I made test. On single player with sheeps under TC I made pop10 + loom (9 vills + scout) using China in 1:50. pop 10 without loom with huns = 2:30
Biggest problem with China is you have to find sheeps very fast.
Time to get scientific
Sheep under tc? Like in a scenerio you created? Its interesting to see what the perfect-conditions outcome is but it lacks external validity, since theres no maps (except that noob ga map) where u start w sheep under tc
A more realistic test would be to look around for seeds where you have sheep in vil range at start and choose that map with both chinese and huns. Id do this if i was at home right now
Another thing, whats the dependent variable here? The minimum time required to get to 10 pop? If so, loom doesnt add pop so theres no point getting it. I guess you got it cuz it doesnt delay the minimum 10 pop time so why not, but if you do this then you should make the dependent variable the time it takes to get to 10 pop with loom. Not to be picky here, but it makes it easier for comparison and also has implications for the amount of res collected for each civ at the 10 pop minimum time
Ill pick up where you left off when i do get home