Core Game Mechanics and AI: Ascension Perks

The Core Game and AI mod overhauls the vanilla ascension perks, changing some of their bonuses, prerequisites and making sure they synergize well with other ExOverhaul mods. Additionally, this mod adds sophisticated AI weights that greatly enhance the AI's ability to pick APs smartly and in relation to a great variety of factors.

Changes to Ascension Perks
Galactic Force Projection: Removed the +1 ascension perk prerequisite.

Shared Destiny: Added -50% subject cooldown reduction bonus, +15% vassal naval capacity and +15% tributary tax.

One Vision: removed the bonus of this AP and changed it to +1 civic points. Now available to all ethics/authorities (previously restricted to non-gestalt consciousness only).

Synthetic Age: this AP is now also available for Ascended Synthetic Empires - giving +2 Robot mod points to them and the -33% species modification reduction. Also reduced the prerequisite from 2 to 1 ascension perk.

Consecrated Worlds: this AP is called Imperial Fulcrum, it is gives special edicts to different ethics/authorities (see the entry regarding edicts).

Technological Ascendancy: Research speed bonus (+10%) was replaced by +25% tile research output (physics/engineering/society).

World Shaper: Terraforming Speed bonus increased to 75% (was 50%), terraforming cost reduction bonus increased to -33% (was -25%). Now gives both Gaia Terrformation and Climate Restoration as tech research options.

Master Builders: Does not simply give mega-engineering but rather gives this tech as a research option. Added -25% megastructure price reduction bonus.

Machine/Cybertronic Worlds: this AP was changed to synergize with the ExOverhaul: Cybertronic Worlds mod. When this mod is present, the Ascension perk is called Cybertronic Worlds and it is available for both Machine and Synthethically ascended empires, unlocking the special artificial planets called Cybertronic Worlds. If this mod is not active, this AP is called Machine Worlds and it functions as it does in vanilla.