or Monarchy, so I want to get to Writing ASAP due to the fact I want the option to quickl whip out Libraries if need be. In addition, I am pretty sure either Buick or Walton will be ready to 2-pop whip a Library as soon as Writing gets in now, allowing us to get the Great Scientist sooner. Priesthood also doesn't really do much for us until Theology (The 20% discount on Monarchy doesn't make up for Priesthood's cost, does it? And, perhaps more importantly, Monarchy first gets us Monarchy sooner even if it costs more due to not needing to take time to research Priesthood, yes? Speed to Monarchy will be helpful).
(For reference, we have roughly 10T of 100% research left: AH takes 3 more turns, Writing will take 5-6T depending on if the discount brings it down a turn and Priesthood takes 3T, so going to Priesthood delays our time to get Writing, even if it makes Writing more cost effective: I feel getting Writing sooner for a Library sooner for a Great Scientist sooner outweighs the beaker discoount of getting Priesthood for Writing's 20% discount, which should be in the range of 35 beakers)