Which tech do you always activate first?

[cae]

When beginning a game, which are your top tech picks and why?

[starlight78sso]

The mine, the quarry, sand are the 3 I do right away.

[Mr-Bandit]

the research institute. requires 1 person and brings in a lot of techs quickly at game start

then sawmill (better dom fuel and planks), sand mining, salt (salted fish is a gamesaver)

then weaving, for clothes (may need to get before salt, but research institute gets it fast anyway)

then reeds and knitting (shoes and baskets help a bit and make people happy!)

baskets, then packet expansion (good for hauling)

then probably farming, then some logitistics techs, then youre off!

[starlight78sso]

I dont usually worry about the research institute, that is a person that could be working a field or such, I just build schools, they also add to the tech.

[Mr-Bandit]

Originally posted by starlight78sso:

I dont usually worry about the research institute, that is a person that could be working a field or such, I just build schools, they also add to the tech.

yeah, but you can double your research by having both, and paper is easy enough to make, and the tech benefits are greater than what 1 labourer could give elsewhere.

did you know that when you get to books and research academies they can make over 100k research each?

[Shiver]

The saw mill, research institute, and the mine.
The sawmills will make gathering firewood twice as fast, while the watermill version makes it about three times faster. The research institute makes your next five or so research points come much, much faster. I typically don't need a lot of stone, but iron is something your villagers will constantly use up via iron tools. Meanwhile, stone tools are pretty bad.