This post is basically a mirror copy of a Reddit post to help spread visibility:
I believe that small changes for each variant, whenever a variant doesn’t share the same building/unit required, wouldn’t require much manpower to implement and would reward players playing with paid civs for contributing to unlocking all the cool icons and banners.
I understand it’s a nitpick, but it feels a bit disheartening when I play, for example, Order of the Dragon, only to have to “grind” HRE for the cool unit icon.
I don’t need separate masteries, for example, French already gets the JD icon; I just want to feel rewarded for trying different variant civs.
Currently, for someone who’s completionist, it feel a bit punishing to try different civs and have no visible reward, despite said rewards being already in the game.