Quick Question...

[bunt0025]

I found the following to be true:


I looked around the forums for a definitive answer on this question, but haven't found it (I'm sure it here somewhere.) I did some experimenting on the issue of religious buildings and morale and found then using the F1 key on the battle map and following to be true:

Church only: +2 morale on battlefield
Church+Monastery: +2 morale
Monastery only (destroyed church): +2 morale
Church+Monastery+Reliquary: +4 morale
Church+Monastery+Reliquary+Cathedral: +6 morale
Church+Cathedral: +6 morale
Cathedral only (destroyed church): +6 morale

According to the guides, its Church +1, Monastery +1, Reliquary +2, and Cathedral +3. So it seems to me that you take the highest level of building you've got and multiply it by 2. Thus, there is no added benefit from a monastery until you build a reliquary because the monastery bonus is at the same level as the church. If you have a cathedral, adding a monastery or reliquary will add nothing either.

via Bremen... 05-11-2006


So, basically the morale bonuses don't stack. I stopped building Monasteries until I could follow them up with a Reliquary, right away... as the Monastery doesn't do anything (unless your Church is destroyed).

[drone]

Whoa, some necromancy afoot! It's like it's Halloween or something!

Welcome to the Org, bunt0025!

For the upgrades, the clues are in the build prod file, column 17. I believe the UPGRADE_*(N) is like a cap, the highest one will take effect. So with vanilla MTW/VI, the values are:
Church: UPGRADE_MORALE(1)
Monastery: UPGRADE_MORALE(1)
Reliquary: UPGRADE_MORALE(2)
Cathedral: UPGRADE_MORALE(3)

However, the added benefits come from the population happiness bonuses, which do stack:
Church: +20%
Monastery: +10%
Reliquary: +30%
Cathedral: +40%

Edit-> I forgot, the religious conversion bonuses stack as well, so there is even more benefit to having these building:
Church: 10% conversion rate
Monastery: 10%
Reliquary: n/a
Cathedral: 15%

[DEB8]

For the upgrades, the clues are in the build prod file, column 17. I believe the UPGRADE_*(N) is like a cap, the highest one will take effect. So with vanilla MTW/VI, the values are:
Church: UPGRADE_MORALE(1)
Monastery: UPGRADE_MORALE(1)
Reliquary: UPGRADE_MORALE(2)
Cathedral: UPGRADE_MORALE(3)

Makes sense considering the bonuses noted elsewhere at F1.

However, the added benefits come from the population happiness bonuses, which do stack:
Church: +20%
Monastery: +10%
Reliquary: +30%
Cathedral: +40%

Edit-> I forgot, the religious conversion bonuses stack as well, so there is even more benefit to having these building:
Church: 10% conversion rate
Monastery: 10%
Reliquary: n/a
Cathedral: 15%

Interesting - Thanks.