I’m not convinced Work Ethic is really that big a deal. To make it work, you really need to invest in the right Civ, right pantheon and right Policy Card, plus Foundinf a Religion, choosing WE instead of something else, and maintaining the Religion in your City. After all that, it then runs into the same problem as IZs - what exactly are you going to do with all that production?
So far, I thinks it’s a really solid change, but I don’t think anyone needs to lose their minds.
I’m liking the changes to Cross Cultural Dialogue and World Church more. You are sort of more incentivised to spread your Religion to others than you were before, because the number of Followers you need to get Science and Culture has gone down (I hadn’t realised that before).
I do still feel the changes make the game more “flat”, and I don’t like that at all. But it does certainly feel more satisfying Founding a Religion, and that’s good. I also think having a Religion spread to you will be more significant as most of the Follower beliefs are now quite good.
Good times. Although, you know, Monks still suck.