Perhaps you could reward picking the default traits associated with a form, perhaps by providing a free extra trait point if you select all the default traits, or perhaps even adding a form specific trait that is only given if the defaults are not changed.
#Suggestion to address form trait differentiation
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hollow yarrow
no
it ends up with the same old Stellaris level of min maxing
say no to additional points
versed mist
I'm gonna have to second that "no", rewarding defaults is indistinct from punishing customization in practice.
If this was an Athla-only game, set traits for race or culture would be fine, it'd have been a single world. This game is not a single world or history, but the rudimentary form of all other ones, and covers countless other worlds that despite following the same overarching metaphysical rules could have each developed differently in biology and culture.
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