VP Congress Session Results

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This thread summarizes and records the results of each Vox Populi Congress session. Proposals which were vetoed (VT), withdrawn (WD) or not sponsored (NS) prior to the session's Voting Phase will not be listed here; they can be viewed in the Failed Proposals subforum.

Vox Populi Congress Session #1

Proposal	Status	Vote Tally
(1-01) Proposal: Open borders needed for trade routes once unlocked	FAILED	Yea: 38 / Nay: 100
(1-02) Proposal: Units Should only Heal at +5HP Within the Borders of a Revolting City	PASSED	Yea: 82 / Nay: 21
(1-03) Proposal: Make Nuclear Missiles Better	PASSED	Yea: 71 / Nay: 65
(1-04) Proposal: Burghers rework	PASSED	Yea: 78 / Nay: 23
(1-05) Difficulty Level Revamp Proposals	PASSED 05a	05: 20 / 05a: 101 / Nay: 11
(1-06) Tradition Changes Proposals	PASSED 06	06: 84 / 06a: 48 / Nay: 10
(1-07) Proposal: Artistry OVERHAUL	PASSED	Yea: 96 / Nay: 17
(1-08) Proposal: Buffs to Engineer specialists	PASSED	Yea: 113 / Nay: 17
(1-09) Proposal: Remove malus from healing promotion	PASSED	Yea: 70 / Nay: 39
(1-10) Make Paper Maker Make Paper Proposals	PASSED 10b	10: 45 / 10a: 49 / 10b: 50 / Nay: 16
(1-11) City-State Unit Gift Proposals	PASSED 11a	11: 41 / 11a: 81 / Nay: 5
(1-12) Proposal: Add a new city fate when conquering a city state that is under a Sphere of Influence	PASSED	Yea: 96 / Nay: 21
(1-13) Proposal: Urban Planning (Progress) Settler Production Bonus	PASSED	Yea: 86 / Nay: 39
(1-14) Proposal: Greatly increase production requirements of world congress collaborative wonders	PASSED	Yea: 101 / Nay: 14
(1-15) Proposal: Remove Difficulty Randomization of AI Choices	VETOED	---
(1-16) Popup / Notification when City-States go from Peace Blocked to War	PASSED 16	16: 79 / 16a: 64 / Nay: 4
(1-17) Proposal: Change how Bonus vs Domain works	PASSED	Yea: 82 / Nay: 11
(1-18) Proposal: Sphere of Influence can only be proposed by current CS ally	PASSED	Yea: 110 / Nay: 21
(1-19) Proposed Replacements for Trailblazer Double Movement Promotions	PASSED 19a	19: 19 / 19a: 82 / Nay: 36
(1-20) Proposal: First Great Prophet always spawns in the capital	PASSED	Yea: 116 / Nay: 35
(1-21) Policy Wonder Unlocking Requirement Proposals	FAILED	21: 15 / 21a: 45 / Nay: 70
(1-22) Infiltrators Promotion Proposals	PASSED 22a	22: 27 / 22a: 74 / Nay: 16
(1-23) Early Game Building Proposals	PASSED 23a	23: 38 / 23a: 110 / Nay: 12
(1-24) Proposal: Swap Eki and Encampment Improvement Unlock Techs	PASSED	Yea: 92 / Nay: 4
(1-25) Proposal: Cooperation buff	PASSED	Yea: 55 / Nay: 42
(1-26) Proposal: Change the distribution for CS quests asking for a number of buildings in the empire	PASSED	Yea: 83 / Nay: 11
(1-27-1) Mod Integration Votes: UI - Filters in Trade Route Overview	PASSED	Yea: 94 / Nay: 4
(1-27-2) Mod Integration Votes: UI - Religion Spread	PASSED	Yea: 112 / Nay: 1
(1-27-3) Mod Integration Votes: UI - Improved Military Overview	PASSED	Yea: 96 / Nay: 4
(1-27-4) Mod Integration Votes: Archaeology Aesthetic Adjustments	PASSED	Yea: 96 / Nay: 9
(1-27-5) Mod Integration Votes: Promotion Flags for VP (EUI only, off by default, enabled in Interface Options)	PASSED	Yea: 96 / Nay: 5
(1-28) Proposal: Netherlands Polder buildable on Coastal sea tiles instead of fresh water tiles.	PASSED	Yea: 82 / Nay: 20
(1-29) Proposal: Double the duration of the "Kill X CS/Ally both CS" quest	PASSED	Yea: 88 / Nay: 9
(1-30) Proposal: Reduce Heavy Skirmisher CS by 1	PASSED	Yea: 79 / Nay: 15
(1-31) Proposed Adjustments to WLTKD & CS Quests	PASSED 31	31: 62 / 31a: 26 / 31b: 34 / Nay: 8
(1-32) Proposal: Add a free Warrior to Traditions Engineer Policy	FAILED	Yea: 60 / Nay: 67
(1-33) Proposal: Smooth grow penalty from unhappiness.	PASSED	Yea: 78 / Nay: 18
(1-34) Proposal: Tweaks for wide gameplay on Brazil	FAILED	Yea: 28 / Nay: 36
(1-35) Proposals for Woodsman Promotion	PASSED 35	35: 59 / 35a: 25 / 35b: 33 / Nay: 13
(1-36) Proposal: Remove Tourism bonus to GWAM from Garden	PASSED	Yea: 76 / Nay: 11
(1-37) Proposal: Later Eras Tech Cost Reduction	FAILED	Yea: 36 / Nay: 60
(1-38) Proposal: Amphibious gives double movement in Marsh	PASSED	Yea: 68 / Nay: 23
(1-39) Proposal: Rework the defense buildings (walls) line	PASSED	Yea: 67 / Nay: 33
(1-40) Proposal: Remove the 10% unit supply bonus from Hospital	PASSED	Yea: 65 / Nay: 30
(1-41) Proposal: Give authority science through producing units instead of for gaining cities	FAILED	Yea: 43 / Nay: 79
(1-A) Proposal: WC voting with shift-click	RATIFIED	Fast-Track Acceptance
(1-A) Proposal: Show how unhappiness affects grow and settler cost	RATIFIED	Fast-Track Acceptance
(1-A) Proposal: (QoL) Ctrl Clicking a building in the queue will keep you in the city screen.	RATIFIED	Fast-Track Acceptance
(1-A) Proposal: Disable endgame aggression option in advanced options.	RATIFIED	Fast-Track Acceptance

