What condintion you generally lean towards. I inevitably kill everyone!
I was curious to see if anyone else feels mostly indifferent to the 3 final policy tree? I know I do mostly
Order because of the happiness and production.
Pretty much this. I have yet to earn the achievement for completing the Autocracy tree because there has not been a single game yet where Autocracy would serve me better than Order. If I play militaristic that usually means I'm wide already when I reach Industrial, and the happiness, production, science and gold bonus from Order is just too good to turn down - and will generally outshine the benefits from Autocracy.Order because of the happiness and production.
I use to pick autocracy but then I realized that it is really not that useful unless you have a small empire and lack important resources.
There is really no need for the 2X resources bonus once you have a large empire with lots of stuff in it. The happiness bonus from order is much more valuable in the long run.
Lets say you have 4 Uranium, that's 2 missiles or 4 bombs, with Fascism it is 4 missiles or 8 bombs. Also, if you had 7 uranium, you can build 7 modern armours or with Fascism, 14 modern armours!There is really no need for the 2X resources bonus once you have a large empire with lots of stuff in it. The happiness bonus from order is much more valuable in the long run.