About Great Writer

[1yrHiatus]

Quick question: If you get Great Writer while not planning to Cultural Victory, do you create Great Work of Writing or get Culture Boost?
Thanks

[Bomber Rex]

If you totally don't want a cultural victory then its best to get culture boost imo.

[Drunk Demoman]

Originally posted by Neko:

If you totally don't want a cultural victory then its best to get culture boost imo.

It depends on when you get the writer. If you get it extremely early when you wouldn't get much culture out of it, it's best to either create a great work as it will pay for itself after a few turns, or save it until the later era's when it'll give you much more culture to the point it might even pay for a new policy by itself.

[mklmcgrew]

If not going for a culture victory, I save all of my Great Writers until the Worlds Fair. I usually go all out to win, and then start popping after 8 turns in. Also good to save your Great Artist so that you get a Golden Age at the same time. This leads to a lot of quick policies.

[Grendalcat]

Originally posted by mklmcgrew:

If not going for a culture victory, I save all of my Great Writers until the Worlds Fair. I usually go all out to win, and then start popping after 8 turns in. Also good to save your Great Artist so that you get a Golden Age at the same time. This leads to a lot of quick policies.

When going for a cultural victory, I save all but the first two GWs for the World's Fair. ( The first two go in Oxford U. ) As you say, many quick policies.

[Drunk Demoman]

Originally posted by Grendalcat:

Originally posted by mklmcgrew:

If not going for a culture victory, I save all of my Great Writers until the Worlds Fair. I usually go all out to win, and then start popping after 8 turns in. Also good to save your Great Artist so that you get a Golden Age at the same time. This leads to a lot of quick policies.

When going for a cultural victory, I save all but the first two GWs for the World's Fair. ( The first two go in Oxford U. ) As you say, many quick policies.

The only time it's acceptable to use your GW in any non-culture victory setting is to either get rationalism ASAP or after you get hermitage, have every possible culture building, and an artist ready with WF just about done and you've secured yourself #1. I remember when I took the Glory to the Gods reformation belief and had around 13 writers ready by the time WF was completed. Think I got around 18 policies from spamming those guys.