 

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Vox Populi Congress Session #2
Proposal Votes

Proposal	Status	Vote Tally
(2-01) Proposal: Decolonization - Change to affect ALL players	PASSED	Yea: 64 / Nay: 16
(2-02) City-State Coup Mechanic Proposals	PASSED 2b	2b: 37 / 2b+2c: 33
(2-04) Proposal: Iron is revealed earlier at Mining, instead of Bronze Working	FAILED	Nay: 68 / Yea: 55
(2-05) Proposal: Improve Attila's Kit	PASSED	Yea: 77 / Nay: 8
(2-06) Rome Rework Proposals	PASSED 6a	6a: 47 / 6c: 26
(2-07) Proposal: Allow purchases of religious units, religious buildings and worker units in puppet cities	PASSED	Yea: 68 / Nay: 27
(2-08) Reduce Mine Yields Proposals	PASSED 8a	8a: 47 / 8: 24
(2-09) Proposal: Change special Farm yields for Wheat, Rice, Maize	PASSED	Yea: 49 / Nay: 16
(2-10) Proposal: Jungle Deer	PASSED	Yea: 64 / Nay: 17
(2-11) Proposal: Higher maintenance for later buildings	PASSED	Yea: 45 / Nay: 44
(2-12) Proposal: Change How the Number of Religions in a Game is Determined	PASSED	Yea: 76 / Nay: 2
(2-13 & 2-03) Early Naval Unit Rework Proposals	PASSED 13a PASSED 3a	13a: 47 / 13: 28 3a: 41 / Nay: 32
(2-14) Proposal: Remove religious resistance from religious buildings	PASSED	Yea: 44 / Nay: 33
(2-15) Merge Logging Camp With Lumber Mill Proposals	PASSED 15a	15a: 66 / 15: 39
(2-16) Proposal: Merchant of Venice cannot purchase city states under sphere of influence of another player anymore.	FAILED	Nay: 45 / Yea: 24
(2-17) Proposal: Dojo's promotion also applying to naval melee units.	PASSED	Yea: 52 / Nay: 15
(2-18) Weaken Inspired Works Reformation Belief Proposals	PASSED 18a	18a: 41 / Nay: 20
(2-19) Proposal: Decrease Workshop Cost from 350 to 250 hammers	FAILED	Nay: 42 / Yea: 40
(2-20) Buff Manufactory Proposals	VETOED	---
(2-21) Proposal: Remove Gold Bonus from Chanceries and make Bonuses for CS Friends and CS Allies stack	PASSED	Yea: 51 / Nay: 17
(2-22) Proposal: Integrate Enhanced Naval Warfare into VP (with modifications)	PASSED	Yea: 59 / Nay: 16
(2-23) Proposal: Adjust Heavy Tribute	PASSED	Yea: 42 / Nay: 19
(2-24) Proposal: Slight tweaks to Persia	PASSED	Yea: 65 / Nay: 7
(2-25) Weaken Orders Proposals	PASSED 25a	25a: 55 / Nay: 18
(2-26) Proposal: Base CS Influence Decay rate on Resting Influence	PASSED	Yea: 63 / Nay: 1
(2-27) Proposal: Bletchley Park rework	PASSED	Yea: 45 / Nay: 9
(2-28) Proposal: Add Brute Force promotion to Slingers.	FAILED	Nay: 45 / Yea: 21
(2-29) Proposal: Swap the names Accuracy and Barrage	PASSED	Yea: 52 / Nay: 29
