you're correct that chariots won't come until TW, overlooked in first draft but easily fixed by putting the first chops into a barracks. what it comes down to is emperor-level barbs are no joke. i wouldn't feel safe delaying chariots until 3rd city.
monotheism requires at its cheapest poly and masonry 180, 144, and 216 for mono itself. we wouldn't start it until T55 at the earliest (delaying cottages and granaries to do so). even at 20 beakers/turn @ 100% we're talking 7.5T for poly, 5T masonry, 8T for mono.
will mono last until T75? no way... it's not a viable plan. even skipping TW, we're still talking ~T67. it won't last that long.
great point re: chariots though. will revise original plan to have a barracks come out first. not saying definitely not gold site first - but if we're doing it to found judaism, it's a non-starter.
monotheism requires at its cheapest poly and masonry 180, 144, and 216 for mono itself. we wouldn't start it until T55 at the earliest (delaying cottages and granaries to do so). even at 20 beakers/turn @ 100% we're talking 7.5T for poly, 5T masonry, 8T for mono.
will mono last until T75? no way... it's not a viable plan. even skipping TW, we're still talking ~T67. it won't last that long.
great point re: chariots though. will revise original plan to have a barracks come out first. not saying definitely not gold site first - but if we're doing it to found judaism, it's a non-starter.