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This is a call for ideas for a simple fix to religion.
Currently I find it immersive breaking to have religion founded by anyone, anytime. It doesn't ressemble at all history, unlike Civ IV RFC where variations could happen, but most of the time the same happened: Hindouism & Boudism in India, Judaism in Jerusalem, Taoism & Confucianism in China, Christianity in Rome, Islam in Arabia.
I think AI have biases implemented already in Civ V, e.g. Spain will choose Catholicism if available.
So maybe a simple solution could be to gift a Prophet to a civ at a certain time, if the civ exists, and if the religion has not been founded yet. Of course, only for AI, the player would have to work for it!
The list of religions for Civ V can be found here: https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Religion_(Civ5)#Religions
My proposal would be:
EDIT: actually we don't care how the prophets are named, as the AI should immediately use them, the player won't even see them.
Currently I find it immersive breaking to have religion founded by anyone, anytime. It doesn't ressemble at all history, unlike Civ IV RFC where variations could happen, but most of the time the same happened: Hindouism & Boudism in India, Judaism in Jerusalem, Taoism & Confucianism in China, Christianity in Rome, Islam in Arabia.
I think AI have biases implemented already in Civ V, e.g. Spain will choose Catholicism if available.
So maybe a simple solution could be to gift a Prophet to a civ at a certain time, if the civ exists, and if the religion has not been founded yet. Of course, only for AI, the player would have to work for it!
The list of religions for Civ V can be found here: https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Religion_(Civ5)#Religions
My proposal would be:
- 1500 BC: Jacob to Israel (Jerusalem) for Judaism
- 500 BC: Siddhartha Gautama to India (Delhi) for Bouddhism
- 500 BC: Confucius to China (Beijing) for Confucianism
- 200 BC: Shinto to Japan (Kyoto) for Shinto
- 100 AD: Jesus Christ to Romans (Rome) for Catholicism - or if Rome possesses Jerusalem, in Jerusalem
- 610 AD: Muhammad to Arabia (Makkah) for Islam
- 1054: Michael I Cerularius to Byzantium (Constantinople) for Eastern Orthodoxy
EDIT: actually we don't care how the prophets are named, as the AI should immediately use them, the player won't even see them.