Does Kongo need a buff?

[UWHabs]

Kongo also has the weird sort-of-bug(?) where if you conquer a city with a holy site, the site disappears but you get all the bonuses in the capital. I forget if those temples can store relics.

 

[Disgustipated]

Finished that game with one of my fastest cultural victories post GS. So I can safely say Kongo is still pretty powerful. At a certain point I just deleted all those apostles that pop up, they are kind of annoying. That mechanic is still kind of weird. I couldn't get more relics, so what point are the apostles after that?

It makes me feel like I am mass slaughtering any religious people born in my country.

 

[KayAU]

That mechanic is still kind of weird. I couldn't get more relics, so what point are the apostles after that?

I suppose they could be useful for countering another civ playing for a religious victory.

 

[kb27787]

Finished that game with one of my fastest cultural victories post GS. So I can safely say Kongo is still pretty powerful. At a certain point I just deleted all those apostles that pop up, they are kind of annoying. That mechanic is still kind of weird. I couldn't get more relics, so what point are the apostles after that?

It makes me feel like I am mass slaughtering any religious people born in my country.

Religion works wonders in getting neighboring cities to loyalty flip... It goes from +3 to -4 which is a 7 point drop I believe then you add Amani for -2 and you will almost always pick up some cities from your neighbors if they go into a dark age. Your cities are usually large thanks to the mbanzas so leveraging this to get some additional cities peacefully is fun.

I laugh when AI forward settles me as Kongo.

 

[Leathaface]

I think Kongo were really strong when Civ VI first release, their UB gave plenty of housing when that was limited and their double GP points was top notch. I think they are on the verge of mid-tier now.