More Pantheons

[Galgus]

I've also been thinking about reeling these beliefs in a bit more and reducing their strength, since pantheon beliefs are much easier to obtain than the later religious ones: founder, follower, enhancer, and reformation beliefs; and the pantheons come much earlier too.

Perhaps by dropping the resource bonuses down to a single yield, and keeping the other pantheon beliefs truer to the default game.

I'm kicking this around too.

I Pantheons are fine at the strength level you put them at, since maximizing their benefit requires securing an area rich in the relevant resources other than the start.

I like the game-play incentive added to secure the right tiles, and a Pantheon belief can be lost if another Civ is religiously dominant.

Anyway, thats just my two cents.

 

[Barathor]

So, here's a new version I think I'm pretty set on. I toned things down a little bit, since balancing things around a standard of 2 yields per regional luxury was getting a bit out of hand. Pantheons come so early and easily, that I believe their bonuses should be a little more subtle. Things aren't perfectly balanced, but I believe it's close enough for Civ.

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And with my additional luxuries (I think this one actually works out a little better than above too, since nearly all resource beliefs have three types):

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Also, if I replace my Ebony luxury:

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With Perfume:

Or with Beer:

 

[Galgus]

So, here's a new version I think I'm pretty set on. I toned things down a little bit, since balancing things around a standard of 2 yields per regional luxury was getting a bit out of hand. Pantheons come so early and easily, that I believe their bonuses should be a little more subtle. Things aren't perfectly balanced, but I believe it's close enough for Civ.

Spoiler :

And with my additional luxuries (I think this one actually works out a little better than above too, since nearly all resource beliefs have three types):

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Also, if I replace my Ebony luxury:

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With Perfume:

Or with Beer:

It seems bland and underewarding compared to your older ideas, but its your call on balance.

Would you consider making two versions, one based on one yeild and one on two?

 

[Barathor]

Yeah, I could create two versions.

Perhaps I can call the new one "More Bland Pantheons", haha.

There's another thing which I initially didn't consider which may also justify reducing the pantheons which give bonuses to resources. (I didn't realize until I was messing with another future mod on a spreadsheet which will tweak some of the religious beliefs: follower, founder, etc.)

With the resource bonuses, you don't really need to worry about giving a bonus to your opponents, since most of the time you'll own a majority, if not all, of the regional luxury types -- especially if you're pursuing or obtained its belief. So, that's a perk worth considering, versus other ones which grant a bonus to each city or to each building, for example. They may have a higher potential if you really go wide, but you're giving the same bonus to your opponents if you spread it to reap the bonuses of your founder belief.

 

[m00s3yliam]

So what's happened to this mod? It seems really cool!

 

[Barathor]

Removed from Workshop and Retired.

...

With the latest patch, and the inclusion of the cool new pantheon beliefs, the original goal of this mod has already been fulfilled -- for all resources to gain some form of a belief bonus. Hence, I personally feel there's really no need to continue development on this version.

Though, if you're also interested in having more luxuries in your games, then there's this one that I still actively support:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=177505230