How does a free courthouse in conquered cities scream defensive to you? As you say, as a gameplay mechanic, that benefits a player going for domination victory. Double Agent has a diplo-lean to it, and we already know they also excel at science.
Personally, that would make the most sense to me as well. Although I'm not positive that Order should be bad at Diplomacy.
Personally, that would make the most sense to me as well. Although I'm not positive that Order should be bad at Diplomacy.
It doesn't scream defensive to me. I said it was beautiful for Domination victory but Order's other tenants are defensive as they focus more on domestic development and security. Iron Curtain ensures that conquest doesn't make you as unhappy as it usually does.
I guess I was a bit confused, because you specifically said that "its a tenant more in line with keeping your empire rather than expanding it as you said before", but it doesn't do anything unless you are expanding your empire by force.
To seek's insinuation, I also think that diplomacy is just gonna kinda be a wash, as in, all ideologies are considered more or less equal. How many tenets can they really make aimed at the Diplomatic Victory? Compared to the other three, it's really thin.
We are doing Autocracy all wrong! We all know these are the three it will actually have:
Domination
Domination
Domination
People should also keep in mind that ideologies don't come into effect until late in the game. If you're an era or two ahead of everyone else, you'll still be the science leader for quite awhile, even if you pick an ideology that doesn't give you rocket-building bonuses.True, but I meant science victory rather than raw science. Science is by a long way the most important resource in the game, non of the tenets should affect it directly as it would become the defacto one to pick. See rationalism.
Freedom: Culture, Diplomacy, Science
Order: Diplomacy, Domination, Science
Autocracy: Diplomacy, Domination, Time
My suspicion is:
Freedom - Bad at Conquest
Order - Bad at Cultural
Autocracy - Bad at Science