Traditions need to be empire/ethos specific/unique.

[Te'Ryn Tec]

Hive Minds getting harmony tradition and diplomacy traditions.

Pacifist getting dominance and conquest traditions.

Purifiers getting diplomacy

Xenophobes etc etc.

Why just why isnt the traditions unique to your type of empire?

PDX put so much work into this system but didnt think or was to lazy to go that extra step and tailor make it for each empires ethos picks?

I would think for example pacifist would get or have dominance /conquest switched to something like "Unions/unity"(yay i know its taken as the currency). Maybe have it boost pop migration, or growth or migration attraction to other species. But noooooooooooooooooo.

 

[Sapa Inca]

I think you should be able to get just 4 traditions trees, 6 ascensions perks and unity should serve for something after completing the traditions trees.
Ensuring that civilizations dont pick all traditions help in create late game diversity and increase the importance of differents playstyles in late game.

 

[Mrakvampire]

Just add +2 traditions to each tradition tree and this problem will fix itself.
As for ethics and traditions... What if empire changes ethics? What will happen?

 

[CocoCincinnati]

It could be some serous balance issues if you start restricting traditions. Considering that you can have three ethics in many different combinations. Also, some of the bonuses used to be available in techs that were removed, techs that anybody could research. And to top it all off, some traits and policies have been changed because of the traditions. I do agree that it makes sense but trying to balance it would be a nightmare. It could very well require a LOT of it to be redone.

 

[Riftwalker]

actually if every tradition had like 2 extra things you could take that didn't count for completing the tradition but were only available to people who have a corresponding ethos, i think it'd be pretty neat. If you swap ethos, you don't lose the tradition gains but they become inactive, maybe?

 

[WhiteWeasel]

What if empire changes ethics? What will happen?

Simple, you just miss out on the bonus until you have the appropriate ethics again.