[to_xp]Gekko;7728992 said:
if we want a magic-hater civ, my vote goes to the Mechanos from Orbis
As one who has been playing the Mechanos a lot lately, I agree.
However, some ideas I've tossed around on the Orbis mod & Religious mod thread might be applicable here.
First off, for the Mechanos & the Grigori and the Risen Emperor of the Scions get less benefit from Great Prophets than the other races due. So I was thinking perhaps those races (at first) might have access to a Great Philosopher instead. Now this might be a different unit or many there might be put in some sort of IF THEN/GOTO that allows Great Prophets to 'promote' to Great Philosophers instead. These units could found the Humanism "holy city" (which would be like a Super Academy) or join a city as a super-specialist that would bring in science and culture. To me, the Dural might want Great Philosophers instead of Prophets as well, especially since it looks like the new version of FfH/FF have newer buildings that can only be built by certain types of specialist.
A quick sub-text to that: I miss Cathedrals. Now Orbis has University as a National Wonder so I was thinking that perhaps that Great Prophets or Great Philosophers could also be used to create a National Wonder, a Cathedral in the Prophets case and a University/Seminary for the Great Philosopher.
Anyway, on the Religious mod thread I pointed out that the 'basic' religion of humanity isn't Paganism but animism and then later ancestor worship. Some of these become more 'refined' like in the animistic Shintoism and ancestor focused Confucianism. Neither of these are religions in the sense of being God(s) driven. With the abundance of mana and the like, I really could see animism. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying people can't be moral w/o a religious system, but most moral systems tend to have a religious base to it. So to me, even though the Grigori are agnostic, I don't see why they couldn't start with the base Animism with shrines to such. (Meditation chambers if you will) and then later could get something akin to Confucianism. If the Mechanos are added (or not) this could later go to "Human"ism which I would see as a direct rejection of the Gods and their interference in Erebus.
The Dural definitely look like they might tend toward this "Human"ism since they themselves strive to create and inspire so why do you best and then have to say "I'd like to thank (insert deity) for inspiring me."
Of course in Orbis, Humanism doesn't spread like a religion but I think it should and would have the affect similar to Order and AV in the same city.