I think it would be nice if a few, rare events are beneficial to the person who choses the good path for all of them. Not all decisions in life are more profitable if you follow an evil path, afterall.

The one good thing about being good is that other races tend to not go to war with you (with the exception of the evil races, of course). That can make playing Suicidal mode much easier.

I think it would be nice if a few, rare events are beneficial to the person who choses the good path for all of them. Not all decisions in life are more profitable if you follow an evil path, afterall.

Well you could imagine that there are some decisions like that going on behind the scenes. If there was a choice where the good option had more benefit than the evil one, then _everyone_ would take the good option - evil races included. Evil just means you do what's best for you, regardless of the cost. For example, in reality you obviously have the choice at any time of executing your entire population. That'd be evil. But even the evil races don't do it, because it's stupid. So, the only choices that are actually shown to you are the ones which are a conundrum - there's a possible benefit, but it's morally dubious.

The point of these choices is that the evil options are _always_ better, but at the cost of becoming evil. Being evil is really bad for diplomacy, which is actually hugely important in the long term. If you're evil, you're on your own. Even other evil races will hate you. If you're good, then almost by default you'll end up in an alliance of good races. So I think good's actually a really good choice if you're diplomatically inclined. If you want to go to war constantly, evil's probably a better choice, not surprisingly.

For example, in reality you obviously have the choice at any time of executing your entire population. That'd be evil. But even the evil races don't do it, because it's stupid.

Well, maybe there should be a specific random event where you are faced with the decision to have to wipe out your population on an entire planet for some reason.

I should note as a side bar here, that I think the diplomatic bonuses gained from being good are more than enough to compensate for the negatives for always choosing good, but you have to admit, this has turned into a good discussion.

Perhaps the neutral way is the best then, perhaps.