What do you guys do for tech paths?
Ive settled on getting nomadic lifestyle and gathering first so I have something to build. I have caves in vicinity Ill typically go cave dwelling next, otherwise ill beeline right to hard hammer > language > scavenging > cooperation > persistence hunting. I used to get persistence before hard hammer, but better to make fast trackers since they tend to die in two turns anyway. And building a stone tools workshop also helps research by giving an extra :commerce: to that hill i was probably already working.
After that I get oral tradition, then work to shelter building and pick up tracking when i get the master hunting building built. Then ill typically work towards cultural identity, get a few stone tool workshop science enhancer talents and just set it to hunting instincts and let it auto select from there (although I usually pick up raft building in the middle). After that its Carp > Tribal and then on to Sedentary Lifestyle.
After that it gets cloudy. Unsure to move on or backtrack for some other talents. if Im eyeing a quick conquest Ill go to Megafauna domestication though. My recent game I took out an enemy civ with my initial clubman who had somehow survived a trek across the continent with lots of promotions along the way (and a long range upgrade thanks to the overpowered scientific trait). I had to raze the city because it was too far away though.
Ive settled on getting nomadic lifestyle and gathering first so I have something to build. I have caves in vicinity Ill typically go cave dwelling next, otherwise ill beeline right to hard hammer > language > scavenging > cooperation > persistence hunting. I used to get persistence before hard hammer, but better to make fast trackers since they tend to die in two turns anyway. And building a stone tools workshop also helps research by giving an extra :commerce: to that hill i was probably already working.
After that I get oral tradition, then work to shelter building and pick up tracking when i get the master hunting building built. Then ill typically work towards cultural identity, get a few stone tool workshop science enhancer talents and just set it to hunting instincts and let it auto select from there (although I usually pick up raft building in the middle). After that its Carp > Tribal and then on to Sedentary Lifestyle.
After that it gets cloudy. Unsure to move on or backtrack for some other talents. if Im eyeing a quick conquest Ill go to Megafauna domestication though. My recent game I took out an enemy civ with my initial clubman who had somehow survived a trek across the continent with lots of promotions along the way (and a long range upgrade thanks to the overpowered scientific trait). I had to raze the city because it was too far away though.