This suggestion is aimed at the hinted at extension of tradition trees and letting players choose up to seven of them.
The idea being that societies change. And not necessarily from the inside. (Impose Ideology CB exists, after all.)
So you'd be a former pacifist now turned militarist with no societal structure to ever possible make use of that in any efficient manner if you're locked to your previous decisions.
So my suggestion would be that traditions should be re-lockable after unlocking them for the same unity cost you'd pay to unlock a new one. (probably not increasing the cost, though.)
This would allow for you to reshape your society over decades after events force you to reconsider your societal structure.
I don't think this would imbalance the game as only severely unity-focussed empires should be able to swap out traditions in a more timely manner and not need as many decades to restructure their society. (Thus an implicit spiritualist buff for niché situations.)
Once a tradition has been re-locked it should possibly be locked stronger. Meaning either significant cost increase to unlock it again or making it unavailable for 50-100 years.
The idea being that societies change. And not necessarily from the inside. (Impose Ideology CB exists, after all.)
So you'd be a former pacifist now turned militarist with no societal structure to ever possible make use of that in any efficient manner if you're locked to your previous decisions.
So my suggestion would be that traditions should be re-lockable after unlocking them for the same unity cost you'd pay to unlock a new one. (probably not increasing the cost, though.)
This would allow for you to reshape your society over decades after events force you to reconsider your societal structure.
I don't think this would imbalance the game as only severely unity-focussed empires should be able to swap out traditions in a more timely manner and not need as many decades to restructure their society. (Thus an implicit spiritualist buff for niché situations.)
Once a tradition has been re-locked it should possibly be locked stronger. Meaning either significant cost increase to unlock it again or making it unavailable for 50-100 years.
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