Right now I'm a bit worried about both of these ethics, especially Authoritarian. Authoritarian gets some important bonuses that only matter if you're using slaves, while Egalitarian gets a bonus that I am worried is lessened in value if you choose Xenophobe.
I mean, why can't Authoritarian just get a reduction to all Unrest, just like Collectivist gets a bonus to suppressing all factions? That way they'd still get a bonus to slavery, since they'd be the only ones who can use a caste system, while being all about that law and order even if they don't avail themselves of slavery.
I'm only a little bit worried about Egalitarian, since their migration attraction doesn't seem to be as important to their kit as Authoritarians' unrest reduction. Still, how much benefit a Xenophobe gets from migration attraction depends on how much non-refugee aliens (since xenophobes can't accept refugees) want to move to a place where they can't get full citizenship (it's only a -5% penalty to happiness if they are only allowed Residence, so I can see them doing just fine).
My main concern is still Authoritarian. There's obviously nothing forcing them to use slavery (though it looks like they start with a caste system for their own species by default), but that looks like seriously sub-optimal play.
I mean, why can't Authoritarian just get a reduction to all Unrest, just like Collectivist gets a bonus to suppressing all factions? That way they'd still get a bonus to slavery, since they'd be the only ones who can use a caste system, while being all about that law and order even if they don't avail themselves of slavery.
I'm only a little bit worried about Egalitarian, since their migration attraction doesn't seem to be as important to their kit as Authoritarians' unrest reduction. Still, how much benefit a Xenophobe gets from migration attraction depends on how much non-refugee aliens (since xenophobes can't accept refugees) want to move to a place where they can't get full citizenship (it's only a -5% penalty to happiness if they are only allowed Residence, so I can see them doing just fine).
My main concern is still Authoritarian. There's obviously nothing forcing them to use slavery (though it looks like they start with a caste system for their own species by default), but that looks like seriously sub-optimal play.
