Religion

[GenocideBringer]

We all know religion is awesome (more temples/monasteries/cathedrals and such). However, I need to know..

how do you get other religions in your empire? The AI doesn't seem to like missionaries, and with a religion already present, the chances of spread through trade is minuscule.

 

[Gamesmaster]

Research the appropriate tech first is the sure way, failing that have open borders with as many AI civs as possible, they spread eventually.

 

[6K Man]

Capture a city with the appropriate religion in it, build a monastery, build missionaries.

Alternatively, run Organized Religion, which negates the need for a monastery (you can build missionaries of any religion, provided that the city has that religion). Conveniently, monasteries seem to allow construction of missonaries even after Scientific Method (in Vanilla, anyway).

 

[Cer]

Conveniently, monasteries seem to allow construction of missonaries even after Scientific Method (in Vanilla, anyway).

I've always been able to use monasteries for missionary-building after sci-method. You just can't build more monasteries, nor do you get the 10% science bonus.

 

[6K Man]

I've always been able to use monasteries for missionary-building after sci-method. You just can't build more monasteries, nor do you get the 10% science bonus.

Right - I wonder if that was intentional? I mean, I miss the 10% science, but being able to build missionaries in any civic can be handy in the late game - with shrine + Wall Street, bank, market, grocer... it adds up.

 

[weimingshi]

Right - I wonder if that was intentional? I mean, I miss the 10% science, but being able to build missionaries in any civic can be handy in the late game - with shrine + Wall Street, bank, market, grocer... it adds up.

Monasteries are working as designed right now. Although for a more balanced end game, its probably better to ban missionaries from monasteries also. Debatable I guess.

 

[6K Man]

Monasteries are working as designed right now. Although for a more balanced end game, its probably better to ban missionaries from monasteries also. Debatable I guess.

As I think about it, the shrine income and the multipliers applied thereto can be secondary to the value of +1 happy (for the cost of a 40 shield missionary) when in Free Religion (and the ability to build a Temple on top of that).

 

[Airefuego]

Losing the ability to make missionaries would be very bad and unfun. Who wants to lose control over a big part of the game such as religion?

Anyway plenty of religions in real life still do it (hello Mormons!) so it's realistic too.

In answer to the original question, I find I get missionary-ized quite a bit if I share a continent with certain civs... try playing Pangea and open borders.

 

[zienth]

Another way to try and get new religions is to found a new city and don't send your own missionary to it. Religions will only spread without missionaries if a city doesn't have any religion at all. So by having a city with no religion, you have th e possibility of gaining a foreign religion.