I think it's generally agreed among experienced players that Tradition is still better than Liberty after the last patch. I think it's also generally agreed that Liberty is pretty good in it's own right anyway, and that there are plenty of circumstances where Liberty is in fact better. So any tweaks to Liberty would need to be small. Fortunately, there are a couple of small tweaks possible that would both slightly buff Liberty AND improve the intuitive feel of the tree. They are:
1. Make the finisher Great Person truly free. No incrementing the counter.
2. Make the Representation Golden Age truly free. No incrementing the counter.
Simple and nice, right? I think these changes would be universally welcomed -- the feeling of getting "ripped off" by not getting actual free stuff is currently one of the worst things about Liberty.
There's also one more thing I'd consider changing that isn't directly part of the Liberty tree:
3. Decrease the weighting of capital population in the City Connection Gold formula.
In general, you would expect a Liberty empire to have a smaller proportion of population in its capital than would a Tradition empire. This change would slightly buff the amount of gold in Liberty and slightly nerf the amount of gold in Tradition. Considering that Tradition still gets a boatload of gold from Monarchy, I would expect the impact on Tradition to small. The marginal impact on Liberty would likely be higher, since Liberty tends to run lower GpT right now.
1. Make the finisher Great Person truly free. No incrementing the counter.
2. Make the Representation Golden Age truly free. No incrementing the counter.
Simple and nice, right? I think these changes would be universally welcomed -- the feeling of getting "ripped off" by not getting actual free stuff is currently one of the worst things about Liberty.
There's also one more thing I'd consider changing that isn't directly part of the Liberty tree:
3. Decrease the weighting of capital population in the City Connection Gold formula.
In general, you would expect a Liberty empire to have a smaller proportion of population in its capital than would a Tradition empire. This change would slightly buff the amount of gold in Liberty and slightly nerf the amount of gold in Tradition. Considering that Tradition still gets a boatload of gold from Monarchy, I would expect the impact on Tradition to small. The marginal impact on Liberty would likely be higher, since Liberty tends to run lower GpT right now.