(2-30) More Processes Proposals	PASSED 30a	25a: 41 / Nay: 38
(2-31) Proposal: Don't reveal information about counterspies in city-states	PASSED	Yea: 34 / Nay: 19
(2-32) Make Scouting Units More Resilient Against Barbarians Proposals	PASSED 32a	32a: 56 / 32+32a: 31
(2-33) Proposal: Smooth settler production penalty from unhappiness	PASSED	Yea: 57 / Nay: 3
(2-34) Proposal: Give Indonesia Jungle/Forest start bias	FAILED (Broke Tie)	Nay: 39 / Yea: 39
(2-35) Proposal: Change border growth cost reductions to BGP modifiers	PASSED	Yea: 52 / Nay: 13
(2-36) Proposal: Reduce Cost of Market	FAILED	Nay: 43 / Yea: 31
(2-37) Proposal: Integrate Improved TechTree Screen for VP/EUI	PASSED	Yea: 66 / Nay: 6
(2-38) Proposal: Allow mounted/armor units to take the amphibious promotion	FAILED	Nay: 46 / Yea: 16
(2-39) Proposal: Increase skirmisher RCS by 1	PASSED	Yea: 41 / Nay: 19
(2-40) Proposal: Museum split	PASSED	Yea: 44 / Nay: 30
(2-41) Proposal: Amphitheater Split	FAILED	Nay: 49 / Yea: 38
(2-42) Proposal: Consolidate Apostolic Tradition and Way of the Pilgrim Founders	PASSED	Yea: 57 / Nay: 6
(2-43) Proposal: New Founder belief: City of God	PASSED	Yea: 50 / Nay: 10
(2-44) Proposal: Change some of the bonus yields to holy sites on Founder Belief Reformation wonders	PASSED	Yea: 48 / Nay: 6
(2-45) Proposal: New Enhancer Belief: Animism	PASSED	Yea: 53 / Nay: 8
(2-46) Proposal: New Reformation Belief: Orthodoxy	PASSED	Yea: 59 / Nay: 6
(2-47) Proposal: New Follower Belief: Warrior Monks	PASSED	Yea: 50 / Nay: 14
(2-48) Proposal: Follower Belief: Veneration Split	PASSED	Yea: 45 / Nay: 12
(2-49) Proposal: Remove Influence Modifiers from Tech	PASSED	Yea: 49 / Nay: 32
(2-50) Proposal: Small display modification for Faith points	PASSED	Yea: 63 / Nay: 4
(2-51) Make Unit Promotions Weaker Proposals	FAILED (Weaken Units) FAILED (Upgrade Cost +)	Nay: 55 / Nerf Range/Logistics/March: 22 Nay: 45 / +10% unit upgrade cost per level: 31
(2-52) Proposal: Cooldown between unit purchases	FAILED	Nay: 68 / Yea: 20
(2-53) Proposal: Increase Great Prophet movement to 4	PASSED	Yea: 48 / Nay: 21
(2-54) Proposal: Let city states give quests earlier	PASSED	Yea: 67 / Nay: 7
(2-55) Proposal: Buff Oil Well	PASSED	Yea: 66 / Nay: 5
(2-56) Lategame Unit Tweaks Proposals	PASSED 56a (Broke Tie)	56a: 34 / 56: 34
(2-57) Proposal: Naval Units in Cities don't increase City Strength	PASSED	Yea: 50 / Nay: 23
(2-58) Proposal: Reduce International Trade Route Gold	PASSED	Yea: 52 / Nay: 18
(2-59): Proposal: Ancestor Worship change	PASSED	Yea: 63 / Nay: 9

