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bureaucracy have high costs and neither are that great
my eyes! my eyes!
bureaucracy have high costs and neither are that great
Yup, sure. Any builder would love Organized Religion I've gotten the habit to get all the pre-requisites for Monotheism by the time I can trade techs, so the switch into OR happens asap. Self-researching Monotheism is also frequently tempting (but I'll mostly resist the urge, unless founding Judaism is a possibility or another circumstance makes the choice exceptional - Sons of Monarchy XI: Washington was a good map to found Judaism).No love for Organized Religion?
Environmentalism has its uses as it allows you to avoid huge unhealthiness when you go into industrial revolution, but overall... Economic benefits of State Property and Free Market are huge.
Aren't you usually industrialized before Environmentalism becomes available? I do sometimes have healthiness problems when industrialising, but generally have them solved or pretty much solved before environmentalism becomes available.
Blasphemy!
my eyes! my eyes!
But how to solve these unhealthiness issues without Environmentalism? Factory alone can make a city very unhealthy. Add a Coal Plant and the city would drop one pop level in a few turns. With a lot of farms, Biology may help to stop the starvation, but the city would still remain a stagnating cesspool of filth. Public Transportation w/o Environmentalism helps a little and a Hospital does help a little more, but it's still not enough to get rid of the Only Recycling Center building unlocked by Ecology can end the issue, but it's expensive as hell and the tech itself is far ahead of being Industrial.
Too many too expensive buildings while Environmentalism is much cheaper and quicker way.
Govt: Representation
Legal: Bureau until I have 20+ towns, then Free Speech.
Labor: Slavery early, Caste later.
Economy: State Property. Powerful with no micro needed.
Religion: Free Religion if I had to choose, but really, anything but Paganism and Theocracy. I can find good reasons for running the other 3.
My favorite civics are the ones that are best for my current situation and overall goals
Or don't want to switch out of Bureaucracy/NationalismTheocracy is awesome when you want to get extra XP so you can get 2 promos out the gate and don't want to run a high-cost Vassalage (i.e. late game).