by Mentat1231
Limitless333 wrote:
After considering the math, I think the Xenos want the QIC academy and the Ivits once they can afford it want the QIC academy. The reason is that a QIC is approximately worth 1/4 of a RL when looking at the 4 QIC for a tech tile action. Both the Ivits and the Xenos want to maximize the amount of tech tiles they can take early on with the QIC action as this will often outpace the net income gain of simply having the knowledge academy and focusing on generic tech steps. As a result of this better economic return on tech tiles, I think the tech tile layout should be an even more important consideration when choosing to play these factions over others.
If the Academy is early enough, couldn't the Knowledge Academy allow them to move up the AI track and gain QIC that way?
I haven't worked out the math on it; I was just curious if you'd factored that in.