Hello All
I created an account here to share something that you might find relevant to discuss.
I am a long time player and have been using this guide for quite some time , and first I want to say thanks to all the contributors. Back when I tried for hovers myself years ago, I ended up having to go all the way to PME to get them.
Now I have created a new (not so new anymore actually) world to try it from InA. About half a year ago? I came upon the quest "The Peace Conference" and thought, well ok time to move to industrial to get my police stations.
I notice there is a lot of attention in the guide focused on minimizing research requirements to advance in the quest line. So I thought I would be patient and try to get the police stations from another source, besides researching law and order. I saw one poster on this guide say they received them from the fall event. Soooo I waited.
As it turns out I missed the fall event due to some things that came up. But outside that I have completed every GE and event otherwise, AFAIK. Here is the result so far:
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I have noticed that since I arrived at industrial, GE has exclusively given out saloons on level 2 and pumping stations on level 4. Furthermore, each event that has a normal buildings option as one of the prizes, it has been pumping station for the cultural building option. So just today I noticed this, and thought it might be a solution:
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Thought I would have a chance, however small, with the daily quest. But nope, it's not even an option there. I am wondering if perhaps they have responded to this guide by eliminating the police station as a reward, as a way to minimize exploitation of the questline without actually changing the sequence?
Either way I am poised to just research the darn tech at this point. I am just curious if anyone knows how to figure easily,, what that will cost me in terms of advancement? That is, I need to research 6 techs right now to open police stations (the only InA one I have done is Industrialization). I still have all inessential research from previous ages incomplete. How far will that take me until I need to advance to PE? --- until what quest / unit? It looks as thought I would get blocked before reaching the OF questline. I realize it's all neatly laid out in the table and I should be able to figure but my head hurts.
Thanks to everyone again.