Wodan
Deity
Ceremonial Burial: +1 for each city following your religion
Djenne: Missionaries can spread 3 times
Holy Order: Missionaries are 30% cheaper
The main limiting factor in expansion is happiness. Cities can easily pay for themselves in terms of and they provide your empire. Thus, unless you're going for a culture victory, happiness has to be a major focus.
There are some countervailing strategies, if you deliberately choose not to expand. In particular, can be turned into or . So the question there is whether that return (from religion) is more beneficial than the effort and benefit from expansion. Or, perhaps, ignoring religion altogether (because there is a cost to having shrines, temples, and other sources of ).
Just thinking aloud a bit... comments are welcome.
Moderator Action: Moved to G&K.
Djenne: Missionaries can spread 3 times
Holy Order: Missionaries are 30% cheaper
The main limiting factor in expansion is happiness. Cities can easily pay for themselves in terms of and they provide your empire. Thus, unless you're going for a culture victory, happiness has to be a major focus.
There are some countervailing strategies, if you deliberately choose not to expand. In particular, can be turned into or . So the question there is whether that return (from religion) is more beneficial than the effort and benefit from expansion. Or, perhaps, ignoring religion altogether (because there is a cost to having shrines, temples, and other sources of ).
Just thinking aloud a bit... comments are welcome.
Moderator Action: Moved to G&K.