Gem-generating globals

[magnate]

That's true, and you can get Stellar Focus up a LOT quicker than most globals. So even if it's the first to go once all the slots are filled, it still gets you income for all the time it takes to fill all the other slots, which is probably more than the six turns it takes to pay for itself.

CC

[FrankTrollman]

That's true, and you can get Stellar Focus up a LOT quicker than most globals.

Um... no. It's enchantment 7. That means that at the very least you would be able to first put up The Gift of Health, The Eyes of God, and Riches from Beneath.

Research is in general much more of a limiting factor than gem cost. It takes 420 research points on normal research to get from Enchantment 6 to Enchantment 7. The chances of neither you nor anyone else having filled up the Globals meter is certainly there, but not worth chasing after.

-Frank

[Cainehill]

Heh. For once I agree with Mr Trollman. Saying that Stellar Focus goes up quicker than most is terribly out of whack with reality, imo.

The main global that goes up early is Mother Oak, which can be put up as early as turn 12 or 14, depending on nation and pretender - possibly 10 or 11 for Pangaea.

Research is a limitation - the first, crucial one. After that, magic path cost - most globals can't be put up without path-boosters unless a pretender was designed to cast it. And only after that is gem cost a real limitation.

[magnate]

Er, yes. Sorry. I forgot about the research.

[fx: removes head from own arse]