New developer diary: Religion

**Myrddraal** · 10-06-2006, 00:17

http://www.totalwar.com/index.html?p...medieval2/1/5/

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**scourgeofrome** · 10-06-2006, 00:52

A more powerful Pope? Great, just what I need in MTWII.I don't care who I am, but I will attack the pope (If I'm Venice that means I can do it faster).

**CaesarAugustus** · 10-06-2006, 01:43

I really hope there aren't those ridiculous consequences for attacking the Pope that there were in Medieval 1. I think that you should get excommunicated and attacked by other Catholic factions.....which would discourage you from attacking the pope, but he shouldn't re-emerge with an ultra-powerful army every few turns.

This is because it is really unfair to the Italian factions. Venice is going to be my favourite faction and I want to unify the Italian penninsula without worrying about some @#$%&*# Papal Elite Army materializing out of nowhere right close to my richest home provinces.

Other factions can simply not attack the pope and be fine, but the Venetians, Milanese and Sicilians have to worry about the Pope trying to expand into their own provinces.

I'm also annoyed by the fact that so much thought and detail was put into the Catholic religion, but no others like Islam or Orthodox.

Other than that little rant, I think that the religion system looks really cool and I can't wait for November 11.

**scourgeofrome** · 10-06-2006, 02:56

he shouldn't re-emerge with an ultra-powerful army every few turns.

Amen.But then again,there is always that satisfaction in killing him again

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**CaesarAugustus** · 10-06-2006, 03:00

That's sort of hard to do when it's early game and you're strained for cash and troops........and your existing armies have better things to do than wait aound Rome for the Pope to come back.

**scourgeofrome** · 10-06-2006, 03:08

Originally Posted by CaesarAgustus

That's sort of hard to do when it's early game and you're strained for cash and troops........and your existing armies have better things to do than wait aound Rome for the Pope to come back.

That's why I go somewhere else for a while before attacking the Papal States.Even then I usually let him have Rome back and then come back later and crush him. Its a vicious cycle.I hope it doesn't pop up in MTWII. The Pope is just so annoyng (Why can't he just go away like the Senate in RTW).

**Sun of Chersonesos** · 10-07-2006, 23:50

Originally Posted by CaesarAgustus

That's sort of hard to do when it's early game and you're strained for cash and troops........and your existing armies have better things to do than wait around Rome for the Pope to come back.

I agree, what i would do is mind my own business and if the pope expands you cant be excommunicated for defending yourself, you cant be expected to give away the city either.... or are we talking about after getting excommunicated? in any case, if it was before thats what i would do