Reactionary Absolutism

[Yzman]

So I juat got a dark age policy for what appears to be never using a specialist. Any use this? Are there any other specialist dark ages? It has the specialist icon near it so that is why I am assuming it is that.

 

[moysturfurmer]

I would imagine that might be a dark age for not hitting any of the science legacy benchmarks during exploration.

But I think maaaybe some dark ages might be related to some crises? Besides the 8 Legacy Path ones we know about for sure.

 

[Menocchio]

Did you by any chance also get both the economic and scientific dark ages? I suspect this might be a sort of "combo" option, but that's just my guess.

 

[Yzman]

Did you by any chance also get both the economic and scientific dark ages? I suspect this might be a sort of "combo" option, but that's just my guess.

I got science and culture dark ages along with it.

 

[Navelgazer]

I got this option a couple of days ago, and I always place specialists, so I don’t think that would have been the reason. I’ll pay attention to if it shows up again for me to hopefully get some more data points in.

 

[VCVC]

Judging from another screenshot found when you search up the name

Reactionary Absolutism: -2 Specialist Cap. +2 Happiness in Towns but -6 in Cities. +3 Food and Production on Rural tiles.

This looks *so* tempting for a super-sprawly town game. Would love to know more about how it’s unlocked. Out of curiosity, did you get the bourgeois crisis for the exploration era? I remember that at some point it forces you to choose a new government, so maybe it’s linked? Though if not then it could also be the scientific/economic dark age combo mentioned above

 

[Potworny]

Looking at the files, these seem to be related to the Revolution crisis. Other crises also have their own legacy paths in Sid Meier's Civilization VII\Base\modules\base-standard\text\en_us\UnlockText.xml

Spoiler :

<!-- Revolutions Crisis Legacy Cards -->
<Row Tag="LOC_UNLOCK_REVOLUTION_SPECIALISTS_NAME">
<Text>Reactionary Absolutism</Text>
</Row>
<Row Tag="LOC_UNLOCK_REVOLUTION_SPECIALISTS_DESCRIPTION">
<Text>Get an Enlightenment Dark Age</Text>
</Row>
<Row Tag="LOC_UNLOCK_REVOLUTION_SPECIALISTS_TOOLTIP">
<Text>Your Civilization rejected the lessons of the Revolution and charted a different course.</Text>
</Row>
<Row Tag="LOC_UNLOCK_REVOLUTION_WAR_SUPPORT_NAME">
<Text>National Guard</Text>
</Row>
<Row Tag="LOC_UNLOCK_REVOLUTION_WAR_SUPPORT_DESCRIPTION">
<Text>Have at least 8 War Support in a single war.</Text>
</Row>
<Row Tag="LOC_UNLOCK_REVOLUTION_WAR_SUPPORT_TOOLTIP">
<Text>Your people embraced the Revolution wholeheartedly, defending it against all foes.</Text>
</Row>
<Row Tag="LOC_UNLOCK_REVOLUTION_ALLIES_NAME">
<Text>Stately Quadrille</Text>
</Row>
<Row Tag="LOC_UNLOCK_REVOLUTION_ALLIES_DESCRIPTION">
<Text>Have at least 1 Ally and be involved in at least 10 Diplomatic Actions.</Text>
</Row>
<Row Tag="LOC_UNLOCK_REVOLUTION_ALLIES_TOOLTIP">
<Text>Your Civilization deftly maneuvered through the diplomatic turmoil of the Revolutions.</Text>
</Row>

 

[Menocchio]

That's really neat! I swear I saw "Stately Quadrille" as an option even in a past game but didn't think much of it. I fear that Ages tend to accelerate a lot right toward the end, so the crisis events end up not mattering much in my experience.