The reason I brought up failing Crusades, was that there are tons of faith points floating around, but no detractors other than giving the Pope the finger.
Saints, wonders and buildings all add to the total .. until the 3rd or 4th Crusade you might as well not bother as FRA/ESP will snag them 100% of the time, later ones are usually bought out by Venice or Genoa.
Surely it is reasonable that if succeeding provides a happiness/faith bonus the reverse is also true. If nothing else, it might just let others in on the action if faith totals are fairly even across the major powers.
Another thing that is a little ridiculous is that once someone takes Jerusalem, the Pope spams crusades to aid Portugal/Spain against the evil Moors .. and by spam I mean 5-8 over the course of the game. Just how much fail should Rome allow before rethinking its position?
On an unrelated note: Why is Calabria (southern most Italian province) unstable for Norse? The Normans took everything south of Rome more or less when they arrived around 1000AD so should be 'OK' stability like Sicily ..
Stone from the vast Russian expanse is easily doable but not only do you get the Moscow flip but half the Keshiks beeline for you which means Kiev survives and comes out of the middle ages like a freight train on steroids
Saints, wonders and buildings all add to the total .. until the 3rd or 4th Crusade you might as well not bother as FRA/ESP will snag them 100% of the time, later ones are usually bought out by Venice or Genoa.
Surely it is reasonable that if succeeding provides a happiness/faith bonus the reverse is also true. If nothing else, it might just let others in on the action if faith totals are fairly even across the major powers.
Another thing that is a little ridiculous is that once someone takes Jerusalem, the Pope spams crusades to aid Portugal/Spain against the evil Moors .. and by spam I mean 5-8 over the course of the game. Just how much fail should Rome allow before rethinking its position?
On an unrelated note: Why is Calabria (southern most Italian province) unstable for Norse? The Normans took everything south of Rome more or less when they arrived around 1000AD so should be 'OK' stability like Sicily ..
Stone from the vast Russian expanse is easily doable but not only do you get the Moscow flip but half the Keshiks beeline for you which means Kiev survives and comes out of the middle ages like a freight train on steroids
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for desert tiles, to fill up the Atlas mountains?), I really like how the Hafsid's spawn is executed, since you have the option of letting them go or not. I like the menu, but it's not immediately obvious what the outcome will be based on the text given. It would be nice if it were clearer. Also, I think it would be convenient and interesting to put a "create a vassal" type option on the menu. Would be nice if they were playable, but it's not a huge loss if they aren't.
.I'd recommend extending the flip zone to some extent in Anatolia. 
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Why don't you do what other RFC mods do? Just have each religion start with their "historic" religion, so that they don't need to convert. And then increase x religion spread factor wherever they are. For example spread Islam to Arabia; and spread Catholicism to the Vikings. IMO there should be an event, where Pope Missionaries spawn near the Viking border to convert their cities, but either way it should be that there is greater religion spreading, so you don't having things like a Orthodox Iberia/Cordoba which doesn't make any sense at all.
