Religious Fervor reformation

[Soronery]

I feel like this reformation is broken. It cost 1350 faith to purchase a rifle after the modern era.

 

[ThorHammerz]

Compared to Holy Warriors, it is certainly lacklustre and a waste of faith that could otherwise be used for G.E.s or G. W/A/M's (which I find a little amusing - since you're literally "praying" people into existence )

 

[reddishrecue]

It's sort of like the draft option that you could take from civ 4 where all your citizens become unhappy and only one citizen becomes happy. If you make that much faith then purchasing a rifle at the last minute wouldn't hurt.

 

[Soronery]

It's sort of like the draft option that you could take from civ 4 where all your citizens become unhappy and only one citizen becomes happy. If you make that much faith then purchasing a rifle at the last minute wouldn't hurt.

It is poorly balanced considering great people can be purchased for 1000 faith (+500 faith for the next one of the same type (first engineer 1000, second 1500, third 2000,ect.)

 

[reddishrecue]

True but then the later great people that you buy get more and more expensive and eventually end up being way more expensive than a rifleman purchase.

 

[beetle]

How much faith for a GDR?

 

[Sessy]

^ I'm guessing upwards of 3000.

generally for great people you won't end up buying more than 3 of a type

 

[tetley]

I concur it is generally useless, but there is a rare play where you can annex a city with the religion and faith purchase something. I did it once, when I didn't have Glory of God and my GP were already run up in price. Having the unit where I needed it when I needed it was worth it (in this case, I think I bought a Berber cav and I had a nearby city knocked down to black but no melee units to take it).