[KissBlade]

More often than not, by turn 100, you're swimming in pools of gold already. Furthermore by then, it is gems that determine the game not gold. If you're not, then chances are you're already behind in your empire growth compared to others (most likely because you missed out on the extra points) Also your cap does not go down to 5-6K in 100 turns even with death 3. Not to mention, I've patrolled my cap down to 5-6K with full death scales and won games easily because of the jump in early-mid game it provided me. Granted those games were duels, I still find death scales preferable simply because those points need to come from somewhere to pay for my other goodies. To say Growth gives you benefits over death isn't a good argument since that's an obvious statement. However Growth 3 over death 3 is taking out 240 points that you're not spending in OTHER areas. Your turn 50 isn't going to matter when you're in a MP game and you're wedged into a small corner because your build doesn't factor in an early game.