I'm trying to min max great people growth rate.

[Sir Monster The Great]

I know to go with Philosophical, but I think I can to better at trying to min-max my %. Are there any good combinations of civics or religions that have good %? The reason I want to know is simply that I have a flood of when I play. give free techs or make them faster to research (and therefore tech up)

 

[raxo2222]

Get state religion and spread it - some civics require it for GP boost.
Spiritual trait would go together well.

 

[Thunderbrd]

Avoid Caste System at least and make food and pop growth a priority.

 

[Sir Monster The Great]

Right now I'm in Industrial. I have Democracy (+.25 %), Federalism (+.10 %), Separation of Power (+.20 %), Pacifism (+.10 %) Secularism (+.10 %), and Egalitarian (+.20 %) as my civics that are boosting my % (195 % to be exact). I have Developing Leaders on, with a Creative I (+.10 %, also giving me ) and Philosophical I (+.25 %) leader. I also have Philosophical II (+.50 %), Pious I (+.15 % with state ) and Progressivist I (to make state irrelevant when it disables benefits for non-state ), to give 2.8% rate in total. I'm sure that's good, but with the possibility of getting Gestalt Mind (same % as Democracy, but more %), Compulsory (+.05 %), Eco-Friendly (+.25 %), Post-Currency (+.05 %), Xenosemotic (+.05 %), and Post-Borders (+.10 %), I may get to have 330 %, assuming no additional modifiers from traits.

 

[Blazenclaw]

Avoid Caste System at least...

I actually found this a bit the opposite; with caste system, the sheer number of citizens you can convert to specialists actually can increase gp rate, not to mention giving you a bit more control over which type of great person you get.

 

[Thunderbrd]

I actually found this a bit the opposite; with caste system, the sheer number of citizens you can convert to specialists actually can increase gp rate, not to mention giving you a bit more control over which type of great person you get.

The population growth does make it a way to invest into greater GP rates later if you're willing to take the hit for a while. I find its better to get more GP later in the game than a ton earlier anyhow and that with the exponential growth of birth threshold, you can make things tough during corporation expansions if you flood yourself with them too early.

 

[Esfera]

Adopt Apprenticeship, without a doubt.
In my experience, those 3 free specialists go a long long way.