Bye said:

Presumably, everyone else is also selecting skills along these lines: 4x training speed and 2x other. For me, it's agreement and skill signing speed in peacetime and City Defense plus either Off. or Def. bonus in wartime.

Hello Bye! (weird, Lol)

Nice Choice! Grain production is key for me and I´m very often at war so Defense x2 are too very important boost to aply... I need an extra phile in there!