So I own the Apostolistic Palace, and have enough votes to dominate the outcome but not enough to win a diplomatic victory. I'm trying to expand my population, having decided that I don't feel like using conquest to do so (it would work, but be too easy).
The vote comes up, and I vote for myself, as usual, expecting to come up short. I was shocked when I found myself winner! Even more so, my competitor, Ragnar, voted for me.
Turns out he changed to Free Religion, which means he no longer is a full member, thus not eligible for the office. HC was the next in line, but also running Free Religion. That left Monty, who nobody really liked, as the next biggest candidate. And he abstained.
I'm not complaining, because I worked hard to keep Ragnar and HC as solid allies, even though they were my AP competition. Having their military and political clout to back me up pretty much ruled out any stupid AI aggression. Or at least, would make it quite short.
Should the AI recognize the threat of a AP diplo victory and keep the AP state religion? From a "I want to win the game" viewpoint, for sure. But it seems like you could try to exploit this. As AP owner, you are eligible for the vote even if you change religion, right?
Adopt free religion, then push your competitors into doing the same. Either plain diplomacy or spies, whatever it takes. And bam! If they like you much at all, you get their votes and the win.
The vote comes up, and I vote for myself, as usual, expecting to come up short. I was shocked when I found myself winner! Even more so, my competitor, Ragnar, voted for me.
Turns out he changed to Free Religion, which means he no longer is a full member, thus not eligible for the office. HC was the next in line, but also running Free Religion. That left Monty, who nobody really liked, as the next biggest candidate. And he abstained.
I'm not complaining, because I worked hard to keep Ragnar and HC as solid allies, even though they were my AP competition. Having their military and political clout to back me up pretty much ruled out any stupid AI aggression. Or at least, would make it quite short.
Should the AI recognize the threat of a AP diplo victory and keep the AP state religion? From a "I want to win the game" viewpoint, for sure. But it seems like you could try to exploit this. As AP owner, you are eligible for the vote even if you change religion, right?
Adopt free religion, then push your competitors into doing the same. Either plain diplomacy or spies, whatever it takes. And bam! If they like you much at all, you get their votes and the win.
