Emperor Steven
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- Apr 28, 2012
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We've had quite a bit of information about how Religion will play out in the game over the last few weeks, but there's something missing.
The screenshot that clearly shows the Religion menu (you know, the one with a guy editing Christianity, that inadvertently revealed that the Byzantines get an extra belief) showed that a civilization's religion will have up to 5 beliefs- or 6 for the Byzantines. The first type of belief is the pantheon- and selecting one will make it unavailable to other civs. The next is the Founder belief, of which there are 13. Again, there have been indications that taking one denies it to other civs. There is also an "Enhancer Belief" that we know nothing about.
But between Founder and Enhancer are two Follower beliefs. We've seen the list in previews so far, and that list isn't long enough. With a maximum of eleven religions in a big game, there should be 22 Follower Beliefs- 23 if one of those religions is controlled by the Byzantines. There are just 14 Follower beliefs known.
So what about the remaining nine Follower beliefs? The obvious answer is that those follower beliefs might have already been selected by other religions in those games being previewed, or Firaxis is just holding out on us. But it's also possible that Follower beliefs are NOT mutually exclusive. That is, two or more civs could both have Choral Music or Peace Gardens, etc. That would prevent lost opportunities in a really huge map and explain the known number of beliefs, but it would also tend to detract from diversity of options and the competitive nature of trying to snatch up the really good beliefs before some other Civ gets them. Finally, it could be that there really are just 14 Follower beliefs, and you have to play musical chairs to get them before time runs out and you're left with an empty slot in your religion.
Are the Follower beliefs first-come first served, like Pantheons? Is there confirmation of this? And what exactly is an Enhancer belief?
The screenshot that clearly shows the Religion menu (you know, the one with a guy editing Christianity, that inadvertently revealed that the Byzantines get an extra belief) showed that a civilization's religion will have up to 5 beliefs- or 6 for the Byzantines. The first type of belief is the pantheon- and selecting one will make it unavailable to other civs. The next is the Founder belief, of which there are 13. Again, there have been indications that taking one denies it to other civs. There is also an "Enhancer Belief" that we know nothing about.
But between Founder and Enhancer are two Follower beliefs. We've seen the list in previews so far, and that list isn't long enough. With a maximum of eleven religions in a big game, there should be 22 Follower Beliefs- 23 if one of those religions is controlled by the Byzantines. There are just 14 Follower beliefs known.
So what about the remaining nine Follower beliefs? The obvious answer is that those follower beliefs might have already been selected by other religions in those games being previewed, or Firaxis is just holding out on us. But it's also possible that Follower beliefs are NOT mutually exclusive. That is, two or more civs could both have Choral Music or Peace Gardens, etc. That would prevent lost opportunities in a really huge map and explain the known number of beliefs, but it would also tend to detract from diversity of options and the competitive nature of trying to snatch up the really good beliefs before some other Civ gets them. Finally, it could be that there really are just 14 Follower beliefs, and you have to play musical chairs to get them before time runs out and you're left with an empty slot in your religion.
Are the Follower beliefs first-come first served, like Pantheons? Is there confirmation of this? And what exactly is an Enhancer belief?