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Increased Ethics and Civics Points for Bug Branch

Currently tested for 3.12.*.

This is a highly opinionated submod for Ethics & Civics: Bug Branch (a mod I quite like and have for years now), which increases the maximum amount of Ethics Points you may pick to 8, and the maximum amount of Civics Points to 7.

In terms of game design, this might not exactly be balanced, but in terms of roleplay, I think it is, much more so - this lets an empire pick all ethics of one available wing (e.g. Libertarian, Ecologic, Spiritualist, Egalitarian, Pluralist, Xenophile and Pacifist), with an additional ethic point to spare in order to pick one Fanatic Ethic.

Civilizations throughout our history generally held many ethical values and positions, with them frequently holding at least one as a "core" principle that defined them; I follow such a philosophy when designing my own civilizations, and the tiny amount of ethics I could pick was extremely limiting for me, as many more complex concepts for civilizations required more Ethics than I could choose. The same applied for Civics.

I've found 8 Ethic Points to be a good set that allows for more three-dimensional empires while not breaking things, while 7 Civics Points allows me to pick the more flavour text-centric civics to help further set empires apart from each other in terms of government style.

The Gestalt Consciousness Ethic was changed to cost 4 points in order to accomodate the higher amount of Ethics Points you can choose, which leaves you with just enough to pick three core directives and a focus.

If you're into competitive multiplayer or generally a fan of hard challenges, this mod likely isn't for you.