Egypt plus Earth Goddess is Ridiculous

[bbbt]

I assume it's the same thing with Persia, but because the Sphinx adds +2 appeal, you can get high faith tiles everywhere. I literally had a 'breathtaking' mine tile.

I knew about the Seaside resort affect, but this never occurred to me until a recent Egypt game. Since it's nerf to Breathtaking only, the AI doesn't really seem to take it nearly as much.

 

[DogeEnricoDandolo]

Since the change to Earth Goddess, not a lot of civs can make use of this pantheon, but Egypt and Persia definitely do. Inca too, pretty good if you want to play religious Inca, cuz mountains are always breathtaking and Inca can work them.

 

[Pietato]

It helps compensate for the horrible appeal of Flood Plains.

 

[kb27787]

Shame she has no housing bonuses (this prevents her from being a culture/faith runaway with all those floodplains sphinxes on flood-buffed tiles). Such that since the sphinxes don't give any housing you are stuck at size 4 or so (and so the faith does not really stack up crazy like it does with Inca).

 

[Troy Bruckner]

I forgot that Sphinx added appeal. I will have to try Cleo out again, Thanks for posting!

Can use the governor to build parks to get those stubborn swamp tiles to be breathtaking as well. Use Nazca lines if in game to turn desert tiles into the best tiles even with no feature. I like Mali and Australia with Earth Goddess...heck Earth Goddess is my favorite with all Civs besides Krussia which of course demands Aurora.


Oh btw mines do not cause a loss of appeal on the tile, but rather adjacent tiles unless they changed it in the latest patch.

 

[bbbt]

I forgot that Sphinx added appeal. I will have to try Cleo out again, Thanks for posting!

Can use the governor to build parks to get those stubborn swamp tiles to be breathtaking as well. Use Nazca lines if in game to turn desert tiles into the best tiles even with no feature. I like Mali and Australia with Earth Goddess...heck Earth Goddess is my favorite with all Civs besides Krussia which of course demands Aurora.


Oh btw mines do not cause a loss of appeal on the tile, but rather adjacent tiles unless they changed it in the latest patch.

I forgot about the governor as well, I never use her except for the +1 builder charge. I think because I hate having to move them around so much.

That makes sense why the mines could be appealing if they don't detract from their own tile - I had a breathtaking coal mine in the last game.

I'd think Australia would be a poor choice for earth goddess no? In that you are replacing all those breathtaking tiles with districts? Though I guess it's good in the sense that they get coastal starts - which are often more high appeal, so some nice early game faith.

 

[Icicle]

I'm amused at the idea of someone looking at a mine and going "wow, breathtaking!!!"

Nice idea, I always like reasons to take something other than the free settler.

 

[The Highwayman]

My first game back since the June patch was with Persia + Earth Goddess. Strong combo indeed. Looking forward to using Egypt again.

 

[Patine]

I assume it's the same thing with Persia, but because the Sphinx adds +2 appeal, you can get high faith tiles everywhere. I literally had a 'breathtaking' mine tile.

I knew about the Seaside resort affect, but this never occurred to me until a recent Egypt game. Since it's nerf to Breathtaking only, the AI doesn't really seem to take it nearly as much.

The whole way religion works in Civ6 is utterly ridiculous. It's the poorest done mechanic in the game, and a huge disrupter of any sense of realism, even in a "gamey" sense.

 

[cain3456]

I'm playing an island plates game and I'm on a continent with mountains bunched together. You bet I took the Earth Goddess pantheon. National Parks everywhere!

 

[SammyKhalifa]

I'm amused at the idea of someone looking at a mine and going "wow, breathtaking!!!"

me too, but google "Bogota Salt Mine Cathedral." Pretty awe- (and faith-) inspiring and somewhere I'd like to dedicate some of my tourism points to.

 

[Troy Bruckner]

I forgot about the governor as well, I never use her except for the +1 builder charge. I think because I hate having to move them around so much.

That makes sense why the mines could be appealing if they don't detract from their own tile - I had a breathtaking coal mine in the last game.

I'd think Australia would be a poor choice for earth goddess no? In that you are replacing all those breathtaking tiles with districts? Though I guess it's good in the sense that they get coastal starts - which are often more high appeal, so some nice early game faith.

It does work against itself some, but it synergizes well since tile boosts for appeal are for adjacent tiles so there is plenty of breathtaking tiles to go around.