New developer diary: Religion

[Myrddraal]

worry about the Pope trying to expand into their own provinces

I very much doubt the pope will be expansionist.

[Bob the Insane]

I very much doubt the pope will be expansionist.

I wonder if you can give him captured provinces as a gift? Capturing a province from a rival Catholic faction and then gifting it to the church (Pope) could really put the cat amoung the pigeons...

I remember doing this with the Senate faction in RTW and they went expansion crazy on the Gauls...

[Hobot]

If I were to hazard a guess, I would say that Bob is right. There are no re-emerging factions as far as I know, thereby I doubt that the Papal faction will re-emerge if you defeat it. However since the pope is indeed a character on the map (like a priest), he himself may not even have to be killed for his faction to be defeated... Thereby my best guess is that the pope as a figure in gameplay is not completely tied to his faction, and that papal missions will continue to exist even if the papacy, as a political entity is gone.

[JR-]

i am impressed with what CA have done with religion.

it is a shame tho that "heretic" isn't a positive option that you can choose to pursue as a religious choice.

it would be great to lead England to the reformation in the late 14th century.
even better if your chance for succeeding in choosing a reformation option was governed by a distance-from-the-pope attribute similar to the distance-from-capital rule that already exists.

[Mount Suribachi]

i am impressed with what CA have done with religion.

it is a shame tho that "heretic" isn't a positive option that you can choose to pursue as a religious choice.

it would be great to lead England to the reformation in the late 14th century.
even better if your chance for succeeding in choosing a reformation option was governed by a distance-from-the-pope attribute similar to the distance-from-capital rule that already exists.

I think an XP that goes into the Reformation would be great, especially like you say if they go into all the different demoninations - Calvinist, Lutheran etc.