Favorites and Flavors Question

[Nasih]

Each leader has a favorite civic, but what is the benefit of using it? Is it only for diplomacy, where you use someone else's favorite civic to get on their good side?

Also, most leaders have a favorite religion. What effect does this have in the game? Not every leader always uses their favorite religion.

I discovered, while trying to figure out how to mod (Kael's videos are great) that every leader has a "flavor." Some leaders have 2 flavors, and some have 1 flavor. For example, Alexander has Military 5 and Growth 2, and Bismarck has Military 10. The number seems to show how much emphasis the leader puts on that flavor. Is this only for the AI or does it also mean that when you play a leader, you will be better at those things?

Thanks!

 

[The Hereafter]

Each leader has a favorite civic, but what is the benefit of using it? Is it only for diplomacy, where you use someone else's favorite civic to get on their good side?

Also, most leaders have a favorite religion. What effect does this have in the game? Not every leader always uses their favorite religion.

I discovered, while trying to figure out how to mod (Kael's videos are great) that every leader has a "flavor." Some leaders have 2 flavors, and some have 1 flavor. For example, Alexander has Military 5 and Growth 2, and Bismarck has Military 10. The number seems to show how much emphasis the leader puts on that flavor. Is this only for the AI or does it also mean that when you play a leader, you will be better at those things?

Thanks!

Civic preferances for what I can tell are solely for diplomatic reasons for the AI.
I'm not sure about the religion preferences, but no, it has no effetc on the AI.
And lastly no you wont be....other than the leader traits of course, the leader you choose has no effect.


<----------90% sure of these statements

 

[Mesousa]

Favorite religion means the leader will choose that religion if the Choose Religions custom game option is activated and he founds a new one (and his fav hasn't been founded yet, of course), and he's more likely to adapt this religion if several are present in his cities and all other things are equal (Isabella won't switch to Christianity if she founded Hinduism and has it well spread, just because she could and it's her favorite, for example). Again, there's no effect from complying with a leader's favorite religion setting itself if the human plays him, just do what seems best due to other factors.

 

[KrikkitTwo]

Favorite Religion
= 1.25 x more that that religion is favored for the state religion (if Isabella has 100 Christian Cities and 120 Taoist ones, and the Diplomacy is balanced, she'll go Christian)

=That's the religion they Choose when Choose religions is on (if available)

=A tech that can discover a religion has a certain weight added to it.. that weight is Doubled if that is the religion they favor [and Choose Religions is OFF]