I'm new here... would like to hear advices on the best way to use tech. points. Currently I'm at level 2 for both harvesting and building. What should I buy next? Science? Medicine? Another level of Harvesting? or something else?

It's hard to say actually!! Medicine is always good so that your villagers live longer, and science helps them get thoes tech points faster!! Personally, the faster I can get to level 3 harvesting the better.... they'll never starve to death with all thoes fish!

What if I currently have 8 people (6 adults and 2 children), with about 500 in the food bin?

if you have that much food, I would suggest putting most of the others to research.. getting tech points is very important to your villager's survival!!

So would you think I should go in this order? - Medicine, Science, Harveting Level 2?

And what exactly does Science help to do?

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if you have that much food, I would suggest putting most of the others to research.. getting tech points is very important to your villager's survival!!

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honestly, I would do the harvesting first always. You'll run out of berries eventually and they will need a way to feed themselves. Other than that... building is important so that you can create more villagers. Then I get medicine, science and then spirituality.

Kelly, if you go to the Village Tech screen, select a technology that interests you, and select the "Info" button (on the left), you'll see a description of that tech and its potential benefits.

Sorry, I have Harvesting level 2 already, I meant should I go for level 3 or wait?

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honestly, I would do the harvesting first always. You'll run out of berries eventually and they will need a way to feed themselves. Other than that... building is important so that you can create more villagers. Then I get medicine, science and then spirituality.

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I would always advise to get harvesting 3 as soon as possible, but there are many ways to win the game!! Do what you think is right!

Here is the order I do buy the Tech’s

1. Harvesting Level 2
2. Science Level 2
3. Medicine Level 2
4. Harvesting Level 3
5. Science Level 3
6. Medicine Level 3

The reasoning is first you need a reliable food source, and although the crops come and go, I can easily keep 1200 in the food bin. Medicine level 2 is important if you want the villagers to live past 60 or so, which I believe is important in the early stage of the game. After the six above, I will go with building level 2 and 3. I will through Spiritually level 2 in once I have a dead villager and will leave it bee until I need to go to level 3 at the end of the game.

This of course is just one way to play, and I am flexible after #3 above.

Hope this helps.

That's the great thing about this game - there are many ways to play it! Some tactics fail miserably (like leaving your game on 'fast' and forgetting about it for two days ), others generate adrenaline as you race against those declining health bars, and some produce a thriving tribe. It's all a matter of choosing the 'safe' route, or taking a few risks in order to solve puzzles faster (trust me, after almost 4 months of playing this game, I've tried lots of different things)!

Thanks for your help. I had Harveting 2 and Building 2, I think I will go for Science and Mecidine now.

Also - keep in mind that random events might help you out too I don't want to give away too much but my personal strategy is that things that are of most importance, like food, should be what I work towards first and others like spirituality (which doesn't seem, at least from my playing, to really DO anything TO the villagers as far as health and food) might be less important. But then again, you never know when something random might tip the scales for you in a good way. It's all up to you and as Barbara said, whatever floats your boat as far as strategy goes is the way you should play! And if it fails, try try again

I'm new to this forum but I'm at level 2 and i only have 401 tech points how do I get to level 3 my food supply is 297 any ideas?

Jacie

unfortunately, tech points are VERY slow to accumulate!!
My best advice would be to put 2 on food and the rest on researching!!

Jacie, I wouldn't be too rigid with following suggestions that others give. A lot of us have been playing with lots of trial and error. Every village seems to play a little differently. Some villagers take to certain tasks better than others, so it is not always possible to follow the same strategy as a previous game. At the stage you are at, I babysit my villagers quite a bit. I have as many as I can spare on food gathering, and once this seems to be under control (they stop complaining about the food being low), I gradually start the better researchers back at the table. I don't like leaving the game unattended for too long either, as they don't always like sticking to the job you want them to stick to.

I am usually in a dilemma between which tech to buy out of harvesting, science and medicine. They are all good, and it usually depends on which area the villagers seem to need a boost on, as to which I pick. Harvesting gives them new and more plentiful food sources, Science helps them build points faster and medicine helps them live longer and healthier.

Play a bit and see what strategy you like best

Savi

I rememeber back when I started my first game it felt like it was taking FOREVER to gain more tech points. I personally wanted to have at least 3 really good farmers working on the food issue and to keep the population up I had two women nursing which only left like 3 people on research! I thought I'd NEVER be able to get the 3rd level of ANYTHING.

My own strategy was to focus on food first - so I had people I babysat to keep them dedicated to farming, and got that 3rd level first. Once the food supply was secure I focused on researching and the occasional breeding (that kissy noise is too funny!). Once your population starts to grow and you can focus more on research the tech points start rolling in. Random events might help too so choose wisely! As has been said before, how you want to work your game is up to you - and I'm going to restart mine and try playing a whole DIFFERENT way this time to see how things go. That's the fun of this type of game!!

Good luck!