[Beorn]

21. I tried going for the BCLG patented GP economy strategy. I prioritize food, get a religion and luxuries, pull up specialists, everything is fine. However I find that I have a very hard time keeping up economically when I build up military. The actual income is very low unless you build cottages or have banker specialists. In cities with grassland hills or goldy ressources I feel like employing specialists is somewhat of a waste of good working class people that could be employed in the fields.

I guess the bottom line is: should the second city (or third if the second is bronze-bound) be built wherever a high amount of ressource/cottage raw commerce be found to support the rest of a GP-economy empire while it still waits for GE, GS and GM's to kick it up? And how can you play always war games with these restrictions anyways? I feel like before I have a size 10+ city supporting the empire for gold I am bound to run 0% research with half a dozen scientists specialists, crossing my fingers for the pyramids to help me with doubled research from scientists.