Agree with settling on marble
On Piety: we do need it early. We need a lot of faith, so much so that +100% bonus to production and +100% faith output from Shrines is very relevant. Our civ ability only gives us 2 faith per turn; without doing anything to add to faith, it will take us almost 60 turns to get to religion, then 40 turns to buy a single Archer. The earlier we start generating additional faith, the better. So I think we should take the Piety opener and Organised Religion as the 2nd and 3rd policies, after Tradition (or Liberty) opener which gives a bonus to culture
I think we should make the decision on Tradition vs Liberty after initial scouting and seeing how much land and how many spots with 3 adjacent forests we have available. I agree that Liberty has some merits, especially in an empire focussed on generating as much faith as possible
I like Granary before Worker and therefore Pottery - AH - Trapping for research
On Piety: we do need it early. We need a lot of faith, so much so that +100% bonus to production and +100% faith output from Shrines is very relevant. Our civ ability only gives us 2 faith per turn; without doing anything to add to faith, it will take us almost 60 turns to get to religion, then 40 turns to buy a single Archer. The earlier we start generating additional faith, the better. So I think we should take the Piety opener and Organised Religion as the 2nd and 3rd policies, after Tradition (or Liberty) opener which gives a bonus to culture
I think we should make the decision on Tradition vs Liberty after initial scouting and seeing how much land and how many spots with 3 adjacent forests we have available. I agree that Liberty has some merits, especially in an empire focussed on generating as much faith as possible
I like Granary before Worker and therefore Pottery - AH - Trapping for research