Yes, the reduction of planetary colonization events, and the lack of focus for policies (they went from +3 to 0, a huge experiment) makes ideological difficult on this alpha release.   At least it is playable, and we have an idea of what Tourism will do.

.65 Test - 5 in 254.  I actually thought the points in .60 came too slow.  On the other hand since points are so hard to get I find myself hoarding them until I open an Ideology I really want.  I guess that makes using them a more strategic decision

@gypsy - there seem to be many more class 10-12 planets, and even some of the 2-4 planets have better resources.  Certainly they are not worth ignoring.

@ AdamMG  Not at the cost of a citizen, the other post I mentioned I stated I ignored 10 and below. I know some 4s have resources on them, but My map set up allows me to ignore them as the 10+ planets give me all that I need and why waste a governator on 4 tiles?

The basic gist, I think, is that a balance needs to be had between ideology points gained, and how ideology points are used.  

Especially with the Arcean ships each gaining a Culture point (that's 3 early, 2 more not far behind) there aren't enough ways to go deep into a path right now.

My basic ideas are (1- Policies went from +3 to +0, and this is too severe, make it +1 at least, and (2- make planetary events more common, maybe 25%, and see how it goes

Another concern is the mix of ideology choices.  Some ideologies appear to be more common during events than others.