Ratification Votes

Change(s)	Status	Vote Tally
(1-04) Proposal: Burghers rework	RATIFIED	Yea: 41 / Nay: 3
(1-05) Difficulty Level Revamp Proposals	RATIFIED	Yea: 36 / Option 1: 19
(1-06) Tradition Changes Proposals	RATIFIED	Yea: 51 / Nay: 0
(1-07) Proposal: Artistry OVERHAUL	RATIFIED	Yea: 45 / Nay: 0
(1-08) Proposal: Buffs to Engineer specialists	RATIFIED	Yea: 36 / Nay: 15
(1-09) Proposal: Remove malus from healing promotion	RATIFIED	Yea: 19 / Option 1: 16
(1-10) Make Paper Maker Make Paper Proposals	RATIFIED	Yea: 35 / Nay: 13
(1-11) City-State Unit Gift Proposals	RATIFIED	Yea: 51 / Nay: 0
(1-13) Proposal: Urban Planning (Progress) Settler Production Bonus	RATIFIED	Yea: 28 / Nay: 18
(1-14) Proposal: Greatly increase production requirements of world congress collaborative wonders	RATIFIED	Yea: 48 / Nay: 3
(1-20) Proposal: First Great Prophet always spawns in the capital	RATIFIED	Yea: 49 / Nay: 7
(1-22) Infiltrators Promotion Proposals	RATIFIED	Yea: 40 / Nay: 2
(1-23) Early Game Building Proposals	RATIFIED	Yea: 53 / Nay: 3
(1-24) Proposal: Swap Eki and Encampment Improvement Unlock Techs	RATIFIED	Yea: 38 / Nay: 0
(1-25) Proposal: Cooperation buff	RATIFIED PASSED Option 1	Option 1: 28 / Yea: 15
(1-26) Proposal: Change the distribution for CS quests asking for a number of buildings in the empire	RATIFIED	Yea: 43 / Nay: 1
(1-27-1) Mod Integration Votes: UI - Filters in Trade Route Overview	RATIFIED	Yea: 48 / Nay: 1
(1-27-3) Mod Integration Votes: UI - Improved Military Overview	RATIFIED	Yea: 45 / Nay: 0
(1-27-4) Mod Integration Votes: Archaeology Aesthetic Adjustments	RATIFIED	Yea: 42 / Nay: 1
(1-27-5) Mod Integration Votes: Promotion Flags for VP (EUI only, off by default, enabled in Interface Options)	RATIFIED	Yea: 44 / Nay: 0
(1-28) Proposal: Netherlands Polder buildable on Coastal sea tiles instead of fresh water tiles.	RATIFIED	Yea: 32 / Nay: 11
(1-29) Proposal: Double the duration of the "Kill X CS/Ally both CS" quest	RATIFIED	Yea: 44 / Nay: 2
(1-30) Proposal: Reduce Heavy Skirmisher CS by 1	RATIFIED	Yea: 34 / Nay: 5
(1-33) Proposal: Smooth grow penalty from unhappiness.	RATIFIED	Yea: 44 / Nay: 1
(1-35) Proposals for Woodsman Promotion	RATIFIED	Yea: 43 / Nay: 7
(1-36) Proposal: Remove Tourism bonus to GWAM from Garden	RATIFIED	Yea: 39 / Nay: 1
(1-38) Proposal: Amphibious gives double movement in Marsh	RATIFIED	Yea: 40 / Nay: 9
(1-39) Proposal: Rework the defense buildings (walls) line	RATIFIED	Yea: 44 / Nay: 2
(1-40) Proposal: Remove the 10% unit supply bonus from Hospital	RATIFIED	Yea: 36 / Nay: 6
Changes to Naval Unit Gifts from Militaristic City-States	RATIFIED	Yea: 41 / Nay: 0
Changes to China (beyond those in proposal 10)	RATIFIED	Yea: 30 / Nay: 10
Change to Difficulty Bonuses (beyond those in proposal 5a)	RATIFIED	Yea: 36 / Nay: 2
Change to Great Engineers	RATIFIED	Yea: 38 / Nay: 3
Changes to Happiness System	RATIFIED	Yea: 45 / Nay: 3
Change to World Wonder Production Costs	RATIFIED	Yea: 37 / Nay: 7

