by frotes
It's well established that getting an early tech is extremely valuable. In TM, it was the rush for Earth1 then Water1 for many racesHowever in GP, those scoring techs/favors are no longer in the game. The only one is Gaia >> 3VP which is definitely not as powerful as the TM scoring favors.
Obviously since tech tiles are in random positions, their value can change but lets assume they are in an appropriate tech track for your race or in the wild spot. What techs do you go for first?
If I'm a power race, I'm likely to go for 4PW action. And if I'm trying to do a specific opening that requires 1o & 1qic, I'll get that.
If I'm a gaia race, I may jump on Gaia >> 3VP just to get all the points I can from it. But I'm not sure if that's better than getting an income tile and gaia scoring tile 2nd.
But generally I like to go for an income tile to jump start the econ. I'm currently preferring 4c but 1c/1k or 1o/1pw both seem good as well. Not sure if I should be looking at those two more
What have other people's experience been?