Pop sci for gnomes

[stoffi]

This is a very good question. The answer depends on how big your military is. Remember pop science adds a lot to nw/a for a few reasons 1. science adds networht just by its self. 2 it add people and people add to networth 3. the bigger population the more likely one is to make there military bigger. Bigger military mean more net worth. If one has a super big army one does not want to us science. I will use my province as an example I'm playing gnome this age. My MOD military is running at 99%. I have no science because if I did that would make my net/a too high. See it all depends on your strategy and what that strategy calls for to work correctly.

you forget a key element.

Let's say 100k pop sci gets you 5% extra pop on a dwarf.
I don't remember how high sci nw is, but let's just say those 100k sci points = 1000nw, to make it easier.


5% extra pop, which goes into army. You could get 5% extra army in another way, by growing 8% land. This is because you need peasants if you get more land.
That 8% land will cost you ALOT of nw, and surely more than 1000nw. I lost my nw calcs since my comp crashed, but I believe it was around 60-65 nw for 1acre+building.

No need to say that 5% pop sci pays off if you're 150 acres or 15000 acres. The bigger you are, the more it pays off.

[vines]

I agree with everything you said but the last part. The number one will get with 5% population will be bigger at 15000 acres vs 400acres, however it is still only 2%. However that 2% will cost one more gc to maintain as one gets bigger. At the sametime one shouldn't let there military over whelm their econ. I see it happen too offten as people break the 5k mark.

[ChinaIsGay]

lol this is funny...vines, why are you still trying to convince everyone your right. you've been arguing your point since page 2 and no1 yet agrees with you. you made me laugh though so i'll give you that.

[vines]

China, I don't think you read the above post. All it says is 2% is 2% and the more land one gets the higher the up keep costs are to maintain that 2%. So the key is not to allow one's military to over whelm one's econ.

[VT2]

I could spend all of two minutes to explain this to you, vines, but I won't.
Stoffi, since when do you know anything about the actual game?

[vines]

VT2, you are blind to see that all the savvy players know that I'm the man with the plan.

[ChinaIsGay]

vines, tell us your kingdom number so we can all grab free land from you.

[vines]

Not right now my kingdom is going to war soon.

[ChinaIsGay]

vines did you not in the other thread 'rate my province' say this about your strat...

"for it to be great I need a combo of mid-high science and high honor."

duh...

[vines]

yeah I did. But the build I see you guys doing putting up with sciecne and honor taken into account are only putting out numbers that I would rate a 4.8-5.2. Most of you guys don't have a concept of province management. It's not always about who can get the most science or the highest honor. If two evenly matched provinces face off the province that will win will be the one that has better province management skills.

[Silversten]

grats vines on best troll thread ever

[VT2]

What if we all raze him?

[vines]

Grats on silversten for . . . I don't know but congrats.
Now be gone from my sight. For being a smart ass.

[vines]

Think we and catwalk are running the same build. Damn you Catwalk. Nvm he's not.

[stoffi]

I could spend all of two minutes to explain this to you, vines, but I won't.
Stoffi, since when do you know anything about the actual game?

Oh, I don't. I just quote others, and make hundreds of multies in the hope that one will succeed. I failed so far.