 

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Vox Populi Congress Session #3

Proposal​	Status​	Vote Tally​
(3-01) Proposal: Make Polders buildable in Lakes	PASSED	Yea: 69 / Nay: 12
(3-02) Proposal: Adjust Quick Instant Yield Scaler	PASSED	Yea: 32 / Nay: 21
(3-03) Proposal: Revert Ranged Line to pre-2.6 Version	FAILED	Nay: 65 / Yea: 16
(3-04) Proposal: Revert barbarian snow tile spawn change	FAILED	Nay: 60 / Yea: 25
(3-05) Proposal: Manufactory = Standard Improvement for Adjacencies	PASSED	Yea: 78 / Nay: 19
(3-06) Proposal: Move oil to dynamite	FAILED	Nay: 46 / Yea: 32
(3-07) Proposal: Archeologists ignore border restrictions	FAILED	Nay: 48 / Yea: 35
(3-08) Proposal: Normalize Ancient Era maintenance costs	PASSED	Yea: 47 / Nay: 32
(3-09) God of War & Goddess of Protection Proposals	PASSED 9b	9b: 37 / 9: 36
(3-10) Proposal: City production choice menu sorts by unit type.	PASSED	Yea: 82 / Nay: 8
(3-11) Proposal: A small rebalance of fighter aircraft	PASSED	Yea: 46 / Nay: 17
(3-12) Proposal: Changes to Respect and Righteousness virtues	PASSED	Yea: 46 / Nay: 16
(3-13) Authority Shakeup Proposals	PASSED 13+13a	13+13a: 36 / 13d: 29
(3-14) Proposal: Assyria's UU no longer obsoletes	PASSED	Yea: 56 / Nay: 27
(3-15) Proposal: Imperialism Martial Law rework	VETOED	---
(3-16) Proposal: consolidate most chopping bonuses on Bronze Working	PASSED	Yea: 53 / Nay: 26
(3-17) Air Unit Policy Bonus Proposals	PASSED 17a	17a: 47 / 17: 26
(3-18) Proposal: Royal Library generates as many Great Scientist Points as the School of Philosophy	PASSED	Yea: 75 / Nay: 1
(3-19) Proposal: Make Indirect Fire only for its natural units	PASSED	Yea: 70 / Nay: 22
(3-A) Proposal: Some more info for a few player choices.	PASSED	FAST-TRACK ACCEPTANCE

 

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Vox Populi Congress Session #4

