Hello-
Having been playing the same game for a few days now (as I reported a few pages back) I have managed, through alliance & self determination, to wipe every other civ of the map with the exception of the one civ I have been friendly with since the beginning. After the wars had stopped things got a little stale. We were equally matched, both having reached Armaggedon so I was reluctant to go to war with him. So I tried for one of the other victories, and achieved it rather easily - within 10 turns of deciding to do so.
I think I may have uncovered a bug or very unfair exploit concerning the Inquisitors. After purging every other religion from my own cities I was just short of winning a religious victory with Runes so I turned my Inquisitor on my friend & managed to wipe out the rest of the religions from the world. Should one be able to eradicate heretical religions from another civ without sparking a war or at the very least creating tensions? I mean I plunged over half of his civ into religious anarchy & he still traded with me eagerly & allowed me to take advantage of the open borders.
Also, my two cents on the OO religion, as they are one of my favorite - I definately agree that there should be some benefit for OO building or capturing coastal cities - it seems logical - added production, or science since there would be greater chance for commune with Overlords directly. The slavery conversion rate is perfect at 25% and it does indeed work, making apprentice unneccesary in terms of production. Perhaps the slaves could upgrade to a seperate form of worker which in turn upgrade to a OO specific unit - Lunatic - an over aggresive, but rather defensively weak warrior unit (for balance) only upgradable after Mind Stapling & rather expansive. Or maybe only available after building the Asylum.
Thanks - Seamus