Are there too many GAP sources in VP?

[azum4roll]

Makes sense. All the GAP bonuses don’t come until that point. There are no policy or wonders that give GAPs until medieval (except pyramid)

Increasing the cost of golden ages without removing some GAP sources will deflate the value of each individual GA point. They are already considered the lowest value yield and each one of them will do less. Restricting supply would help prop up the value of the yield.

Artistry is the largest single source of GAPs as a per-turn yield. The scaler gives 2 per level and you get 4 on a building bonus. Those seem like the main offenders, and we could just start with those.

Here is what I was thinking:
Scaler: gives 2 per level now.
Replace that with “-5% cost for your next Golden Age.” (Moved from humanism)
Humanism: gives -25% GA cost right now.
Replace that with "Excess Happiness in Cities contributes 100% more to the generation of Golden Ages"
Heritage: gives +4to universities right now.
Replace that with “+50% to Theming bonuses on Empire” (vanilla BNW Aesthetics finisher bonus)

That would still keep GA-related bonuses, but would re-Center happiness as the main source. That helps bring GAs back to being a reward for good empire Management.

-X% cost for Golden Age is good later on while excess happiness contributes X% more is a good right now bonus. They should be swapped (former stays in Humanism while latter becomes the scaler).

 

[pineappledan]

could do +20% to GAs per level, sure. that would leave humanism alone.