Talk:Malians/@comment-62.87.242.136-20170113145532/@comment-70.66.249.220-20170115024944

But also you're underestimating the 15% cheaper wood. That's HUGE. Two man saw comes into play so much later, when you're not building things, and your economy is fluid enough that you're not reaching bottlenecks for want of wood to build with.

TL;DR: it's a huge advantage early game, and tapers into a weakness late game.