I was going to do some big, wonderful post exploring tech goals if we missed Mids, but I can to the conclusion rather quickly that it comes down to what gives us happy to grow up and gold to grow out, plus HBR for when we need to build military.
CoL looks good if it gives religion but we would lose a turn to revolt, courthouses are expensive, we couldn't get a 1.4 modified on it and Caste isn't usable for us until we have MC. We lack the food for workshops as well, so Caste isn't actually that great to rush for us.
Currency gives us gold from trade routes happy and gold from cheap markets and wealth so it's a no brainer.
Maths is worthwhile if only because it fits in before IW can be used and saves on Currency: the choice was IW>Maths or Maths>IW and Maths first gives us more beakers and the chop hammers fit for city Y, and it opens up a HG play.
IW as stated is needed for gems which gives us 8 commerce and 1 empire wide happy we can immediately use as every city but one is at the happy cap, or has been until I just whipped them.
And that then leads to Calendar giving 2 happy, is 562 or so adjusted beakers, or 465ish base beakers. Unfortunately we don't get much of a commerce boost from them but that's what we have to work with. Construction has an 80 hammer city improvement and cats, so as long as we aren't threatened it waits, and we use wealth builds to hurry up that tech to shorten the window of weakness, and pressure OH to follow on military techs rather than build an economy.
Lit and Aesthetics have to wait, which is a shame, but the marble is out of reach before a war and neither gives happy. HE seems critical on this map, but we have not unlocked it yet so bugger that.
Monarchy would be an option but without Myst, the prerequisites cost something like 250 base beakers, Monarchy is a further 400 base beakers, then we have to revolt for a single happy in every city, a 1gpt penalty and a 25 hammer cost for every single happy face. IW and Calendar are cheaper. MC is cheaper once gems are hooked, and gives us the forge and workshop, combined with Wealth...MC is the want tech that becomes the priority after Calendar IMO. Then CoL.
CoL looks good if it gives religion but we would lose a turn to revolt, courthouses are expensive, we couldn't get a 1.4 modified on it and Caste isn't usable for us until we have MC. We lack the food for workshops as well, so Caste isn't actually that great to rush for us.
Currency gives us gold from trade routes happy and gold from cheap markets and wealth so it's a no brainer.
Maths is worthwhile if only because it fits in before IW can be used and saves on Currency: the choice was IW>Maths or Maths>IW and Maths first gives us more beakers and the chop hammers fit for city Y, and it opens up a HG play.
IW as stated is needed for gems which gives us 8 commerce and 1 empire wide happy we can immediately use as every city but one is at the happy cap, or has been until I just whipped them.
And that then leads to Calendar giving 2 happy, is 562 or so adjusted beakers, or 465ish base beakers. Unfortunately we don't get much of a commerce boost from them but that's what we have to work with. Construction has an 80 hammer city improvement and cats, so as long as we aren't threatened it waits, and we use wealth builds to hurry up that tech to shorten the window of weakness, and pressure OH to follow on military techs rather than build an economy.
Lit and Aesthetics have to wait, which is a shame, but the marble is out of reach before a war and neither gives happy. HE seems critical on this map, but we have not unlocked it yet so bugger that.
Monarchy would be an option but without Myst, the prerequisites cost something like 250 base beakers, Monarchy is a further 400 base beakers, then we have to revolt for a single happy in every city, a 1gpt penalty and a 25 hammer cost for every single happy face. IW and Calendar are cheaper. MC is cheaper once gems are hooked, and gives us the forge and workshop, combined with Wealth...MC is the want tech that becomes the priority after Calendar IMO. Then CoL.