I was on the same continent as Hannibal and I adopted free markets for the diplomatic bonus. I got all the way up to pleased with him even though we had different religions due to the "you have chosen your civics wisely" bonus but then was surprised when late game he switched to environmentalism.
Does this happen often? Why would a civ switch away from it's favorite civic - isn't a favorite civic a ... well ... favorite civic?
On a related note:
In the same game I was trying to get Ragnar to convert to Hinduism but he was stuck on theocracy. Mousing over "adopt organized religion" gave me a red "that would go against everything we stand for" prompt. But theocracy is not Ragnar's favorite civ - monarchy is. Ragnar has just recently warred with Victoria but that war was over and there was no longer a need for him to continue using theocracy's military benefits. Why the red prompt/refusal?
Curiously enough, Ragnar did in fact convert back to OR in a few turns, so my 3 Hindu missionaries who were camped out in his cities quickly spread their faith within a turn of his change.
Does anyone have insights into these (to me) strange civic switches?
Does this happen often? Why would a civ switch away from it's favorite civic - isn't a favorite civic a ... well ... favorite civic?
On a related note:
In the same game I was trying to get Ragnar to convert to Hinduism but he was stuck on theocracy. Mousing over "adopt organized religion" gave me a red "that would go against everything we stand for" prompt. But theocracy is not Ragnar's favorite civ - monarchy is. Ragnar has just recently warred with Victoria but that war was over and there was no longer a need for him to continue using theocracy's military benefits. Why the red prompt/refusal?
Curiously enough, Ragnar did in fact convert back to OR in a few turns, so my 3 Hindu missionaries who were camped out in his cities quickly spread their faith within a turn of his change.
Does anyone have insights into these (to me) strange civic switches?