Gameplay Additions

• Added "exclusive Tenets" option in the new game screen

UI and Localization

• Improved tooltip distinction of State-Religion Effects versus Territory Effects

• Rephrased Raise Monuments, Sustain the Faithful, and Donate Generously effects to clarify the different between Religious Leader and Follower effects

• Slightly adjusted dimensions of the tenet screen for better readability

Balancing

• New Faith Bonus parameter, which boosts your State Religion's influence in a Territory, but not beyond

• Civics Balancing

  • Open-Minded (Religious Tolerance) applies a -10 Faith Defense reduction

  • Religious Hostility (Religious Tolerance) Faith Defense bonus reduce to 20% (from 30% before)

  • Inquisition (Unbelievers) grants Faith on Main Plaza based on population sacrificed and Faith Defense on Territories not following the State Religion

  • Banish Unbelievers (Unbelievers) yields more Money but gives less Faith Defense than before

• District Rebalancing:

  • Religious Districts

    • Reduced Flat Faith yields of most religious Emblematic districts and religious Cultural Wonders

    • Added a small Faith Bonus to most religious Emblematic Districts

    • Added +25% Faith Bonus to Holy Sites

    • Cultural Wonders that are Holy Sites grant less flat Faith than Obelisk of the gods/Stone Circle (+7 instead of +10)

    • Reduced Faith bonus for Tradition Ideology Axis to +1/+2 (was +2/+4 before)

  • The following districts now apply a Faith Defense penalty as they rely on exchanges with others

    • Embassies

    • Harbors

    • Haven – Phoenicia

    • Amphiteatron – Greece

    • Cothon – Carthaginian

    • Bandari – Swahili

    • Luxuries Market – Ghanaians

    • V.O.C Warehouse – Dutch

    • Caravanserai – Persian

    • College – Scots

    • Exhibition Hall – French

    • Floating Market – Siamese

• Tenets Rebalancing

  • Religion effects on territories are no longer uniform. Generally, Food Tenets yield more and Science and Influence Tenets less. All territory effects scale with Tenet Tier.

  • FIMSI related State-religion effects are no longer uniform. Generally, Food Tenets yield more and Science and Influence Tenets less.

  • Yield to None now grants +2 CS on Militia (instead of experience when building a unit)

  • Raise Monuments (Tier 4) no longer grants Industry

  • Donate Often (Tier 4) no longer grants Food

  • Meditate Often (Tier 4) now grants +2 CS to the Religious leader and +1 CS to Followers (instead of +3/+2)

• Natural Wonders Balancing

  • Reduced flat Faith bonus of Natural Wonders to +5 (was +10 before)