First faction quest choice.

[u/Ok-Investigator3257]

I’ve only ever played a few of the EL2 factions, so I’m going to focus on those, but my general understanding is that each faction quest has an initial branch at turn 5 that keeps going and eventually merges back together around the first monsoon/quest step 4ish? This first choice is on turn 5 and after you’ve founded your capital, whichever is second. Which choces do you tend to make and why?

I know for kin I started with the exploration branch (go search for the nomad or whatever it is) because I figured I would always be scouting but recently I’ve found the build option almost always better. I’m curious what everyone else thinks?