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When to research and what to research? What do you start out round researching, what do you switch to and when do you switch? I know its basically cons/welfare/econ but not sure when to research what
Economy is the most profitable research, because it increases your gross income directly, without adding any kind of drawbacks.
Welfare increases population, makes your income bigger, but also comes with some drawbacks. More pop is more food loss, more pop is more nw wich means reduced science and more need for units etc.
Early you might want to start out with economy, because most your planets might not benefit from the welfare science etc, towards end of round you want to have them almost even as they are multiplied with eachother when calculating income, so it gives you the best return for you science investment.
When to research:
What you can do if you wonder is a simple calculation:
How much more income will you get if you spend say 10 mill cash in buildings (LQs/TOs)
How much more income will you get if you fund 10 mill cash into eco science?
When popping id say as a rough estimate, get science when you hit around 100% OB
So are you saying that unless both of your Eco and Welfare research are high already, say around 60%, then it makes more sense to focus on Eco and Welfare and no worry about Cons?
Indeed, altho some con is ok, but i would only use construction for jumps to be honest
Is this the case no matter if your Rev, Pax or custom then? Also what custom race is a viable option for pop banking?
I have been testing different races, this round im trying custom with 50% pop growth..
In my opinion its not worth it 
It makes it alot easier because you dont have to be so active managing your planets allowing for constant growth, but in the long run i believe either revalon or a custom with more science instead of pop growth would be better. The differences arent so great tho.
Also just to make sure you understood what i ment last post.
Infra jumps are used in IC to take advantage of low nw and high science to build in jumps, this "loophole" gives greatest advantages when used on pop bankers, because they have more nw than any other empire.
Imo any building done by a popper above 100-200% should be done as a jump, else its simply just too expensive..
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