Work ethic is quite A BIT broken now....

[igorsrs]

Yes I think you are right in only the tundra cities would get Larvas. But walking 15 turns to settle is painfull, and kind of illustrates why godess of the earth might just be stronger still for Russia.

Im trying something new fun with work ethics now. Norway! With a all tundra holy site with woods around and a stave church it should give me 30 hammers and faith from one holy site! =) That sounds fun at least!

I have my doubts about later game production, stave churches seems fun, but late and for rare spots on the map.
I don't think you think they can go to the 160s SV anyway (or I hope), but I see its a fun experiment.
I have some mad experiments too, I'm trying over the weekend:

• Maori + earth Goddess + Eiffel: not going so well. Early game is fantastic, but most of my cities hit a housing cap at 7 pop or so. Low culture is also not helping.
• Brazil + earth Goddess + Work ethic : I think Brazilian boost to holy sites are enough, and Sacred path is incredibly hard to get. Early earth Goddess + work ethic may bring a "best of both worlds" solution.
• Persia + Earth Goddess + Pairidaeza spam: This is the next I wanna try. I hope I will be able to focus almost only on Campus and Harbor/Commercial districts. Production will probably be horrendous. Really mad (but it makes it fun )

 

[ATEX]

I have my doubts about later game production, stave churches seems fun, but late and for rare spots on the map.
I don't think you think they can go to the 160s SV anyway (or I hope), but I see its a fun experiment.
I have some mad experiments too, I'm trying over the weekend:

• Maori + earth Goddess + Eiffel: not going so well. Early game is fantastic, but most of my cities hit a housing cap at 7 pop or so. Low culture is also not helping.
• Brazil + earth Goddess + Work ethic : I think Brazilian boost to holy sites are enough, and Sacred path is incredibly hard to get. Early earth Goddess + work ethic may bring a "best of both worlds" solution.
• Persia + Earth Goddess + Pairidaeza spam: This is the next I wanna try. I hope I will be able to focus almost only on Campus and Harbor/Commercial districts. Production will probably be horrendous. Really mad (but it makes it fun )

Im not sure! Well maybe not 160s, but 170s perhaps! Dont know how Haralds pillage yields will be as I have never played a Norway game. Will give it a shot. All your three experiments seems fun to me. Brazil should be the strongest, and should be very fast I think. I like the idea of having earth godess and work ethics. Didnt think about that one.