Genome Mapping vs Planetary Unification

[eagletrekkie]

I go for genome mapping first, the growth boost is harder to obtain in other ways than the extra unity, and early game I'm far more growth focused than tradition/unity focused. I find the gene clinic to be similarly useful - the growth speed boost and amenities boost are very useful in the early game, but as my planets begin to fill up, they become less relevant, and I wind up replacing the clinic with a different building.

 

[Dëzaël]

The amount they give isn't worth it at all. The investment of pops in them pays for itself in around ~100 years. If you really care, make more alloys and launch your colony ships a bit earlier.

Also why I think early on they're a waste of resource and are more suited for when your planets are settled and you begin to have spare pops to commit to it as well as the need for amenities begins to arise, as @AlanC9 pointed out. If one needs amenities, one might as well use a boon to growth speed. In fact it becomes a choice between Unity and growth speed.

Though, if you go Bio-Ascension, the Cyto-revitalization Center + Clone Vats combo nets you +50% growth speed. Pays off in the long run.