Holy City Location?

[slashez09]

Hello,

does anyone know what if anything determines what city becomes a holy city when you found a religion? For example, if I have 5 cities, how does the game determine which city becomes the taoist holy city if i research it first? Itd be a huge bonus to be able to stack holy cities all in one to make one economic powerhouse specialty city

 

[nbcman]

@ slashez09

VoiceOfUnreason made a thread about religions here.

Usually it is the largest city with the least number of religions present will found the new religion.

From VOU's thread:

Once the player has been determined, that player's cities are each checked in turn. A random seed is added to the city's population, which then has two negative factors applied to it - an 8x bias against the city with the Palace, and a smaller bias scaled with the number of religions already present in the city.

So while you cannot assign the holy city as you might wish, you can arrange circumstances so that the biases work in your favor (keep the population high, keep the population in other candidates low, refrain from spreading religions to your preferred city, aggressively convert the other cities).

 

[the reverend]

I don't know exactly how it works, but the game works so that you're newest/worst city usually will become the new holy city. I know that capitals are especially unfavored, and the number of religions in a city will further decrease the chances of a new religion being founded in a city.

 

[Alsark]

I don't know exactly how it works, but the game works so that you're newest/worst city usually will become the new holy city. I know that capitals are especially unfavored, and the number of religions in a city will further decrease the chances of a new religion being founded in a city.

Yeah, that seems to be how it works for me, too.