I for one can say that the analyses you guys do is eldritch abominations for me on the math front, because i can't understand whom you do it XD.
Ehh, most of that's more being careful and double checking that you didn't forget an action or copy a sign wrong or anything, and otherwise just knowing and remembering how the mechanics work, combined with a willingness to ask AN about unusual expenses or gains
...Of course, that first part is like 80% of math errors in my experience, the middle bit is pretty similar to remembering all the random formulas and rules for math which is also one of hte hardest things about most math courses (fucking trig identities and unique differentials and integrals!
), and the last part just makes me think of how hard it can be to get my students to actually ask fucking questions when they're stuck, or to stop and think about their answer before telling me that the answer to the division is bigger than both numbers that went into the division...
So yeah, i guess the analysis posts do require the usual mistakes i see from students
I guess. But basic algebra... Well, if ever there was something you use at least once a week no matter who you are it's that.
Intuitively, yeah. I'm sure the People were intuitively using the logic as well. But
formalizing it? Being able to look at a math equation and actually convert it in your head to that logic? A lot of the time kids just have to basically memorize what the different types of equations mean, they never actually internalize that. That's why word problems are so hard. And of course, "look at or hear a real life situation and figure out what math strategies to use and where the numbers go in that equation" is kind of necessary to be able to actually use it as a formal tool--and i have
zero trouble believing that its really hard to formalize that, given the blank stares i've been given at even simple word problems
Well, as one example, if we want innovation for a particular stat, we can wait for it to fill up while still advancing materials every turn.
Also, the more stats we keep maxed, the less chance of an unexpected event popping the Golden Age.
And we don't have to care as much about which stats are overflowing; so long as we have eight surplus tech, we're good.
But in order to get that eight surplus tech* we do need to care about which stats are overflowing in that at minimum culture and mysticism both need to be maxed for
anything to overflow into tech. Mind, those plus diplo are relatively easy to keep maxed, and we have +6 diplo, +2 mysticism, and will have +4 culture soon, but we also just emptied out our culture, so...
*Actually only 7, thanks to our refund from teh palace annexes
