Sacred Path or One With Nature?

[Vertanius]

Currently settled next to Sri Pada that's surrounded by jungles everywhere, Do I go with One with nature for 4 more Faith(+8 total from the wonder) or do I go with Sacred Path for huge early game culture boost?

Pls halp, still haven't decided what kind of victory I'll be going for but I do want to have a big religion.

Forgot to add I'm using Ethiopa atm.

[Damsteri]

Definately Sacred Path if the game is early enough. Culture from the sacred path can be huge in early game and help you go trough first policies very fast. I would choose One With Nature early game only if there is no decent faith output available by other means to get religion. You have Steles because you are Ethiopia and you have that Sri Pada. You sure get your Religion probably first even with or without One With Nature, so choosing a One With Nature would be meaningless, while Sacred Path can really help you.

Faith from One With Nature is little bit too low for my liking, you can get same 4 faith from two cities with Shrines and Organized Religion social policy or with Ethiopia with just one city with Stele, Shrine and that policy. I normally choose One WIth Nature only if I can get my 2. and 3. cities beside natural wonders, or if I'm playing with Spain. With only one early natural wonder and specially with only one religious natural wonder it's useless.

[Vertanius]

Game is still at around turn 5 or so, its very early.

Thanks for your answer, this game will be huge for culture and faith both. :D

[astral boop]

I don't play BNW or GNK (though I did try out the demos) but if you put trading posts in the jungles, add universities in your city, and adopt free thought, you could get a ton of science.

[mvffinsandmilk]

Sacred path can be a very big culture boost early in the game, and I don't usually use religion to generate more faith, as long as I have enough to found a religion I'm kk and since your Ethiopia you prob have a very good chance.

Look out for Sun God btw (+1 food from wheat, bananas, citrus) it actually can be pretty powerful, and I have had played a game where I started in the jungle, selected Sacred path, but reloaded an earlier save when I noticed someone else adopted the belief and that I would of had +8 food in my capital if I selected it.

[CidDaBird]

Originally posted by Damsteri:

Definately Sacred Path if the game is early enough. Culture from the sacred path can be huge in early game and help you go trough first policies very fast. I would choose One With Nature early game only if there is no decent faith output available by other means to get religion. You have Steles because you are Ethiopia and you have that Sri Pada. You sure get your Religion probably first even with or without One With Nature, so choosing a One With Nature would be meaningless, while Sacred Path can really help you.

Yup always sacred path if your lucky/unlucky if you can get it.