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Approval Relics

Posted on Tuesday, June 16, 2015

I did a quick search for this and did not find anything relating to it, so figured I would ask here.  I noticed that the approval relics affect not only your positive base approval but also your large empire modifier.  So when I take a new planet with a LEP of -4 and have a base +3 to approval, naturally I would have a -1.  Tack on 60% worth of approval relics and instead of the expect .8 approval rate (3 * 1.6 - 4) I instead have  -1.6 (3 * 1.6 - 4 * 1.6).  Is this intended?  If so, it almost seems like the approval relics are not worth it since the LEP is modified and as you grow it gets more affected than the bonus you get to approval.