Microplan comparison
It's a close case.
Here is a small "analysis" I did based on the EOT65/Beginning of T66 situation:
![[Image: Sandbox%20comparison.JPG]](https://dl.dropbox.com/s/tspbj53yzdw3ws1/Sandbox%20comparison.JPG)
So as you can see, both of our plans have produced roughly the same amount of foodhammers by EOT65. This all a bit relative since in "Cities ASAP" a fair amount of food has been already converted into hammers while "Max Infra" has to still do it in order to get a settler + worker out. With nerfed whipping the conversion rate is not amazing (note that the past effect of granaries is already taken into account in the current city size so with a double-whip from size 4 to 2 the conversion is 52 food --> 50 hammers)
Now the case is really, which one is bigger:
1. The benefits of better food->hammer conversion rate that granaries in "Max infra" enable in our cities (1), 2, and 3
2. The benefits of getting cities 4 & 5 functional faster.
I'm really not sure, which approach I prefer, probably still getting those new cities up and running asap, but I might be biased because that's what I've more been working with. I think I really have to play with both saves until T75 or something in order to see what comes ahead and make up my mind..
That said, I'm on it!
It's a close case.
Here is a small "analysis" I did based on the EOT65/Beginning of T66 situation:So as you can see, both of our plans have produced roughly the same amount of foodhammers by EOT65. This all a bit relative since in "Cities ASAP" a fair amount of food has been already converted into hammers while "Max Infra" has to still do it in order to get a settler + worker out. With nerfed whipping the conversion rate is not amazing (note that the past effect of granaries is already taken into account in the current city size so with a double-whip from size 4 to 2 the conversion is 52 food --> 50 hammers)
Now the case is really, which one is bigger:
1. The benefits of better food->hammer conversion rate that granaries in "Max infra" enable in our cities (1), 2, and 3
2. The benefits of getting cities 4 & 5 functional faster.
I'm really not sure, which approach I prefer, probably still getting those new cities up and running asap, but I might be biased because that's what I've more been working with. I think I really have to play with both saves until T75 or something in order to see what comes ahead and make up my mind..
That said, I'm on it!