January 31st, 2012, 13:11
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NobleHelium Wrote:It might be more efficient to grow faster (work 2/1 forest over 1/2 forest), so that you can start the settler faster. You get more production on the settler because you can build it with food, so that generates hammers for overflow faster for the work boat - a work boat is exactly a 1-pop whip, so if you whip at the end of the 2-pop threshold it'll definitely finish the work boat the turn after.
I've counted these things out
. I'll grow to size 3 and 4 exactly as fast as I would with working rice all the time. There is just less food in the box then. Original plan would have 2 popped settler with insignificant overflow. If I delay settler 1 turn or even 2 turns I'll get significant oveflow that will be better both for finishing WB more timely manner and getting a defender on capital sooner.