Theres no chance we won't be able to do it. Policies prioritize quests and our passive infrastructure can finish the remaining Ironworks before the deadline.
-Build Docks, it costs 1 Wealth but immediately overflows Diplo into Wealth
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Expand Snails, costs 3 Econ, generates 3 Wealth, reducing the risk of order of operations(well if we had any idea how THAT works) triggering on the spiritbonded. Risk of starvation
Not Porcelain or Glass since those eat Forests we need for the Ironworks. Not Cotton, Poppy Wine or Hemp since we need the econ expansions for priest quest and avoid spawning MORE cities.
We can switch two of our Mercenaries to Core. Three would trigger overmartial after Spiritbonded, but switching two mercenaries means the passive wealth income becomes +5, giving us a bigger range to work in.
Eyeballing then next turn would be:{S} Support Faction - Patricians: Culture -4
{S} New Settlement - Internal Reorg: Econ -1, EE +3, Delayed income Econ +1, Mysticism +1
{S} Found Free City - Valleyguard(not Blackmouth because we do want to have a city we can put Block Housing in that's not Freed for management purposes): Econ -2, EE -2
{S} More Spiritbonded: Econ -2, Mysticism -2, Wealth -5, Martial +2, Culture +1, Cavalry +1
{G} Gold Mine: Econ -4, EE -1, Tech -3
{G} Build Docks: Econ -2, Wealth -1, Diplo +3
{F} Switch Red Banner to Core Upkeep
{F} Switch Blood Rain Banner to Core Upkeep
Net effect(applying current leading policies and consolidating automatic costs and income):
Diplomacy 18 +3(passive) +3(action)
Economy 12 +7(passive)-2(overcent) -11(action)
EE 4 +5(passive) +3+7(action) -3(action)
Martial 2 +20(mercs) +1(passive) +2(action)
Light Cavalry 1 +1(action)
Naval 0 +1(passive)
Wealth 7 +5(passive)-2(overcent) -6(action)
Culture 24 +5(passive) -4(action) +1(action)
Mysticism 24 +5(passive) -2(action)
Tech 18 +7(passive) -3(action)
Okay, this combination has
no stat hitting zero. Martial does not explode. We do half the Spiritblooded NOW, so we don't have to juggle a 10 Wealth cost next turn, because god knows we'd find some way to make that cramped. 2x 5 Wealth costs are painful. 1x 10 Wealth cost is crippling.
@Academia Nut
Does the Overcentralized costs come out of passive income first or does it hit the reserve pool along with the actions(i.e. do we need to worry about order of passive income?)
Yes. Duh. That is what policies are FOR.
nevermind the long rant except the part about alternating watchtowers and roads on a dedicated secondary.
