(January 31st, 2019, 14:43)Krill Wrote:(January 31st, 2019, 10:35)Dreylin Wrote: Stormy Weather (without Caste): Library double whip, regrow on WB for Clams, then Lighthouse.
Caste switch: what's the military exposure from losing access to the whip?
Thinking through the numbers, it is not possible to double whip the library all: the turn SW reaches size 4, the library reaches 64/90. The food surplus is too low: growth@4 eot125.
It has to be lighthouse, growth@2 eot120, whip t123 73/60, foodbox 22/24. Then growth@3 eot124, growth@4 eot127 with library 46/90 with a two pop whip to complete the library t128, which is now the proposed turn of revolt into Caste. Borders would pop eot134, workboat complete eot131. This removes the risk of a low odds artist, otherwise just revolt t127 and work artists to pop borders t129, and it doesn't matter. Personally, I'll go with the library in this position.
And it turns out that I'd be wrong in this instance.
If I am planning on popping out an artist from Sold American, I can do that at 100%. I can get a GM from Anvil Chorus at 100%. It doesn't matter if I get a GS or a GA from SW, it still triggers the second GA.
So it is better to go lighthouse>work boat>library, and complete that library naturally. Civic revolt can still happen T127, and the work boat can be whipped or complete naturally, but if it is allowed to complete naturally, then at size 4 SW can run 3 artists to pop borders eot128 and the workboat will immediately hook the clam. Whipping the workboat means that on T128 SW would only be size 3, so it would delay border pop to eot129, but would give an addition ~30 hammers into the library. Given that SW is the slowest city out of SW, SA and AC for generating a great person, it makes more sense to not whip and grow faster. The iron alone will complete the library.