ironmetal250
Chieftain
- Joined
- May 9, 2010
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- 8
I was wondering if anyone else has tried using the Fellowship of Leaves as a state religion for the lanun? Although it isn't the best fit thematically (though I feel like the Overlords isn't either for Falamar), it definitely works. The reason is that, except to grab resources, the lanun barely ever have to build land improvements with their pirate ports and +1 per water tile. If you have lakes, even less so.
All of your cities should be coastal for the and pirate ports, and therefore probably all of your cities will be starved except for the heron throne city, which is often your capitol. The ability to turn every land tile in a city's big cross into an (often lumbermilled if you have enough workers on top of it) ancient forest is immensely helpful in this regard, giving at least three per square (I believe. On a grassland it might be 3 2.) The extra and from the forests also allows you to use all the extra food you're getting from your water tiles to make all of your cities super cities, which imo is much better than rushing the Tower of Complacency for one super city.
Not to mention how awesome Priests of Leaves and Summon Tiger are.
Aside from this, what is the actual downside to ? Aside from looking all nasty it doesn't really seem to do anything, and while I generally try to avoid it because I like to roleplay a good leader, I would like to know if there is a mechanics-related incentive to do so.
All of your cities should be coastal for the and pirate ports, and therefore probably all of your cities will be starved except for the heron throne city, which is often your capitol. The ability to turn every land tile in a city's big cross into an (often lumbermilled if you have enough workers on top of it) ancient forest is immensely helpful in this regard, giving at least three per square (I believe. On a grassland it might be 3 2.) The extra and from the forests also allows you to use all the extra food you're getting from your water tiles to make all of your cities super cities, which imo is much better than rushing the Tower of Complacency for one super city.
Not to mention how awesome Priests of Leaves and Summon Tiger are.
Aside from this, what is the actual downside to ? Aside from looking all nasty it doesn't really seem to do anything, and while I generally try to avoid it because I like to roleplay a good leader, I would like to know if there is a mechanics-related incentive to do so.