LogFAQs > #939293720

part of this is a decision based on the civ you have and the other part is based on what you want to do.
do you want to conquer everything in sight? or do you just want to overwhelm everyone with scientific advancements? there's overlap between those two of course, you need more science to be able to put out better technology/soldiers, but you can do science in a passive way, building up forces to avoid getting attacked. if you want to avoid combat you can go culture/faith/diplomacy, those aspects got fleshed out a lot more in 6 iirc. in those cases you're mainly gonna good guy/behind the scenes your way to control in a modern era. and of course that isn't unique from science or military; there's something to be said for a religious army that converts people in war.

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