Grand Temple question

[Juanholio]

I know you can build one in any holy city you own but does this still mean you get the bonus pressure for your founded religion or the religion the holy city established when you build it in a captured holy city?

Thanks

 

[Juanholio]

Ok I must have been mistaken. I thought I had built this before in a captured holy city. Tried it just now and the only option to build is my own capital. Makes sense I guess.

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

Grand Temple only works for your religion, none other. The pressure is doubled in holy city, but it only affects the holy city (the pressure is not applied to neighbouring cities within the 10/13 tile radius)

 

[Browd]

Actually the Grand Temple does double the Holy City's external pressure, but the effect is pretty trivial - standard 6 pressure doubles to 12. Currently observing it in an OCC game.

 

[Hyperion529]

i think it also stacks with religious texts - so 20 pressure with printing press

 

[Browd]

Correct (after Printing Press)--16 before

 

[Juanholio]

Ok, I thought I had done this before...

In the screenshot you'll see london - a captured city able to build the grand temple. London's religious state is in flux to the point where it has no current majority. It's an equal split between the religion I started and the one England started.

I'm confused because in my second post in this thread I captured a holy city (which was already converted to my religion) and didn't even have the option to build the Grand Temple.

In this case clearly I do - even though the city itself has no religion at this time.

 

[joncnunn]

Range of Grand Temple is 10 hexes by default (13 with one of the enhancers)

It's a whole lot more useful when you have a few cities nearby instead of an OCC.

 

[NotSure]

Ya, you can get a pretty decent spread even on harder difficulties with Itinerant Preachers and a fairly quick Grand Temple.

I never considered trying to boost a conquered religion with the Grand Temple. It's probably a real good idea if you didn't get a religion and you conquered one you like and wanted to get it in all of your cities. I only wish there was a way to get founder beliefs if you had to get a religion this way. Interesting though...

 

[Wargizmo]

As an aside I think grand temple is the reason I now prefer Itinerant preachers to religious texts

 

[Juanholio]

Can anyone clarify what happens if you do build the grand temple in a captured holy city. Does the doubling of pressure apply to the original religion (i.e. foreign) or to your own; or does it depend on which is the majority?

Also any ideas why it wasn't even an option in my previous game? Does the holy city have to have an enhanced religion?

Thanks

 

[SamBC]

Also any ideas why it wasn't even an option in my previous game? Does the holy city have to have an enhanced religion?

Did you have a temple in every city, or had you already built the Grand Temple in your own Holy City? It's a National Wonder.

 

[Jelster]

Can anyone clarify what happens if you do build the grand temple in a captured holy city. Does the doubling of pressure apply to the original religion (i.e. foreign) or to your own; or does it depend on which is the majority?

Also any ideas why it wasn't even an option in my previous game? Does the holy city have to have an enhanced religion?

Thanks

Are you playing on a Mac ? If so then you've just downloaded the latest patch which is why it is available now....

 

[FeiLing]

BTW, does the spreading range of 10 (13) include the starting city tile?
Must there be 9 (12) tiles in between two cities or is 10 (13) tiles in between still fine?

 

[Aaron90495]

BTW, does the spreading range of 10 (13) include the starting city tile?
Must there be 9 (12) tiles in between two cities or is 10 (13) tiles in between still fine?

Correct, a city must be 10 tiles away, not including the starting city.