Research rate keeps resetting.

[eric_A]

I've created a scenario with about a dozen different governments. With some types of
government, if I set the research rate below 50% it will get set back to 50% automatically
at the end of the turn. Other governments are OK. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Laurana Kanan]

What did you have the government rate cap set to and what was your luxury rate set to?

The government rate cap affects what you can and cannot spend on research, etc.. A rate cap of 5 (50%) means that neither the science nor luxury sliders can be above 50%. Also, the two together must add up to at least 50%, or the tax will also end up higher than 50%. Hence, the advisor will reset the science slider to the minimal level so that none of the three are above that 50% threshold, which would be 50%.

My guess would be your luxury was set to 0%, so moving the research rate below 50% to say 40%, would cause the tax rate to be higher than the 50% cap (60%) so the advisor will reset your science back to 50%.