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Just a quick thought before I go to lunch, because this post continues to interest me ...
A couple responses have referred to Emancipation using phrases like "only civic" and "doesn't fit". That argument seems unfounded to me, because Civ 4 is far from a homogenous game ... not everything has to be the same or "fit" (nor does it now in many aspects).
There are other civics which have unique aspects when compared against the other civics:
- Police State is the only civic that affects War Weariness.
- Organized Religion is the only civic that allows a city to build a unit without regard to its requirements.
- Serfdom is the only civic that is made entirely worthless by both a Wonder (The Hagia Sophia) and a technology (Steam Power).
And there are also other civics with a corresponding punishment:
- Pacifism increases unit maintenance.
- Mercantilism eliminates foreign Trade Routes and foreign Corporate effects in your cities.
- State Property nullifies all Corporate effects in your cities.
- Environmentalism increases Corporate Maintenance.
So the way I see it, the only valid argument really left against Emancipation is that it's weak. IRL, nations really did go into turmoil over Emancipation when the world began abolishing slavery and castes; and what's more, it escalated as more and more of the world accepted Emancipation.
If anything, the penalty should be removed from Emancipation and instead added to Tribalism, Slavery, Serfdom and Caste System as " penalty when other civs are Emancipated". I bet if Firaxis had done that in the first place, this thread wouldn't even exist.
Good point. You make me proud.