Question & Critic about the increasing cost of the improvements

What if Liberty gives:
  • unlimited specialists, including Priests (for Altar victory)
  • +20% maintenance
Will that make it attractive without making it OP?
 
What if Liberty gives:
  • unlimited specialists, including Priests (for Altar victory)
  • +20% maintenance
Will that make it attractive without making it OP?

I personally think it's already a very attractive civic if you base your strategy to get the most of it, and that means having Huge cities, philosophical trait (can easily be bought through culture) and endless golden age (something the last empyrean sacred knowledge gives at 2k faith cost). Sure, if you don't have those things and can't get your cities past pop 20, this civic will be close to useless.

I approve this change, since it would make this civic desirable for those who want religious victory (by altar, or by casting that ultimate miracle), and would not make it overpowered

Edit: Getting specialists slots should also be made a bit harder, imo.
 
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Problem with liberty is to get most of it you need very large cities with corresponding infrastructure. That's very late game when you basically won. If you worry that much about making it OP simply made it, well, simple: liberty gives unlimited specialists, including priest, no other modifiers. So no maintenance penalty, but also no GPP bonus.
 
Yes, it's a late game civic, and i see no problem with it (considering a game that adopted the asymmetric balance philosophy). Maybe unlock liberty only with the last secred knowledge ? By then you will have enough structure to start getting its benefits. Or at least you should have, if you decided to adopt Empyrean as state religion.

The O.O religion doesn't even have a specific civic, and still, its a pretty strong and fun religion.
 
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