Proposal​	Status​	Vote Tally​
(4-01) Proposal: Helicopter Gunship tweaks	PASSED	Yea: 49 / Nay: 40
(4-02) Proposal: Swap some Blockade/Piracy Bonuses	PASSED	Yea: 58 / Nay: 13
(4-03) Defensive Building Tweak Proposals	PASSED 3+3a	3+3a: 52 / 3a: 31
(4-04) Korea Rework Proposals	PASSED 4a	4a: 68 / 4: 34
(4-05) Proposal: Allow "improve resource" interaction from CS to repair pillaged tiles	PASSED	Yea: 78 / Nay: 4
(4-06) Proposal: Global Commandments - Remove host bonus, stronger proposal pass bonus	PASSED	Yea: 59 / Nay: 20
(4-07) Proposal: Aqueduct and Harappan Reservoir require Granary	PASSED	Yea: 56 / Nay: 27
(4-08) Proposal: Reduce Atomic/Information Era Tech Costs by 10%	PASSED	Yea: 58 / Nay: 23
(4-09) City-State Election Rigging Proposals	PASSED 9a	9a: 65 / 9: 23
(4-10) Pioneer & Colonist Proposals	PASSED 10a	10a: 48 / 10: 34
(4-11) Imperialism and/or Free Thought Change Proposals	PASSED 11+11a+11c	11+11a+11c: 38 / 11c: 30
(4-12) Proposal: Greatly Reduce Tourism Modifiers from Techs	PASSED	Yea: 76 / Nay: 11
(4-13) Proposal: Give more Science to Freedom	PASSED	Yea: 61 / Nay: 26
(4-14) Proposal: Normalize the number of spies between Covert Action and Double Agents	FAILED	Nay: 39 / Yea: 30
(4-15) Proposal: Sacred Sites boosting Holy Sites	FAILED	Nay: 38 / Yea: 37
(4-16) Proposal: Remove Stadium from Faith of the Masses Reformation Belief	PASSED	Yea: 44 / Nay: 25
(4-17) Proposal: Barracks and Terracotta Army move (resubmission)	FAILED	Nay: 49 / Yea: 18
(4-18) City-State PTP Military Requirement Proposals	PASSED 18a	18a: 56 / 18: 31
(4-19) Babylon Tweaks (& Atlatlist Promotion) Proposals	PASSED 19+19a	19+19a: 42 / 19: 40
(4-20) Proposal: Revert late game building maintenance to previous version	PASSED	Yea: 52 / Nay: 36
(4-21) Espionage Rework Proposals	PASSED 21a+21b+21c	21a+21b+21c: 19 / 21+21b+21c: 17 / 21c: 17
(4-22) Proposal: Remove Great Work Slots from Religious buildings	PASSED	Yea: 57 / Nay: 12
(4-23) Proposal: Add more Buildings to Divine Teachings	FAILED	Nay: 42 / Yea: 37
(4-24) Proposal: Self-Determination: Include "Remove Sphere of Influence" in Benefit	PASSED	Yea: 62 / Nay: 4
(4-25) Proposal: Wind/Hydro Power Plant Changes	PASSED	Yea: 62 / Nay: 8
(4-26) Proposal: GDR small nerf	FAILED	Nay: 40 / Yea: 18
(4-27) Proposal: Great Diplomat Bulb - Increase Resting Influence by 30	PASSED	Yea: 62 / Nay: 10
(4-28) Proposal: Weaken Rome's UA	PASSED	Yea: 64 / Nay: 8
(4-29) Proposal: Nerf the Siheyuan's yields	PASSED	Yea: 59 / Nay: 22
(4-30) Proposal: Abode of Peace - Yields refocused to CS	PASSED	Yea: 62 / Nay: 4
(4-31) Proposal: Add Brute Force promotion to the Spearman	PASSED	Yea: 52 / Nay: 34
(4-32) Proposal: Statue of Zeus buffs	PASSED	Yea: 64 / Nay: 24
(4-33) India UA Proposals	PASSED 33+33b	33+33b: 38 / 33a+33b: 27
(4-34) Proposal: Change Population Requirement of National Wonders	PASSED	Yea: 55 / Nay: 20
(4-35) Inquisitor Buff Proposals	PASSED 35a	35a: 49 / 35: 28
(4-A) Proposal: (QoL) Add Open Door / Sphere of Influence graphical indicator to Spy Screen	PASSED	FAST-TRACK ACCEPTANCE
(4-A) Proposal: Increase the length of automatic faith purchase menu.	PASSED	FAST-TRACK ACCEPTANCE
(4-A) Proposal: Make Polders buildable in Lakes	PASSED	ACCEPTED RESUBMISSION
(4-A) Proposal: Air Unit Policy Bonus Proposal	PASSED	ACCEPTED RESUBMISSION